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Alan John Scarfe (born June 8, 1946) is a Canadian actor. He is a former Associate Director of the Stratford Festival and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Bay Boy and earned two other Genie best actor nominations as well as a Gemini Award nomination. Scarfe was born in London, England, United Kingdom, the son of Gladys Ellen (née Hunt) and Neville Vincent Scarfe, both university professors. He has a son named Jonathan Scarfe whose mother is Sara Botsford. He is married to Barbara March... MORE

Alan John Scarfe (born June 8, 1946) is a Canadian actor. He is a former Associate Director of the Stratford Festival and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Bay Boy and earned two other Genie best actor nominations as well as a Gemini Award nomination. Scarfe was born in London, England, United Kingdom, the son of Gladys Ellen (née Hunt) and Neville Vincent Scarfe, both university professors. He has a son named Jonathan Scarfe whose mother is Sara Botsford. He is married to Barbara March and they have a daughter, Antonia (Tosia) Scarfe, who is a musician and film composer. He has two brothers; Colin Scarfe who was a professor of astronomy at the University of Victoria, and Brian Scarfe, who was a professor of economics at the University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, University of Regina, a senior university administrator at Alberta and Regina, and an Economics Consultant. He began his career as a classical stage actor and has performed many of the great roles across Europe and North America, including King Lear, Othello, Hamlet, Iago, Brutus, Cassius, Petruchio, Prospero, LESS