Dylan Mandlsohn
{{short description|Canadian stand-up comedian}}
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|33|2013|10|21}}
| birth_place =Toronto, Canada
| occupation = Stand-up comedian, actor
| alma_mater = University of Windsor
| years_active = 1998-present
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Dylan Mandlsohn is a Canadian stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor. He is known for appearances on TV series, including 12 Monkeys and Nikita, and released a 2019 album produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for his label Stand Up! Records, A Date With the Devil.
Early life
Mandlsohn was raised in Toronto and was fascinated by comedy at an early age, inspired by Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey, and Rich Little. He studied drama at the University of Windsor.{{cite news |last=Stern |first=Cara |date= October 21, 2013 |title=Rubber-Faced Comic Gets Juiced On Stage |url= https://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/rubber-faced-comic-gets-juiced-stage |work=Canadian Jewish News |location=Toronto, Ontario |access-date=2020-05-31 }}{{cite podcast |url= https://castbox.fm/episode/Dylan-Mandlsohn-id1229842-id162582972?country=us |title=Dylan Mandlsohn |website=With Our Arms to the Sun |date=2019-06-11 |access-date=2020-06-02 }}
Career
Mandlsohn began performing in clubs at 17 and began touring the U.S. and Canada during college. He was a substitute teacher before moving into stand-up full-time. He is known for his family-friendly comedy that, in the words of one reviewer, "reins it in before it becomes too naughty".{{cite news |last=Law |first=John |date=2009-10-02 |title=Teacher-comedian keeps it clean |url= https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-niagara-falls-review/20091002/282243776644836 |work=Niagara Falls Review |access-date=2020-06-02 }} He was a member of Los Angeles improv troupe the Groundlings.{{cite news |last= Burke |first= David |date= 2009-02-09 |title= Canadian comic seeks southern exposure |url= https://qctimes.com/entertainment/dining/bars-and-clubs-other/canadian-comic-seeks-southern-exposure/article_d5a6012d-6049-52f8-9df8-bb85f60b8368.html |work= Quad City Times |access-date=2020-05-26 }} He had his own half-hour special in 2007 on the Canadian series Comedy Now!.{{cite web |url= https://www.tv-eh.com/2007/06/14/comedy-now-and-comedy-inc-return-to-ctv/ |title=Comedy Now! and Comedy Inc. Return to CTV |last=Wild |first=Diane |date=2007-06-14 |website=TV, Eh? |access-date=2020-06-02}}
He was a guest on two episodes of Canadian radio comedy show The Debaters. Mandlsohn has also had acting roles in several television series, including a CIA staffer in a 2010 episode of Nikita,{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1760673/fullcredits |title=Nikita: "Dark Matter" Full Cast & Crew |author= |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=2020-06-02}} a guard in a 2016 episode of 12 Monkeys,{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3148266/fullcredits |title=12 Monkeys: Full Cast & Crew |author= |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=2020-06-02}} and a landlord in Leslie Nielsen's final film, 2010's Stonerville.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1510909/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt |title=Stonerville |author= |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=2020-06-02}}
He is currently (March 2025) performing on Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas.
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|dylancomic}}
- [https://standuprecords.com/collections/dylan-mandlsohn Dylan Mandlsohn at Stand Up! Records website]
- {{IMDb name|id=8199762|name= Dylan Mandlsohn}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian comedians
Category:Canadian stand-up comedians
Category:Comedians from Toronto
Category:University of Windsor alumni
Category:Stand Up! Records artists