Ryan Belleville

Ryan Belleville (born May 8, 1979)[1] is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor.

Ryan Belleville
Born (1979-05-08) May 8, 1979
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationStand-up comedian, Actor
Years active1999-present

Career

Belleville became the youngest person to tape his own Comedy Now! special for CTV.[2] He also appeared in CBC's The Sean Cullen Show and the movie Going the Distance.[3] He was also "Slime Master Ryan" on the YTV Canadian show "UH OH!". Belleville portrayed Eddie in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs[4] and had a starring role in 2008 as Finn in Finn on the Fly. In 2011, he co-wrote and starred in the Canadian sitcom, Almost Heroes.[5] He also voices Holger Holghart in the children's TV show, Detentionaire. He played the recurring character Jasper on the Fox TV series Life on a Stick.,[6] and also appeared on the CTV show, Satisfaction.[7]

Stand up comedy

Belleville won the Phil Hartman Award and won a Canadian Comedy Award.[8] He has appeared eight times at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal,[9] several times at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival[10] and the Halifax Comedy Fest.[11]

In June 2016 Belleville produced and co-hosted a 12-hour telethon, with proceeds going to the Canadian Red Cross to help the victims of the Fort McMurray wildfires.[12][13]

Personal life

Belleville is the brother of Jason Belleville, who writes and produces shows like Ground Floor and Little Mosque on the Prairie.[5]

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References
  1. "BIO". ryanbelleville.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11.
  2. Ryan Belleville bio, Internet Movie Database
  3. Going the Distance on IMDb
  4. Stuck in the Suburbs on IMDb
  5. "The 2011 Ten to Watch: Jason and Ryan Belleville". playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. Life on a Stick on IMDb
  7. "An ensemble police drama and new comedy series coming to CTV". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  8. "Nominations & Awards Archives | Canadian Comedy Awards". canadiancomedyawards.org. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  9. "Ryan Belleville hits Ottawa for six nights". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  10. "Winnipeg Comedy Festival Schedule". www.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  11. "19th Annual Ha!ifax ComedyFest « Sea and be Scene". seaandbescene.com. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  12. "Musicians to play benefit concert to help people affected by Fort McMurray fire". CityNews. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  13. "The 12 Hour Telethon for Fort Mac". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.



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