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Brian Stollery
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)comedian, actor

Brian Stollery is a Canadian comedian and actor.[1]

Career

Stollery has been a standup comedian performing on CBC radio programs such as: The Debaters[2] and Laugh Out Loud.[3][4] He has appeared at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival,[5][6] the Alberta Comedy Spectacular: Best of the West television program,[7][8] and the Sudbury Comedy Festival.[9] He was a finalist at the Big Sky Comedy Festival.[10]

Stollery is heard regularly on the Sirius XM's Just For Laughs Canada channel.[11] He has released three comedy albums namely; Nice Enough (2009), For Brian Out Loud (2015) and Lost My Sense Of Taste (2022).[12]

As an actor, Stollery trained at the National Theatre School of Canada[5] and has appeared in movies such as Legends of the Fall,[13] Rat Race,[14] Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee[15] and a few others.[16] He also starred as Wally the bartender in the CBC Television Series, Tom Stone.[17]

Honors

2010 – First to win Sirius XM Canada’s Top Comic competition[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Comic tours Okanagan with new show". todayinbc.com. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Meat & RV's". cbc.ca. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ Andrea Patehviri,"Brian Stollery For Brian Out Loud". exclaim.ca. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Kids in the Hall's Bruce McCulloch to headline LOL Sudbury". sudbury.com. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Brian Stollery at Winnipeg Comedy Festival". winnipegcomedyfestival.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ^ "the tiny comedy show at Scarpetta at the Riviera! Final Show!". tinycomedyshow.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Best of the West". cbc.ca. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ Anna Borowiecki,"Comedy spectacular coming to the Arden". stalbertgazette.com. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Brian Stollery at Sudbury Comedy Festival". lolsudbury.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Big Sky International Comedy Festival". byronbowerslive.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Just For Laughs Canada". siriusxm.ca. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Brian Stollery: Corporate Comedian". thecomedian.ca. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Rat Race – Full Cast & Crew". tvguide.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Legends of the Fall – Full Cast & Crew". tvguide.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee 2007 Drama". wolfentertainment.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Brian Stollery Filmography". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.[dead link]
  17. ^ "Tom Stone". tvmaze.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Funniest comedian in Canada named in SiriusXMs Top Comic.pdf" (PDF). siriusxm.ca. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  19. ^ "10th annual SiriusXM Top Comic invites alumni to return for a 2nd chance at Canada's biggest comedy prize". thatericalper.com. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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