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| Born | Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah |
Ali Badshah (born Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, producer, and director. Badshah played Nurullah in the Irish animated film The Breadwinner. [2]
Working as a comedian, Badshah has written and acted in comedy skits for CBC, [3] CTV, [4] The Comedy Network, MTV, and ABC2 Australia. [5]
His style of comedy is observational and likely originated from his experiences growing up and living in Toronto. [6] [7]
Badshah wrote and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic. [1]
He created the sketch series Bloody Immigrants for CBC. [8] Ali was also featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special.'[ citation needed ]
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Brent Leroy Butt is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he created. He also created the television series Hiccups and wrote the 2013 film No Clue. In 2023, he released his debut novel, Huge, a psychological thriller about touring comedians.
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Ron Sparks is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is known as an alternative comedian and frequent guest on CBC Radio's The Debaters, and on TV as a regular and favourite juror on MuchMusic's highest-rated show, Video on Trial, also starring as The Judge in the Stars on Trial Christmas special and various other VOT spin-offs.
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The 10th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2008. The ceremony was held at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunswick on 2 October 2009 and was hosted by Seán Cullen.
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