Canadian comedian and actor
Jon Dore
Dore in 2013.
Born Jonathan David Dore
(1975-11-02 ) November 2, 1975 (age 49) Occupation(s) Actor, comedian
Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska .[ 1]
Education
Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa.[ 2]
Career
Jon Dore was formerly a correspondent for CTV 's Canadian Idol . Dore also appeared on his own Comedy Now! special for CTV and The Comedy Network , and was featured on the A Channel 's comedy special Toronto Laughs . His show, The Jon Dore Television Show , can be seen on The Comedy Network in Canada, and on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. In July 2008, Dore appeared on Comedy Central 's stand-up show, Live at Gotham along with several other comedians. In 2010, he appeared on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother .
In March 2011, he hosted Funny as Hell on HBO Canada ,[ 3] a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of Funny as Hell premiered on March 22, 2013.[ 4]
On November 11, 2010, he was the first featured comedian on Conan .
In 2013, Dore appeared as a main cast member alongside Sarah Chalke and Brad Garrett on the short-lived sitcom How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) and was interviewed by Melinda Hill for the web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill .[ 5]
Dore went on tour with Tig Notaro in the Summer of 2013 across the country to film a stand-up documentary for Showtime .[ 6]
In 2014, he appeared in an uncredited cameo on Alan Thicke 's TLC show Unusually Thicke as a drunken stranger who crashes 16-year-old Carter Thicke's party. That same year he appeared in two episodes of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer .[ 7]
In 2021, Dore created the single-camera sitcom Humour Resources for CBC, playing a fictional version of himself as an HR manager with unscripted interviews with Canadian and American comedians.[ 8]
Awards
Filmography
References
^ "Stop Podcasting Yourself 668 – Jon Dore" . Maximum Fun . January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021 .
^ Volmers, Eric. "Comedian Jon Dore tackles taboos and mines discomfort" . Retrieved June 26, 2017 .
^ Funny as Hell – HBO Canada
^ Bordeau, Annette (March 21, 2013). "Jon Dore Talks 'Funny As Hell,' Drunks and the Perks of Primetime" . Huffington Post . Retrieved April 26, 2013 .
^ Carrie, Stephanie. "Steph's LA Weekly Feature Series – Melinda Hill's Romantic Encounters" . Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013 .
^ "Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro | SXSW 2015 Event Schedule" .
^ "Jon Dore" . IMDb .
^ Greg David, "Just for Laughs wraps production on Humour Resources for CBC" . TV, eh? , October 29, 2020.
^ "Canadian comic performers to celebrate at annual awards" . CBC News . Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
^ "2008 Canadian Comedy Awards winners" . Canadian Comedy Awards . Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2013 .
^ "2009 Canadian Comedy Awards winners" . Canadian Comedy Awards . Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013 .
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night" . CBC News , March 11, 2023.
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Seasons
1 (2003)
2 (2004)
3 (2005)
4 (2006)
5 (2007)
6 (2008)
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