Jerry Schaefer | |
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| Born | |
| Other names | Jerry Schaeffer |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Jerry Schaefer is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Possum Lake animal control officer Ed Frid on The Red Green Show . [1]
Jerry is a veteran of The Second City, where he worked as an instructor in the conservatory program. As a member of the comedy troupe The Chumps, he helped create and perform several long-running pop culture parodies and a series of improvised one-act plays. They also improvised a series for CBC Radio.
In film, Schaefer has worked with Carl Reiner and Bette Midler in That Old Feeling , with Bruce McCulloch and Natasha Henstridge in Dog Park , and with Angelina Jolie in Pushing Tin . [2]
Schaefer's television credits include The Kids in the Hall , That’s So Weird, Comics! , Degrassi: The Next Generation , The Ron James Show , Dan for Mayor , SketchCom , Due South and Howie Do It with Howie Mandel. He is also a regular character on The Red Green Show, where he plays Ed Frid, an animal control expert who is deathly afraid of all animals. [3]
Schaefer was head writer for the CBC Radio comedy series The Muckraker. He also wrote and produced satirical, current event comedy for What a Week .
When he is not acting, Schaefer is teaching workshops on improv and sketch comedy writing. Most recently, Schaefer improvised a show with noted Beat poet Ken Nordine at the Chicago Improv Festival.
From time to time, Schaefer is paid to appear in commercials to please his parents. [4]