Mark Little (Canadian comedian)

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Mark Little
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Mark Little at ROFLCon II in 2010
Birth nameMark Thomas Little
Born (1982-10-21) October 21, 1982 (age 41)
MediumStand-up, television, theatre
Years active2002-present
Genres Observational comedy, improvisational comedy
Notable works and roles Picnicface, Simon Hunt on Mr. D, CTV's Space Riders: Division Earth

Mark Thomas Little (born October 21, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his appearances on the CBC Television sitcom Mr. D , playing Simon Hunt, the Xavier Academy science teacher, and his work with Picnicface.

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Personal

Little grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia, and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, before moving to Toronto, Ontario. He currently resides in New York City.

Career

Comedy

Little is the former Humour Editor of Simon Fraser University's The Peak (newspaper). He has performed at Yuk Yuk's, the Halifax Comedy Festival, and CBC Radio's "So You Think You're Funny" series. He is a member of the Halifax-based sketch comedy group Picnicface. [1] The troupe has produced several successful viral videos, is featured on Funny or Die, [2] and stars in the films Roller Town [3] and Room for Rent .

Little is also the co-star of CTV's Space Riders: Division Earth , a Power Rangers-themed web series that released its first season in 2014. The show won the 2015 Canadian Canadian Screen Award for best original webseries, [4] and released a second season in 2017.

Television

Little portrayed Xavier Academy Science teacher Simon Hunt on the CBC Television sitcom Mr. D from 2012 until the show’s end in 2018, appearing in all 8 seasons.

Voice acting

Little's voice is featured in the YouTube video for an energy beverage called "Powerthirst" [5] which holds over 32 million views. [6] Little was subsequently hired to voice a drink ad inspired by the film Idiocracy called "Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator". [7] Little created, writes and voices the title role in the VRV animated series Gary and His Demons . [8] He is the voice of Dino in the Netflix series Cupcake & Dino: General Services and voiced Dave the mall guard in Transformers: BotBots (TV series).

Podcast

Starting in March 2023, Little launched a podcast titled “How Can We Help?” with fellow comedian Jackie Pirico. Occasionally joined by guest hosts, Little and Pirico respond with advice to listeners’ letters. Each episode ends with a celebrity advice segment, in which the hosts respond to “letters” from famous figures stuck in conundrums, such as a letter from a man named Jafar who aspired to become a sultan.

Honours and awards

In 2019, Little won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film for Room for Rent. [9] In 2008, Little was named Best Comedian by the readers of Halifax's The Coast, and appeared on the cover of the November 6, 2008, edition. [10] Little also beat out 63 comics to win first place and $25,000 in Yuk Yuk's 2009 Great Canadian Laugh Off, a nationwide comedy competition. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Praise

Mark Little has been called a "budding Canadian treasure" by Funny Business and described as "one of the best comic storytellers around" by NOW Magazine Toronto. [15]

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  3. ↑ "Roller Town Set to Premiere in over 100 million Homes On Demand & on iTunes in the US August 14th". August 13, 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2020-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Powerthirst". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  7. ↑ Walker, Rob (May 4, 2008). "This Joke's for You". The New York Times .
  8. ↑ "Gary and his Demons IMDB". IMDb .
  9. ↑ Comedy Awards, Canadian. "Nominations & Awards Archives". canadiancomedyawards.org. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  10. ↑ Carter, Sue. "Best Comedian". Thecoast.ca. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  11. ↑ "..:: Yuk Yuks Laugh off ::.. - Battle of the Marks; and one emerges as the $25K winner « yukyukslaughoff". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  12. ↑ Flinn, Sue Carter (May 4, 2009). "Updated with interview: Mark Little wins Great Canadian Laugh-off". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
  13. ↑ Archived May 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ McLeod, Paul (2009-05-12). "Little scores big and wins laugh off | Metro". Metronews.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  15. ↑ "Mark Little - Funny Business - Funniest Standup Comics & Comedians in Canada". funnybusiness.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.


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