Jon Dore

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Jon Dore
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Dore in 2013.
Born
Jonathan David Dore

(1975-11-02) November 2, 1975 (age 49)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian

Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor. [1]

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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

YearAwardCategoryResult
2006 Canadian Comedy Award Best Stand-up Newcomer [9] Won
2008Canadian Comedy AwardBest Series Writing, The Jon Dore TV Show [10] Won
2009Canadian Comedy AwardBest Performance (male), The Jon Dore TV Show [11] Won
2023 Juno Awards Comedy Album of the Year — A Person Who Is Gingerbread [12] Won

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Stop Podcasting Yourself 668 – Jon Dore". Maximum Fun. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ Volmers, Eric (January 22, 2015). "Comedian Jon Dore tackles taboos and mines discomfort". Calgary Herald. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ Funny as Hell – HBO Canada
  4. ↑ Bordeau, Annette (March 21, 2013). "Jon Dore Talks 'Funny As Hell,' Drunks and the Perks of Primetime". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro | SXSW 2015 Event Schedule".
  7. ↑ "Jon Dore". IMDb .
  8. ↑ Greg David, "Just for Laughs wraps production on Humour Resources for CBC". TV, eh?, October 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Canadian comic performers to celebrate at annual awards". CBC News. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ "2008 Canadian Comedy Awards winners". Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  11. ↑ "2009 Canadian Comedy Awards winners". Canadian Comedy Awards. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ 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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