Gharrett Patrick Paon is a Canadian actor and film producer.[1] He is most noted as a producer of the 2021 film Wildhood, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[2]

Gharrett Patrick Paon
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)actor, film producer
Years active2000s-present
Notable workI Am Syd Stone, Wildhood

An alumnus of Dalhousie University and the Canadian Film Centre,[3] he is the president of Rebel Road Films.[1]

As an actor, he first became known for the 2014 short film I Am Syd Stone; however, when the short film was rebooted as a web series in 2019, he remained associated as a producer but agreed to recast the lead role with a different actor.[4] His other acting roles have included supporting appearances in the television series Life Unexpected, The Killing, Haven, The Book of Negroes, Forgive Me, Sex & Violence, Diggstown and The Sinner, and the films The Tenth Circle, Pokémon Apokélypse, Relative Happiness and North Mountain. He is a three-time ACTRA Award nominee from Screen Nova Scotia for his performances in I Am Syd Stone,[5] Forgive Me and Sex & Violence.[6]

He is the son of Alana Paon, a former member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.[3]

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