Kody Poisson is a talented and transformative actor on the rise in the film industry. Classically trained at East 15 Acting School and York University for Creative Writing and Theatre, Kody’s relationship to the craft is rooted less in technique and more in transformation. For him, acting is not about adding layers, it’s about stripping them away.
KODY POSSION TALKS HIS MOTIVATION BEHIND ACTING:
“The question of what motivates me is mysterious. But to give you an answer — there is a form of ecstasy that occurs in self-demolition. When everything is firing on all cylinders in acting, it’s ultimately ego death. There’s a great pleasure in losing the self in an art form. That’s probably what motivates me.”
– KODY POSSION – READ FULL INTERVIEW ON CELEBZ TREASURE
Rather than chasing genre or trend, his philosophy is anchored in play: the same imaginative instinct that fuels childhood make-believe, elevated into something sacred. “Acting is just pretend on the highest stage,” he says. “Getting too caught in the mechanics can really interfere with that sense of play.”
Preparation begins internally. “I have to convince myself that I am this man,” he explains.
Maintaining authenticity, he believes, requires distance as much as devotion. Jumping from role to role, he admits, dulls the imagination. A mentor once told him, “You have to fill your artistic well from the world of experience.” It’s advice he lives by — allowing space between projects so the real world can remain his greatest teacher. “The entire experience was surreal,” he recalls.
Off screen, Kody Poisson is introspective and unconventional. He reads and writes constantly, watches only a handful of films each year, plays the pan flute, harbors a fascination with ships and the sea, and carries an enduring affection for rock and roll. Most recently, he wrapped a large-scale CraveTV medieval epic commercial portraying a knight, set for release in February. Looking ahead, he is preparing for to two feature films: Groomed for the Mob, a Toronto-shot, family-oriented crime drama, and the potential feature Beautiful Stranger, which would mark his third collaboration with director Brian Lutes. For Kody Poisson, the work is never about accumulation of roles, acclaim, or image. It is about subtraction. Losing the self, again and again, in service of something truer.
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Kody Poisson
1. He’s a multidisciplinary artist.
Beyond acting, Poisson is also a musician and filmmaker — a creative trifecta that shapes how he approaches character, rhythm, and story.
2. He watches very few films.
Despite his profession, he intentionally limits his viewing each year, choosing instead to live — believing real experience is the richest source of artistic truth.
3. His passion for acting is rooted in ego death, not recognition.
What drives him isn’t fame or validation, but transformation itself — the rare, ecstatic moment when the self dissolves and something honest takes its place.
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