Years active 2001–present Name Eddie Siepe | Role Comedian | |
Born May 2, 1981 (age 42)
Toronto, Ontario Canada ( 1981-05-02 ) Subject(s) Everyday life, Observational Movies and TV shows Video on Trial, American Soldiers, The Four Horsemen Parents Antonio Della Siepe, Elvia Della Siepe Medium Stand-up comedy, Television | ||
Notable works and roles Video on Trial | ||
Comedian Eddie Della Siepe Reveals It All
Edmondo "Eddie" Della Siepe (born May 2, 1981) is a Canadian-born stand-up comedian and actor. He frequently appeared on MuchMusic's hit show Video on Trial, and Love Court.
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- Comedian Eddie Della Siepe Reveals It All
- Eddie della siepe comedian live 2013
- Early life
- Stand up
- Television
- Film
- References
Eddie della siepe comedian live 2013
Early life
Eddie Della Siepe was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. His father Antonio immigrated to Canada from Italy and his mother Elvia from Peru. Eddie attended York Memorial Colligate Institute in Toronto where he excelled in the drama program and was involved in many school productions In his early years he idolized Jim Carrey and from the age of 12 he had aspirations of becoming a stand-up comedian. His first attempt at stand-up comedy was at the age of 17 while still attending high school, and with a lackluster experience he decided to wait until the time was right to attempt stand up again. At the age of 19 he enrolled at York University in Toronto, where he majored in Sociology. While attending university he decided to focus on performing stand-up comedy again and started performing on local amateur nights and open mics.
Stand-up
Eddie Della Siepe is a national touring headliner and a regular in the Toronto comedy scene. He has co-featured in two MuchMusic sponsored national stand-up comedy tours, Jury Duty tour and Jury Duty 2: Even Jurier. Eddie has also appeared at the LOL Comedy Festival in Sudbury, the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and has also performed at the Comedy Store and The Improv in Hollywood California.
Television
Eddie has been featured in over 30 episodes of Video on Trial. In 2009 Eddie co-starred in all 20 episodes of MuchMusic’s reality dating show Love Court hosted by Canadian recording artist Elise Estrada. On January 2010 he recorded a thirty-minute "Comedy Now" stand up special for CTV and The Comedy Network, it aired in 2011.
Film
In 2004 he was cast as a lead in the modern day war drama American Soldiers by Hollywood director Sidney Furie and was featured in two well received Independent films, Smoked and Master Plan, both official selections of the Queens Film Festival in New York, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and New York Film & Video Festival.