Ramin Karimloo

Musician — The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables

Born

1978

Birthplace

TEHRAN, IRAN

Citizenships

IRAN / CA

Canadianness Score

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2.5/ 5

Weighted across 6 scored criteria

Designation

Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬

Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.

Scorecard

Path B — not born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

TEHRAN, IRAN

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Held — by descent or naturalisation

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

No Canadian credits on file

III. Cultural evidence — not scored

Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

No claim lodged

Fun fact

He's played the lead role in both of the West End's longest-running musicals — the title role in The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.

The verdict

Born in Tehran, his family emigrated to Richmond Hill, Ontario, while he was young — he grew up there before West End and Broadway theatre took him to London. Raised here, citizen, lived here: 2.5, gets yearly letters from the CRA.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable