Orville Maciel

Orville Maciel, was born in Muscat, Oman on April 1 1992, spent his early childhood in Goa, India and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1997 at the young age of four.

Orville in the past has performed in many plays at his elementary school. However, Orville’s first break was in 2004, when he voiced the character Kareem in the animated short film Tomboy, which was just released in May 2008. He also used his voice in the documentary The In Between World of MG Vassanji and he was a regular on the hit radio drama Afghanada, on CBC Radio. Orville’s acting career really took off, when he played the lead role in the radio play for CBC, called Funny Boy. The play was directed by Deepa Mehta, and based on the novel by Shyam Selvadurai.

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