Mark Farrell

This article is about the Canadian comedian. For the member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, see Mark Farrell (politician).

Mark Farrell (born 1968) is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent comics such as Brent Butt. Success eventually called, as he appeared in two Ken Finkleman series, Married Life and the first season of The Newsroom.

Eventually his writing skills were noted, and as he became a writer for award-winning This Hour Has 22 Minutes, eventually moving all the way up to executive producer, until he left the show in 2010. His work on 22 Minutes led to many other writing gigs, including another job as supervising producer for the first season of Corner Gas, a show for which he continued to write.

He is currently an executive producer, co-creator, and writer for the show Dan for Mayor.

External links

• Mark Farrell at the Internet Movie Database