Our Team

Facilitators

Ivan Wanis Ruiz

Ivan Wanis Ruiz is the founder of The Actor's Place. He has been a film and television actor for over 10 years. Among his many credits are guest star roles in Supernatural, Designated Survivor, Private Eyes and Taken. When he's not acting you can find him on the dance floor as a professional salsa dancer.

Dan Willmott

Dan has been a professional actor for over 30 years and has been training and teaching voice acting, public speaking and performance within the acting community and in the professional world across Canada and the US.

Justin Hay

Justin has been leading workshops at TAP for the past 5 years. He has years of acting and directing experience in both theatre and film, having trained and worked in both Canada and the U.K. in classical and contemporary theatre, improv comedy, film and tv.

Rosey Tyler

Rosey is a veteran of The Actor's Place, a working actor and an acting coach who is slowly establishing herself as the go to for actors wanting to 'book the part.'

M.E. Lewis (call him Mark)

Nature: Liverpool. Nurture: Vancouver. Free will: Toronto. Over the last twenty years, he has appeared in numerous films, television shows, plays, and commercials. He loves the honest interchange between performers in a scene. He eats dark chocolate, gulps tea, sips ale, and savours whiskey.

Florian François

Florian moved from France in 2013 and started acting through improv. In 2017, he created with Brennan Martin the series adaptation of the short film Rencontre (made for TAP Fest 2016) for Bell Fibe TV1. His screen credits include 'Amélie et Comagnie', 'Good Witch', 'Paranormal Survivor', 'Quebexit', and 'Titan Down'. He regularly performs and teaches improv across the province.

Brian Bray

Brian is a Toronto photographer and videographer specializing in headshots and portraiture. He regularly hosts TAPshoot events, offering economical headshot packages exclusively for TAP members

Adnan Umer

Adnan Umer is an actor and a filmmaker based in Toronto. He graduated from Seneca College Theatrical Performance program and completed On-Camera Acting workshops. Adnan gained training with various acting instructors in L.A, Toronto and New York City. Adnan is currently a regular member of TAP (The Actors Place) and dabbles in filmmaking whenever he gets a chance.

Jennifer Vallance

Jennifer (Reid) was born and educated in the south of England and traveled the world as a photographer before becoming a business owner in London. She emigrated to Canada is 1989 and became a singer, dancer, composer and actor in plays, musical theatre, and was the co-founder and co-songwriter in the rock band Rules of Seven. She raised 2 children as a single parent and owns her film company Girl On A Wire Productions. Now living in Toronto.

Behind the Scenes

Ana Lucía Escobar
Facebook Marketing Manager

Dee-Ann Louise
Executive Assistant