Trevor Boris
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| Trevor Boris | |
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| Born | Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Subject(s) | Homosexuality |
| Notable works and roles | Video on Trial, Canada's Got Talent "Big Brother Canada" |
Trevor Boris (born September 10, 1978)[1] is a Canadian comedian and writer from Selkirk, Manitoba.
Television work
Boris is one of the stars of MuchMusic's Video on Trial, and is also a star of Stars Gone Wild. He has also appeared on many other MuchMusic specials including Stars on Trial, LOL!, Spring Break '07, Totally 80s Video on Trial, Video on Trial: Holiday Crap, Overrated in 06, and wrote the special Famous Fallouts. He was also a producer of Video on Trial at one point. He was also a presenter at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards. He was also a spokesperson for Sunsilk which aired numerous Hair on Trial commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on The Latest Buzz on Family Channel.
Boris recently had his very own Comedy Now! standup special air on CTV and The Comedy Network, was the runner-up in the 2006 Great Canadian Laugh Off (the winner received $25,000) that aired on The Comedy Network, and was the host of the same-sex wedding show I Now Pronounce You... on OUTtv. He has been nominated twice for the "Best Stand-up Newcomer" Canadian Comedy Award, and has performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as the CBC Winnipeg, Halifax, and Vancouver Comedy Festivals and at the 2006 Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa.
He has been featured numerous times on entertainment shows such as eTalk Daily, Star! Daily, Inside Jam!, CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's The Debaters, and was recently featured on the cover of NOW in Toronto. He has also written for the National Post.
He was also part of season five of Last Comic Standing when they auditioned in Montreal. He made it to the Finals of Canada (Top 15) but did not advance to L.A.
He has also worked as a television producer, most recently on Big Brother Canada. He also produced Canada's Got Talent, which was retired after only one season.
Filmography
| Television | |||
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| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Halifax Comedy Festival | Himself | |
| 2003 | Fairy Tale | Writer | |
| 2005 | I Now Pronounce You... | Head writer | |
| Famous Fallouts | Writer | TV movie | |
| Stars on Trial | Himself | ||
| 2006–Present | Video on Trial | Himself/Juror/Producer/Writer | |
| 2006 | Great Canadian Laugh Off | Himself | |
| Headlines on Trial | Himself | ||
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Presenter | ||
| Overrated in '06 | Himself | ||
| 2007-2010 | Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Writer | |
| 2007 | Comedy Now | Writer | |
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Writer | ||
| Stars Gone Wild | Himself | ||
| We're Funny That Way! | Himself | ||
| 2008 | The Latest Buzz | Glee-Phone Seller | |
| One Night Stand Up | Himself | ||
| 2009 | Juno Awards | Writer | |
| Canada's Next Top Model | Interviewer | ||
| Howie Do It | |||
| 2010 | MuchMusic Video Awards | Writer | |
| CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Contributing writer | Uncredited | |
| 2011 | The Debaters | Himself | Episodes: "Childless Women & Urban Chickens," "GPS & Adult Kids at Home," and "Rise of China & Band the Pride Parade" |
| 2012 | Canada's Got Talent | Producer | |
| 2013-2015 | Big Brother Canada | Marsha the Moose | Also challenge producer |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Event | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Himself | Canadian Comedy Awards | Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2005 | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Trevor Boris". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "Trevor Boris, Elvira Kurt talk cock in Winnipeg". Xtra!, April 20, 2009.