Pete Zedlacher
Encyclopedia
Pete Zedlacher is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor
and television writer. He has appeared at Just For Laughs
and the Halifax Comedy Festival
, and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up. He has also performed for the Canadian Forces
on several Canadian Forces Show Tours, entertaining the troops in such places as Alert, Nunavut
, The Persian Gulf and Kandahar, Afghanistan. As an actor he has appeared in the movies American Pie: The Naked Mile and Survival of the Dead and on TV in The Jon Dore Television Show
.
In 2010, Pete worked as a writer and performer on CBC television's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
and is currently a writer for CBC's The Ron James Show.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and television writer. He has appeared at Just For Laughs
Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
and the Halifax Comedy Festival
Halifax Comedy Festival
The Halifax Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The festival is sponsored by the CBC which tapes and broadcasts the comedians' sets as a series of television specials, and is usually about one week long...
, and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up. He has also performed for the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
on several Canadian Forces Show Tours, entertaining the troops in such places as Alert, Nunavut
Alert, Nunavut
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, from the North Pole. It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered east of the present station, off what is now Cape Sheridan, in 1875–1876.Alert was reported to have five permanent...
, The Persian Gulf and Kandahar, Afghanistan. As an actor he has appeared in the movies American Pie: The Naked Mile and Survival of the Dead and on TV in The Jon Dore Television Show
The Jon Dore Television Show
The Jon Dore Television Show is a mockumentary-style sitcom, based on an idea by Jon Dore and John Brunton. The show stars Canadian actor and comedian Jon Dore, of recent Canadian Idol co-host fame. The Comedy Network ordered 13 half hour episodes of the series, which premiered on October 17,...
.
In 2010, Pete worked as a writer and performer on CBC television's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
George Stroumboulopoulos
George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known as the host of CBC Television's George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and being a VJ for Canadian music television channel MuchMusic...
and is currently a writer for CBC's The Ron James Show.