Craig Brown

Craig is a multi talented actor/writer/producer/comedian. He won the Best Actor Award at the 2015 Atlantic Film Festival for his work in the movie "Your Money or Your Wife". He is also the voice of Loaf, Phillipe Pharleau & Skip Pauseforeffect in the new animated series "The Bagel & Becky Show" that debuts in 2016.Craig was a member of the legendary The Second City where he wrote and performed three critically acclaimed revues. His last show, Sixteen Scandals, won a 2015 Canadian Comedy Award and was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble.. The other revues were We Can Be Heroes (Canadian Comedy Award 2014 Nominee for Best Comedic Revue) and The Meme-ing of Life. Craig is also founding member of award-winning sketch comedy troupes The Sketchersons and Bull Hooey.He is the creator and co-producer of the stand-up comedy competition show titled Joke or Choke. In it, four stand-up comics are given one week to write brand new jokes based on topics chosen for them. They battle round by round and comics are ruthlessly eliminated along the way until one is crowned the Joke or Choke Champion. The production was produced in conjunction with the Bell Media Fund, Insight Productions and Howie Mandel's Alevy Productions. The show aired on CTV's digital site and The Comedy Network.Craig also co-created, co-wrote and co-produced a web series starring wrestling legend Chris Jericho entitled But I'm Chris Jericho, a series which finds Chris, back in Canada, trying to start a serious acting career and leave his wrestling image behind him. The series was nominated for 5 2014 Canadian Comedy Awards: Best Web Series, Best Directing, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing. As well, it has been an official selection at the LA Web Series Festival, Vancouver Webfest, Marseille Webfest and numerous other festivals. The series aired as a three episode special on Shaw's ActionTV on March 5th 2014 and can be found on YouTube as well.Craig has performed at Just For Laughs Toronto, Chicago Sketch Festival and numerous other festivals throughout North America. He was also a recipient of a Bell Media National Fellowship in 2014. The Fellowship is intended to encourage professional development in the television industry by enabling emerging creative talent to attend the Banff World Media Festival. Show less «