Patrick McKenna
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Patrick McKenna born May 8, 1960 in Sylvania, Saskatchewan
Sylvania, Saskatchewan
Sylvania is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 58 in the Canada 2006 Census. Sylvania is home to Patrick McKenna, co-Star of The Red Green Show...

 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 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...

. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 series The Red Green Show
The Red Green Show
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC...

, Marty Stephens on Traders
Traders (TV series)
Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...

, and the Trudeau
Trudeau (film)
Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries dramatizing the life of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti....

miniseries. McKenna is a member of 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...

's 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...

comedy troupe. He attended Westmount Secondary School
Westmount Secondary School
Westmount Secondary School is located at 39 Montcalm Dr Hamilton Ontario, and is a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school opened in 1961, and has a 2009-2010 enrolment of 1217 students...

.

McKenna was the subject of the PBS Documentary ADD and Loving It?!
ADD & Loving it
ADD & Loving It?! is a Canadian Documentary that aired on Global Television in September 2009. It was Written and Directed by Rick Green, and stars Patrick McKenna...

In 2006 McKenna played producer Jeffrey Littleman on the short-lived CBC television series Getting Along Famously
Getting Along Famously
Getting Along Famously is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006.Set in the early 1960s, Getting Along Famously features Robin Duke, Bob Martin and Patrick McKenna as real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath....

. He also voices Robear on "Iggy Arbuckle
Iggy Arbuckle
Iggy Arbuckle is a Canadian animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses about a pig who happens to be a forest ranger, known in the series as a "Pig Ranger"...

".

In 2007 he appeared in the pilot of Sabbatical
Sabbatical (TV series)
Sabbatical is a 2007 CTV television movie, which was filmed in August 2007, as a pilot, and aired on 23 November 2007.The film, follows Patrick Marlowe , his paleontologist wife Dr...

. He stars as Victor in indie horror film Silent But Deadly
Silent But Deadly
Silent But Deadly is an 2011 television film which was filmed at Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. It stars Kim Poirier, Jason Mewes and William Sadler. It is a MJC Entertainment Inc production...

. McKenna guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...

playing Dr. Jay Felger, first in the episode "The Other Guys" and then in episode "Avenger 2.0".

Notable TV roles

  • The Red Green Show
    The Red Green Show
    The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC...

    (Harold Green)
  • Traders
    Traders (TV series)
    Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...

    (Marty Stephens)
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!! (Lorne, the Friend for Life)
  • Little Mosque on the Prairie
    Little Mosque on the Prairie
    Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...

    (The Principal)
  • Stargate SG-1
    Stargate SG-1
    Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...

    (2 eps.) (Dr. Jay Felger)
  • Getting Along Famously
    Getting Along Famously
    Getting Along Famously is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006.Set in the early 1960s, Getting Along Famously features Robin Duke, Bob Martin and Patrick McKenna as real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath....

    (Jeffrey Littleman)
  • Iggy Arbuckle
    Iggy Arbuckle
    Iggy Arbuckle is a Canadian animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses about a pig who happens to be a forest ranger, known in the series as a "Pig Ranger"...

    (Robear)
  • Best Ed
    Best Ed
    Best Ed is a Canadian animated television series created by Rick Marshall. The series premiered in 2008 on Teletoon. The series chronicles the adventures of an overly helpful and enthusiastic dog named Ed and his best friend, Doug the squirrel, whom everyone calls "Buddy" because Ed refers to him...

    (Doug aka Buddy)
  • The Border
    The Border (TV series)
    The Border is a Canadian drama airing on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by...

    (Don Campbell)
  • Spliced
    Spliced (TV series)
    Spliced is a Canadian animated television series produced by Teletoon and Nelvana. The series made its world premiere on Jetix in Latin America on April 20, 2009. The series currently airs in Canada on Teletoon, in the United States on qubo, in Australia on ABC3, in the United Kingdom on Nicktoons,...

    (Two-legs "Joe")
  • Clang Invasion (Rivet)
  • Bill 'n' Lloyd (Krasky the Klown)
  • Detective Squirrel Jr. (Dad)
  • Wingin' It
    Wingin' It
    Wingin' It is a Canadian teen sitcom airing on Family; the series is produced by Temple Street Productions in association with Family. It stars Demetrius Joyette and Dylan Everett. It also includes guest-stars from other Family Channel shows such as The Latest Buzz...

    (Mr. Telson)
  • New Outer Limits: Mindreacher Episode (Dr. Seigal)
  • Sidekick
    Sidekick (TV series)
    Sidekick is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman and Joey So. The series first aired on YTV on September 30, 2010 in Canada as a special preview and officially premiered on October 2, 2010 at 10:30AM ET. It premiered on Cartoon Network on June 13, 2011 at 3:30PM ET in the...

    (Pamplemoose)
  • Scaredy Squirrel
    Scaredy Squirrel (TV series)
    Scaredy Squirrel is a Canadian/American animated television series, based loosely on the book series, Scaredy Squirrel, by Mélanie Watt. To celebrate April Fool’s Day on Friday, April 1, 2011, YTV aired a special sneak peek episode of Scaredy Squirrel, in Canada. Then on Sunday, April 3, 2011, YTV...

    (Nestor)

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