Kyle Brownrigg

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Kyle Brownrigg is a Canadian stand-up comedian, most noted for winning the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019. [1]

Originally from Ottawa, Brownrigg began his career at open mic comedy nights in Ottawa. [2] He later moved to Toronto, where he is a regular performer at comedy clubs and shows. He has also performed as a touring comic, at events such as Just for Laughs, JFL Northwest, the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Sudbury Comedy Festival, the 905 Comedy Festival, We're Funny That Way! and the Icebreakers Comedy Festival. He was featured in the 2018 HBO Canada special Homegrown Comics , [3] and the 2020 CBC Gem special The New Wave of Standup , [4] and has appeared on CBC Radio's comedy debate series The Debaters .

In 2018 he was a finalist in SiriusXM Canada's annual Top Comic competition. [5] He released his first comedy album, Unmedicated: The New Fragrance, in 2019. [6]

In 2021, he appeared in an episode of Jon Dore's comedy series Humour Resources . [7] In 2022, his full-length comedy special Kyle Brownrigg: Introducing Lyle, recorded at the 2021 Just for Laughs festival, premiered on Crave. In 2022 he appeared in two episodes of Roast Battle Canada . [8]

He won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024 for his comedy album A Lylebility. [9]

Brownrigg is openly gay. [10]

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