Kerry Griffin
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Kerry Griffin is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 comedic and dramatic actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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Kerry Griffin is a member of three time Canadian Comedy Award
Canadian Comedy Awards
The Canadian Comedy Awards, founded by , are an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable English speaking Canadian comedians for achievements in Live, Radio, Film, Television and Internet media over the previous year...

 winning improv troupe Slap Happy
Slap Happy Improv
Slap Happy is a Canadian improv troupe located in Toronto, Ontario. Members include Kerry Griffin, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Dave Pearce and Tabetha Wells. The group has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Improv Troupe, in 2002, 2003 & 2005.-External links:*...

 http://www.canadiancomedyawards.ca/2002_winners.htmhttp://www.canadiancomedyawards.ca/2003_winners.htmhttp://www.canadiancomedyawards.ca/2005_winners.htm, host of Inside the Out of Work Actors Studio, former artistic director of The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company is an improvisational theatre company based in Toronto, Canada, and established in 2003. The theatre is eclectic and broad in its production of shows, with a focus on short-form improv, but it has branched out to include the work of other schools of thought in...

 and an instructor at both The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company is an improvisational theatre company based in Toronto, Canada, and established in 2003. The theatre is eclectic and broad in its production of shows, with a focus on short-form improv, but it has branched out to include the work of other schools of thought in...

 and The Second City
The Second City
The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

 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...

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His film and television work includes the award winning short How To Be More Chinese, The 5th Quadrant for The Comedy Network
The Comedy Network
The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....

 , Train 48
Train 48
Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH airing from 2003 until 2005.Train 48 was based on the format of an Australian television program called Going Home....

 and numerous television commercials. He has also appeared on stage with the Second City National Touring Company, The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company
The Bad Dog Theatre Company is an improvisational theatre company based in Toronto, Canada, and established in 2003. The theatre is eclectic and broad in its production of shows, with a focus on short-form improv, but it has branched out to include the work of other schools of thought in...

, and in productions such as Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...

’s Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (play)
Fallen Angels is a play by British actor and playwright Noel Coward that opened at the Globe Theatre in 1925, starring Tallulah Bankhead.Cast of the original 1927 Broadway production included:...

 and the Toronto production of Co-Ed Prison Sluts
Co-Ed Prison Sluts
Co-Ed Prison Sluts is a musical revue that originally opened at the Annoyance Theatre in April 1989, closed in June 2000, making it the longest-running musical in Chicago, Illinois, a title that still holds to this day....

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