For the rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s for Great Britain, Yorkshire, and Castleford, see Derek Edwards

Derek Edwards (rugby league)

Derek Edwards is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, playing at , i.e...

Derek Edwards (born 1958) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Timmins

Timmins

Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. He went to Timmins High and Vocational School

Timmins High and Vocational School

Timmins High and Vocational School is a public English-language high school in Timmins, Ontario. Timmins High and Vocational School includes Grades 9 - 12. It also features a special enriched academic stream; it is the only high school in the City of Timmins to offer Advanced Placement classes. The...

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In 1995, he was the winner of the Vail National Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. He is the only Canadian to date to have won this award. He won the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for best male stand-up. He has been featured in the Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...

 Comedy Festival five times, in 1997, 1999, 2003, 2008, and 2010.

He has been referred to as "...the funniest man in Canada. Everybody knows that," by Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer

Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...

 and as an emulation of "...Kramer from Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

...an odd, hysterically funny, brilliant artist," by Mitch Fatel

Mitch Fatel

Mitch Fatel is a stand-up comedian in New York. He was raised in Yonkers, New York and began doing stand-up at the age of 15. In 1988 Fatel attended NYU/Tisch School of the Arts and majored in Film and Acting Studies. Around this time Mitch was an intern on the Howard Stern show...

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Edwards' style is defined by his low voice and sarcastic delivery. He now lives in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario.

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