Name Jeff McEnery | Role Stand-up comedian Movies and TV shows Dog Pound, Hotbox | |
Awards Canadian Comedy Award for Live / Best Stand-Up Newcomer Nominations Canadian Comedy Award for Live / Best Male Stand-Up Similar People Taylor Poulin, Dewshane Williams, Mateo Morales, Lawrence Bayne, Alexander Conti | ||
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Jeff McEnery is a stand up comedian and actor born and raised in the small town of Acton, Ontario, Canada.
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He is a graduate of Humber College’s Comedy: Writing and Performance Program. In 2004, he won the college’s Best First Year Stand-Up Award. Jeff won the Tim Sims Encouragement Award in 2005 and Yuk Yuk's $25,000 Great Canadian Laugh Off in 2006. He was nominated twice for the Best Stand-Up Newcomer Canadian Comedy Award (2006-2007), winning in 2007. Since then, Jeff has appeared at every major Canadian comedy festival including the "Just for Laughs Comedy Festival", "Halifax Comedy Festival", "Winnipeg Comedy Festival", "LOLSudbury Comedy Festival", “Hubcap Comedy Festival” in Moncton, “Cottage Country Comedy Festival” in Muskoka and "Global ComedyFest" in Vancouver.
Jeff's one hour "Comedy Now!" stand up special was broadcast on CTV and The Comedy Network in the summer of 2011 and he has been featured on the shows, "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight" and "etalk". He was nominated for the Best Male Stand Up Canadian Comedy Award in 2015.
McEnery has also been involved in acting, starring in the feature films "Dog Pound" and "Camille" as well as CTV's "Many Happy Returns" ad campaign and several commercials (Wendy's, Doritos, Comcast etc.) He has made guest appearances on the shows Naturally, Sadie, The Jon Dore Television Show, Covert Affairs, "Letterkenny" and "The Howie Mandel Show". He was also a cast member on The Comedy Network's sketch series "Hotbox".
As a writer, Jeff is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School's Writing for Film and Television Program. He is a story consultant on the CBC's "Still Standing" and done punch up work on "The Latest Buzz". He has written and produced two short films "Yes And..." and "Behind the Funny", the latter of which was broadcast on The Comedy Network on the show "Canadian Comedy Shorts."