Biographie
Raoul, a British-born Indo/Irish Canadian, has built a diverse career in film, television, and theatre since graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1996. A classically trained actor, he made his feature film debut as John The Baptist in Extraordinary Visitor (Toronto International Film Festival 1998), acting alongside Mary Walsh and Andy Jones.
His film work spans from art house dramas like Ararat (Atom Egoyan) to Hollywood thrillers such as The Sentinel (Clark Johnson), as well as indie favorites including Touch of Pink (Ian Rashid), the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik), and the political drama Miss Sloane (John Madden), where he starred opposite Jessica Chastain and Sam Waterston. His upcoming projects include the indie horror/thriller Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg) alongside Chris Abbott.
On television, Raoul has held series lead and significant recurring roles in both American and Canadian productions, including Blindspot (NBC), Clarice (CBS), The Lost Symbol (Peacock), Grand Army (Netflix), Titans (DC Universe/Netflix), and over 250 episodes of the cult series Train 48 (Global TV/Amazon Prime Canada). He has also appeared in The Dresden Files (Syfy), Runaway (CW), and guest-starred on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Suits (USA), Beauty and The Beast (CBS), Rookie Blue (ABC), as well as numerous projects with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
In theatre, Raoul has toured extensively with his one-man show Hamlet (solo), earning Best Actor at the United Solo Festival New York in 2022, and received a Dora Award nomination for the musical Life, Death and The Blues. In Toronto, he has premiered several important new works and most recently produced and starred in the Toronto premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, which set box office records at The Panasonic Theatre. A skilled musician, he has led his award-winning blues band Raoul and The Big Time since 1998, continuing to tour and record. In 2019, he released "A Good Thing," a jazz duo project with pianist Jesse Whiteley.
