| Birth Date: | 2 November 1975 |
| Birth Name: | Jonathan David Dore |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor, comedian |
Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska.[1]
Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa.[2]
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,[3] a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of Funny as Hell premiered on March 22, 2013.[4]
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.[5]
Dore went on tour with Tig Notaro in the Summer of 2013 across the country to film a stand-up documentary for Showtime.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Stand-up Newcomer[9] | ||
| 2008 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Series Writing, The Jon Dore TV Show[10] | ||
| 2009 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Performance (male), The Jon Dore TV Show[11] | ||
| 2023 | Juno Awards | Comedy Album of the Year — A Person Who Is Gingerbread[12] |