Jon Dore
Jonathan David Dore is a Canadian comedian and actor.
Education
Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa.
Career
Jon Dore was formerly a correspondent for CTV's Canadian Idol. Dore also appeared on his own Comedy Now! special for CTV and The Comedy Network, and was featured on the A Channel's comedy special Toronto Laughs. His show, The Jon Dore Television Show, can be seen on The Comedy Network in Canada, and on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. In July 2008, Dore appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up show, Live at Gotham along with several other comedians. In 2010, he appeared on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
In March 2011, he hosted Funny as Hell on HBO Canada, a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of Funny as Hell premiered on March 22, 2013.
On November 11, 2010, he was the first featured comedian on Conan.
In 2013, Dore appeared as a main cast member alongside Sarah Chalke and Brad Garrett on the short-lived sitcom How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) and was interviewed by Melinda Hill for the web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill.
Dore went on tour with Tig Notaro in the Summer of 2013 across the country to film a stand-up documentary for Showtime.
In 2014, he appeared in an uncredited cameo on Alan Thicke's TLC show Unusually Thicke as a drunken stranger who crashes 16-year-old Carter Thicke's party. That same year he appeared in two episodes of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer.
In 2021, Dore created the single-camera sitcom Humour Resources for CBC, playing a fictional version of himself as an HR manager with unscripted interviews with Canadian and American comedians.
Filmography
Canadian Idol – CorrespondentA Woman Hunted – TV HostOutrage – Birnbaum Canadian Idol 2 – CorrespondentCream of Comedy – Host/WriterNaturally, Sadie – Mr. WoodsonCanadian Comedy Awards: Weekend Wrap-Up – Himself7th Canadian Comedy Awards – HimselfComedy Now! – Himself/WriterThe Jon Dore Television Show – Himself/Creator/Writer/Co-producer The Nice Show – Himself/Performer/WriterHooked on Speedman – JonLive at Gotham – HimselfCH Live: NYC – Himself/WriterHotbox Just for Laughs – Himself/Writer10th Canadian Comedy Awards – HimselfWinnipeg Comedy Festival – Himself11th Canadian Comedy Awards – HimselfGlobal Comedians – HimselfHeld Up – RayComedy Central Presents – Himself/WriterHow I Met Your Mother – Mugger/ZookeeperScare Tactics – Freakshow OwnerConan – Himself The Hour – HimselfStag – LukeTalking Hedz My Life As an Experiment – A.J. WilderWinnipeg Comedy Festival – WriterFunny as Hell – Host/WriterCC: Stand-Up - The Bonnaroo Experience – HimselfMash Up w/ TJ Miller – Himself/WriterJust for Laughs: All-Access – HimselfDino Dan – Recurring guest Uncle JackAll Growz Up with Melinda Hill – HimselfExpecting – PeterSet List: Stand Up Without a Net – HimselfWho Charted? – HimselfHow to Live with Your Parents – Julian TathamThis Hour Has 22 Minutes – HimselfKatie Chats – HimselfHart of Dixie – Charles Unusually Thicke – JonPackage Deal – TJA Dore to Winnipeg – Himself/Writer/Co-executive producerKroll Show – Gordon Yarmouth/Quentin Brian Inside Amy Schumer – Ted/Boyfriend/Max Teen Lust – Gary@midnight – HimselfBummed – – Billy SunshineKnock Knock, It's Tig Notaro Comedy Bang! Bang! – Olie "The Goaltender" MarcouxAfter the Reality – Fitz/Co-producer The Pickle Recipe – JoeyAngel from Hell – Hank Speechless – TomThose Who Can't – DaveThe Crossroads of History Baroness von Sketch Show – Mr. Bingleby/Pete/Henry/Jack/Bouncer/Lance The 5th Quarter – Otis WoodSeven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh – TonyCracked – Dr. Max Nolan/Writer/Executive producerBig Questions, Huge Answers with Jon Dore – HimselfHumour Resources – Jon DoreThe Lake – WayneThe Holiday Shift – Brian