Mark Forward Explained

Mark Forward
Birth Date:17 June 1974
Birth Place:Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Mark Forward (born June 17, 1974)[1] is a Canadian comedian and actor from Oakville, Ontario.[2]

He is the winner of the 2005 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Newcomer. He also won the Homegrown Competition at the 2006 Just for Laughs festival. He has performed at the Halifax Comedy Festival, Hub Cap Comedy Festival and Just for Laughs,[3] opening for Craig Ferguson during his Hobo Fabulous tour.[4]

He has appeared in Letterkenny, Fargo, Mr. D, The Rocker, Breakfast with Scot, The Sean Cullen Show, The Newsroom and Degrassi.[5] Forward is also a writer and performer on The Jon Dore Television Show.[6]

Filmography

Standup Specials

!Year!Title!Notes
2018Mark Forward Presents: Mark Forward
2019Mark Forward Wins All the Awards

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2002Escape from the NewsroomThe Cannibal
2006Night of TerrorNewlywed Man
2007I Me WedJim
2007Breakfast with ScotSnickering Businessman
2008The RockerLeon
2008True Confessions of a Hollywood StarletIce Cream Vendor
2009Puck HogsJake Goldstein
2010Double WeddingMitch
2015No Stranger Than LoveVernon Paulson
2016The Death (and Life) of Carl NaardlingerDon Beamershmiddle; Carl Naardlinger
2020Getting to Know YouKenny

Television

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2002DocJake1 episode
2003The Seán Cullen ShowSeán's stand-in
2007Judge #11 episode
2007-09The Jon Dore Television ShowVarious8 episodes
2010Living in Your Car1 episode
2012-14Mr. DWayne Leung24 episodes; 1 episode in 2014 in the "webisodes" spinoff
2015Spun OutIan Hayes1 episode
2016-2023LetterkennyCoach32 episodes
2017FargoDonny Mashman6 episodes
2018Cupcake & Dino: General ServicesHugo (voice)13 episodes

Personal life

Forward lives in Toronto. He is married and has a son.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Forward. 2021-08-19. IMDb.
  2. News: Grignon . Denis . Mark Forward is a nationalist of laughs . . January 3, 2017 . June 19, 2018.
  3. Web site: Why Mark Forward believes Canadian comics should not move to the U.S.. July 13, 2017. Q.
  4. Web site: Craig Ferguson Sony Centre, Toronto ON, October 2 . exclaim.ca . October 3, 2015 . January 30, 2020.
  5. News: Comedian Mark Forward on making a career in stand-up. Brad. Wheeler. December 8, 2016. The Globe and Mail.
  6. Web site: Toronto comedian Mark Forward keeps things authentic. May 4, 2016. Victoria. Banner. beatroute.ca.