Draft:James Kall

James Kall (born October 6, 1961) is an American actor. He began his career in the 1970s and has done works in television, film and theater to critical acclaim.

Early life and education
Kall was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 6, 1961 to John and Billie Kall. He has three sisters and one brother. Kall was raised in Maple Heights, Ohio, he attended Holy Name High School and St. Wenceslas Grade School.

Kall graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the School of Speech at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He also graduated from Yale University School of Drama with an MFA in acting.

Career
Kall first worked professionally in the 1978 TV miniseries The Dark Secret of Harvest Home. He has made appearances in a wide range of TV series, motion pictures, and advertisements, such as "Schitt's Creek", "Christmas in Washington", "It Takes a Christmas Village", "Mayday", "Suits", "Murdoch Mysteries", "Terror in the Country", "Salvation", "Life With Judy Garland", "Queer as Folk", "Impulse", "Quints", and "The Christmas Market".

He has worked in theaters across the United States and Canada. With more than 100 professional theater credits, he has starred in national tours of "Mamma Mia", "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (after getting cast, Kall slept with a dictionary next to his bed for months to prepare for the role), and "Fiddler on the Roof", in addition to the Broadway production of "By Jeeves" which was directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourne. Kall had a small role in Stan Wojewodski’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut from March 12th to April 11th 1992. His performance was reviewed by Randall Louis Anderson of the Johns Hopkins University Press as a “strong performance”. He was in the cast of “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov. Kall starred as the great American songwriter George M. Cohan in the a production of “Georgie Boy!”. He appeared in the Tony Award-winning Canadian original casts of musicals, "Kinky Boots" and "Come From Away".

Personal life
Kall’s father John Kall, was a professional baseball player and scout for the Cleveland Indians.

Kall helped to organize a fundraiser to help save the life of an Ottawa child who suffers from an advanced form of epilepsy heightened by Crohn’s Disease. Kall was part of the effort to start a pay-it-forward school campaign & raise $10,000.

Kall has dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. He currently resides in Toronto with his husband Randy Mulville.