# Gemini Award for Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

The Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series is a defunct award category, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2001 to 2010 as part of its Gemini Awards program.
When the Gemini Awards were first introduced in 1986, awards were presented for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated in that era primarily by sketch comedy, comedy-drama or stand-up performance shows, rather than traditional sitcoms, comedy performance categories were discontinued after the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987; for the next few years, performances in comedy-drama shows were eligible to be nominated in the drama performance categories, while sketch comedy performers could be nominated for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series.
Beginning with the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, the Academy introduced a single award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, whose winners or nominees could be either an individual or an ensemble; separate awards for individual performance and ensemble performance were then introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001.
After 2010, with the reemergence of scripted comedy series in Canadian television, the category was discontinued. Separate categories for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series were reintroduced, alongside new categories for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as of the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. Since 2012, all four of the separate categories have continued to be presented as part of the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Jason Rouse | Comedy Now! |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Glen Foster | Comedy Now! |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Jessica Holmes | Comedy Now! |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Shaun Majumder | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Jonathan Torrens | Jonovision |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Bette MacDonald | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Jayne Eastwood | The Endless Grind |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Peter Keleghan | Royal Canadian Air Farce |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Nikki Payne | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Brian Hartt | Winnipeg Comedy Festival |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Omid Djalili | Just for Laughs |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Leonie Forbes | Lord Have Mercy! |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Linda Kash | Made in Canada |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Nikki Payne | Comedy Now! |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Gavin Crawford | This Hour Has 22 Minutes: "Episode 4" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Gavin Crawford | The Gavin Crawford Show: "Oh the Huge Manatee" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Roman Danylo | Comedy Inc. |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Shaun Majumder | Comedy from the Coast |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Russell Peters | Comedy Now! |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Mary Walsh | Hatching, Matching and Dispatching |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Irwin Barker | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Lewis Black | Just for Laughs |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Colin Fox | Puppets Who Kill: "Buttons the Dresser" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Levi MacDougall | Comedy Now! |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Mark McKinney | Robson Arms: "A Material Breach" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Brigitte Bako | G-Spot: "HBO" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Danny Bhoy | Just for Laughs |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Derek Edwards | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Jeremy Hotz | Just for Laughs |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Richard Waugh | Jimmy MacDonald's Canada: "The Lost Episodes: The Canadian Sexplosion" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Phyllis Ellis | The Wilkinsons: "I Don't Want to Lose You to LA" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | John Cleese | Just for Laughs |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Elvira Kurt | Halifax Comedy Festival: "Episode 3" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Rick Mercer | Rick Mercer Report: "Episode 5" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Teresa Pavlinek | The Jane Show: "House of Jane" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Jo Koy | Just for Laughs |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Natalie Brown | Sophie: "Door Number Two" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Louis C.K. | Just for Laughs |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Jon Dore | The Jon Dore Television Show: "Jon Gets Scared" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Ian Sirota | Comedy Inc.: "Episode 4x03" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Debra DiGiovanni | Halifax Comedy Festival |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Benjamin Arthur | Less Than Kind: "Pakikisama" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Jon Dore | The Jon Dore Television Show: "Jon Does Drugs" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Terry McGurrin | Comedy Now!: "Comedy Now! starring Terry McGurrin" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Brooke Palsson | Less Than Kind: "French Is My Kryptonite" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Benjamin Arthur | Less Than Kind: "That's Somebody's Knish!" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Lisa Durupt | Less Than Kind: "Road Trip" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Wendel Meldrum | Less Than Kind: "I Am Somewhere" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Rick Mercer | Rick Mercer Report: "Episode 1" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Pete Zedlacher | Just for Laughs |