Gerry Dee Biography

Gerry Dee began his comedy career in a very different fashion. The son of Scottish immigrant parents Gerry was born in Scarborough Ontario and grew up in Toronto. He currently splits his time between living in Los Angeles and Toronto.
He spent 10 years as a high school phys-ed teacher before making the switch to full time comedy in 2003.
In 1999 he won Toronto's Funniest New Comic competition. He would later tape his own half hour Comedy Now Special on CTV and The Comedy Network in 2001. He has attended a variety of comedy festivals namely The US HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival where he made his CBC Gala appearance in July 2004 and again in 2007. He recently performed in Scotland and South Africa.
In 2002 he was the first Canadian in 27 years to win the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Former comics who got their start in this competition include Robin Williams Dana Carvey and Ellen Degeneres to name a few.
In 2003 he made his US network debut when he performed on CBS' Star Search with Arsenio Hall. A year later he would appear on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as well as on The Mike Bullard Show.

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