Rob Hawke

Rob Hawke is a Canadian actor and Gemini Award-nominated writer.{{cite web|last=Hawke|first=Robert|title=Robert Hawke's Website |url=http://roberthawke.com/|accessdate=30 December 2012}}{{cite web|last=Hawke|first=Robert|title=Robert Hawke's YouTube Channel|website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/hondorama|accessdate=30 December 2012}} He has performed his one-man show, Norm versus Cancer: A Terminally Funny One Man Show,{{cite web|title=Bad Dog Theatre Listing|url=http://www.torontoartsonline.org/Events/Theatre/2007/F-k-You-Cancer-A-Terminally-Funny-One-Man-Show|accessdate=23 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=San Francisco Fringe Listing|url=http://www.theatermania.com/san-francisco/shows/fuck-you-cancer_136864/|accessdate=23 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=New York Listing|url=http://guestofaguest.com/calendar/2009/8/fuck-you-cancer/|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134945/http://guestofaguest.com/calendar/2009/8/fuck-you-cancer/|archivedate=22 July 2011}}{{cite news|last=Wass|first=Carey|title=Late Night in the Bedroom Interview|url=http://www.latenightinthebedroom.com/artist-segment-rob-hawke|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323021614/http://www.latenightinthebedroom.com/artist-segment-rob-hawke|archivedate=23 March 2012}}{{cite web|last=Hawke|first=Robert|title=Norm Vs Cancer Website|url=http://www.normvscancer.com/index.html|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702003511/http://www.normvscancer.com/index.html|archivedate=2 July 2011}} which is based on his personal experience of surviving thyroid cancer. Hawke is an alumnus of The Second City,{{cite news|last=Flacks|first=Diane|title=TheStar.Com Article|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/298508|accessdate=23 April 2011|location=Toronto|work=The Star|date=2 February 2008}} performing across Canada and internationally in the Second City National Touring Company.

Career

Hawke was a 2011 Canadian Comedy Award Nominee for his work on "Norm Vs Cancer: A Terminally Funny One Man Show",{{cite web|title=Canadian Comedy Award Shows|url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/mailers/2011/1015/shows.html|accessdate=30 December 2012}} and has shared in a Canadian Comedy Award for the fully improvised musical Showstopping Number.{{cite web|title=Canadian Comedy Award Archives|url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/archives.php?year=2008|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706171208/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/archives.php?year=2008|archivedate=6 July 2011}}{{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=Toronto Star Article: Showstopping Number|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/203188|accessdate=23 April 2011|work=The Star|date=15 April 2007}} He shared in a Gemini nomination for his work on SketchCom for CBC,{{cite web|title=IMDB: Sketchcom|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439024/|accessdate=23 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=TVArchive.ca: Sketchcom|url=http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/18497/sketchcom/details/|accessdate=23 April 2011}} as well as a co-recipient of the 1997 Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Hawke is also a member of the musical comedy duo, Fast and Dirty.{{cite web|last=Sumi|first=Glenn|title=Now Magazine: Top 10 Comedy Shows|url=http://fastanddirty.ca/images/nowcomedy2003top10.jpg|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223174712/http://www.fastanddirty.ca/images/nowcomedy2003top10.jpg|archivedate=23 February 2007}}{{cite web|last=Sumi|first=Glenn|title=Fast and Dirty Album Review|url=http://fastanddirty.ca/images/fdcdreview-nowdec182003.jpg|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224030632/http://www.fastanddirty.ca/images/fdcdreview-nowdec182003.jpg|archivedate=24 February 2007}}{{cite web|title=Fast and Dirty Website|url=http://fastanddirty.ca/press.html|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220105029/http://www.fastanddirty.ca/press.html|archivedate=20 February 2007}}

Hawke has written two books, Kicking Cancer's Ass: A Light-Hearted Guide to the Fight of Your Life and Vampire Dogs: The Rise of Thrasher.{{cite web|last=Hawke|first=Robert|title=Smashwords Author Page |url=http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RobertHawke|accessdate=30 December 2012}}