Jon Dore

{{other people|John Dore}}

{{short description|Canadian comedian and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

{{BLP primary sources|date=August 2010}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Jon Dore.jpg

| caption = Dore in 2013.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|11|2}}

| birth_name = Jonathan David Dore

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| occupation = Actor, comedian

}}

Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska.{{cite web|title=Stop Podcasting Yourself 668 – Jon Dore |url=https://maximumfun.org/episodes/stop-podcasting-yourself/stop-podcasting-yourself-668-jon-dore/|website=Maximum Fun|date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021}}

Education

Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa.{{cite web|last=Volmers |first=Eric |title=Comedian Jon Dore tackles taboos and mines discomfort |work=Calgary Herald |date=January 22, 2015 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/comedian-jon-dore-tackles-taboos-and-mines-discomfort |access-date=June 26, 2017}}

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,[http://www.hbocanada.com/funnyashell/about.php Funny as Hell – HBO Canada] a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of Funny as Hell premiered on March 22, 2013.{{cite web|last=Bordeau|first=Annette|title=Jon Dore Talks 'Funny As Hell,' Drunks and the Perks of Primetime|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/21/funny-as-hell-jon-dore-interview_n_2924329.html|work=Huffington Post|date=March 21, 2013 |access-date=April 26, 2013}}

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.{{cite web|last=Carrie |first=Stephanie |title=Steph's LA Weekly Feature Series – Melinda Hill's Romantic Encounters |url=http://tangledwebwewatch.com/2013/07/17/stephs-la-weekly-feature-series-melinda-hills-romantic-encounters/ |access-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019203316/http://tangledwebwewatch.com/2013/07/17/stephs-la-weekly-feature-series-melinda-hills-romantic-encounters/ |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}

Dore went on tour with Tig Notaro in the Summer of 2013 across the country to film a stand-up documentary for Showtime.{{Cite web|url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FS17998|title=Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro | SXSW 2015 Event Schedule}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233481/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t34|title = Jon Dore|website = IMDb}}

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.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2020/10/29/just-for-laughs-wraps-production-on-humour-resources-for-cbc/ "Just for Laughs wraps production on Humour Resources for CBC"]. TV, eh?, October 29, 2020.

Awards

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Year

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2006

| Canadian Comedy Award

| Best Stand-up Newcomer{{cite web|title=Canadian comic performers to celebrate at annual awards|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-comic-performers-to-celebrate-at-annual-awards-1.569970|website=CBC News|access-date=23 December 2016}}

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2008

| Canadian Comedy Award

| Best Series Writing, The Jon Dore TV Show{{cite web | url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2008 | title=2008 Canadian Comedy Awards winners | publisher=Canadian Comedy Awards | access-date=October 30, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018204942/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2008 | archive-date=October 18, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}

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2009

| Canadian Comedy Award

| Best Performance (male), The Jon Dore TV Show{{cite web | url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2009 | title=2009 Canadian Comedy Awards winners | publisher=Canadian Comedy Awards | access-date=October 30, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031181309/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2009 | archive-date=October 31, 2013 | url-status=dead }}

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2023

| Juno Awards

| Comedy Album of the YearA Person Who Is GingerbreadJenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. CBC News, March 11, 2023.

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Filmography

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