Dan Dillabough
Daniel Colin Dillabough (born 1992) is a Canadian television writer and comedian,{{Cite news |title=Still talking to Americans: 22 Minutes's Dan Dillabough on CBC comedy's hour-long pre-election special airing Monday |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-still-talking-to-americans-22-minutess-dan-dillabough-on-cbc-comedys/ |date=November 2, 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |author=J. Kelly Nestruck |language=en-CA}} best known for his work as a writer and correspondent on the CBC sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.{{Cite web |title='This Hour Has 22 Minutes' U.S. election special brings a Canadian punchline to the presidential race |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/this-hour-has-22-minutes-us-election-special-brings-a-canadian-punchline-to-the-presidential-race-031753772.html |date=November 3, 2024 |author=Elisabetta Bianchini |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}
He was raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and is currently based in Toronto.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2024 |title=22 Minutes goes 44 minutes to cover the election of President 47 |url=https://brioux.tv/blog/2024/11/04/22-minutes-goes-44-minutes-to-cover-the-election-of-president-47/ |website=brioux.tv |author=Bill Brioux |language=en-US}} He joined the writing staff of 22 Minutes in 2022, before being invited to go on air in correspondent segments.Cameron Kilfoy, [https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/this-hour-has-22-minutes-dan-dillabough-20-questions "It's ‘the best possible office job in the world,' says This Hour Has 22 Minutes Dan Dillabough"]. The Telegram, February 11, 2025.
At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, he shared in the award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy along with the writing staff of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-television-craft/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Television Craft"]. Broadcast Dialogue, May 29, 2024. In 2025 he received a WGC Screenwriting Award nomination for "Los Muchos Amores de Earl", an episode of the children's animated series Zokie of Planet Ruby.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2025/01/28/nominations-for-the-2025-wgc-screenwriting-awards-announced/ "Nominations for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards announced"]. TV, eh?, January 28, 2025.
He is queer.
Filmography
class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role |
2015
|writer |
2016
|story editor |
2016
|Ride |junior story editor |
2017
|story coordinator |
2017
|story coordinator |
2017
|writer, 1 episode |
2019
|writers' assistant |
2019
|punch-up writer |
2019
|story coordinator |
2020
|writer, 1 episode |
2022—present
|writer / story editor / correspondent |
2023
|writer, 1 episode |
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External links
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Category:21st-century Canadian comedians
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers
Category:Canadian television writers
Category:Canadian comedy writers
Category:Canadian sketch comedians
Category:Canadian male comedians
Category:Canadian LGBTQ comedians
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning writers
Category:Comedians from Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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