Johnny Cuthbert was born in Ottawa Ontario Canada. He began studying acting at a very early age and appeared in his first film, The Perils Of Priscilla at age twelve. He moved to Montreal to study at the prestigious Concordia University Theatre Department. He performed in many plays there over the next three years and graduated in 1984 with a BFA in theatre.
Upon graduation Mr. Cuthbert formed a professional theatre company with playwright Vittorio Rossi. Mr. Cuthbert was Artistic Director of The Back Alley Player theatre company for six years. The theatre troupe won countless awards at theatre festivals in Quebec. It was around this time that Mr. Cuthbert began to work professionally in film and television, appearing in CBC television productions like 'All the years' and in films such as Dead Man Out (1989) with Danny Glover.
In 1990, he moved to Vancouver.
He has appeared in numerous films and television shows including, The X-Files, 21 Jump Street, Supernatural and Continuum. He has spent the last twenty five years working on a variety of film and television productions in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles.
Mr. Cuthbert lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife actress Kaaren de Zilva.
