Jon Dore

Jon Dore
Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska.
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.
Awards
Filmography
Canadian Idol (2003) – Correspondent
A Woman Hunted (2003) – TV Host
Outrage (2003) – Birnbaum
Canadian Idol 2 (2004) – Correspondent
Cream of Comedy (2005) – Host/Writer
Naturally, Sadie (2006) – Mr. Woodson
Canadian Comedy Awards: Weekend Wrap-Up (2006) – Himself
7th Canadian Comedy Awards (2006) – Himself
Comedy Now! (2007) – Himself/Writer
The Jon Dore Television Show (2007–2009) – Himself/Creator/Writer/Co-producer
The Nice Show (2007) – Himself/Performer/Writer
Hooked on Speedman (2008) – Jon
Live at Gotham (2008) – Himself
CH Live: NYC (2009) – Himself/Writer
Hotbox (2009)
Just for Laughs (2009) – Himself/Writer
10th Canadian Comedy Awards (2009) – Himself
Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2010) – Himself
11th Canadian Comedy Awards (2010) – Himself
Global Comedians (2010) – Himself
Held Up (2010) – Ray
Comedy Central Presents (2010) – Himself/Writer
How I Met Your Mother (2010) – Mugger/Zookeeper
Scare Tactics (2010) – Freakshow Owner
Conan (2010–2017) – Himself (7 episodes)
The Hour (2011) – Himself
Stag (2011) – Luke
Talking Hedz (2011)
My Life As an Experiment (2011) – A.J. Wilder
Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2012) – Writer
Funny as Hell (2011–2013) – Host/Writer
CC: Stand-Up - The Bonnaroo Experience (2012) – Himself
Mash Up w/ TJ Miller (2011–2012) – Himself/Writer
Just for Laughs: All-Access (2012) – Himself
Dino Dan (2011) – Recurring guest Uncle Jack
All Growz Up with Melinda Hill (2013) – Himself
Expecting (2013) – Peter
Set List: Stand Up Without a Net (2013) – Himself
Who Charted? (2013) – Himself
How to Live with Your Parents (2013) – Julian Tatham
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2014) – Himself
Katie Chats (2014) – Himself
Hart of Dixie (2014) – Charles (3 episodes)
Unusually Thicke (2014) – Jon
Package Deal (2014) – TJ
A Dore to Winnipeg (2014) – Himself/Writer/Co-executive producer
Kroll Show (2014–2015) – Gordon Yarmouth/Quentin Brian (2 episodes)
Inside Amy Schumer (2014–2015) – Ted/Boyfriend/Max (3 episodes)
Teen Lust (2014) – Gary
@midnight (2014–2016) – Himself
Bummed – (2015) – Billy Sunshine
Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro (2015)
Comedy Bang! Bang! (2015) – Olie "The Goaltender" Marcoux
After the Reality (2016) – Fitz/Co-producer
The Pickle Recipe (2016) – Joey
Angel from Hell (2016) – Hank (2 episodes)
Speechless (2016) – Tom
Those Who Can't (2016) – Dave
The Crossroads of History (2016)
Baroness von Sketch Show (2016–2018) – Mr. Bingleby/Pete/Henry/Jack/Bouncer/Lance (6 episodes)
The 5th Quarter (2018) – Otis Wood
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh (2018) – Tony
Cracked (2018) – Dr. Max Nolan/Writer/Executive producer
Big Questions, Huge Answers with Jon Dore (2018) – Himself
Humour Resources (2021) – Jon Dore
The Lake (2022) – Wayne
References
External links
Diamondfield Entertainment feature
The Jon Dore Television Show on The Comedy Network.
1976 births
Male actors from Ottawa
Canadian stand-up comedians
Algonquin College alumni
Canadian Idol
Canadian male television actors
Canadian television personalities
Living people
21st-century Canadian male actors
Canadian sketch comedians
21st-century Canadian comedians
Canadian male comedians
Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
People from Juneau, Alaska
Comedians from Ottawa
Canadian Comedy Award winners
Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year winners
Comedians from Alaska