John Gilkey

John Gilkey

Born: December 16, 1966
in Los Angeles, California, U.S
John Gilkey is an award winning circus performer, actor, director and teacher. He has performed internationally for more than thirty-five years in circus, variety, comedy clubs, theater and television. John’s original and quirky routines are known for being an influential part of the contemporary circus movement that began in the 1980’s.

In 2002 John was invited to Pixar Studios to consult on the physical comedy routines that were eventually included in the Oscar winning film Ratatouille.

John continues to create challenging and experimental theater in California, including We Are Nudes which earned a Best of the Fringe award in the 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival and Wet The Hippo which was nominated for Best Comedy in the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Movies for John Gilkey...

The Inventor
Title: The Inventor
Character: Gravedigger John / Giuliano (voice)
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by the audacious princess Marguerite, Leonardo will uncover the answer to the ultimate question – "What is the meaning of it all?"
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Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
Title: Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
Character: Clown
Released: January 19, 2013
Type: Movie
This production from Cirque du Soleil is a lyrical, fanciful, kinetic foray into the seventh art. Bringing together dance, acrobatics, live video, filmed sequences and animation, the show takes spectators on a fantastic voyage through the history of cinema and its genres, taking them into the heart of the movie-making process. From illustration to animation, black and white to colour, silent films to talkies, fixed shots to swooping camera movements, spectators witness the poetic construction/deconstruction of this art as an object and as a way of transcending reality.
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This Is Hamlet
Title: This Is Hamlet
Character: Gravedigger #2
Released: August 14, 2010
Type: Movie
A mockumentary examination of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy using "breaking news" style interviews and commentary.
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Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
Title: Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
Character: The Skywatcher
Released: October 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He is suddenly in a strange, new world full of creatures he has never seen before. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary.
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Title: Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within
Character: Skywatcher (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within is an Emmy award winning Canadian reality television series first broadcast in 2002.
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Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
Title: Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
Character: John
Released: December 26, 1999
Type: Movie
A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her anger shatters her world and she finds herself in the universe of QUIDAM, where she is joined by a playful companion, as well as another mysterious character who attempts to seduce her with the marvelous, the unsettling and the terrifying.