Trevor Boris Explained

Birth Date:September 10, 1980
Birth Place:Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada[1]
Medium:Stand-up, television
Subject:Homosexuality
Notable Work:Video on Trial, Canada's Got Talent, Big Brother Canada

Trevor Boris (born September 10, 1980)[2] is a Canadian comedian, writer and television producer.

Television work

Boris is one of the stars of MuchMusic's Video on Trial, and is also a star of Stars Gone Wild. He has also appeared on many other MuchMusic specials including Stars on Trial, LOL!, Spring Break '07, Totally 80s Video on Trial, Video on Trial: Holiday Crap, Overrated in 06, and wrote the special Famous Fallouts. He was also a producer of Video on Trial at one point. He was also a presenter at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards. He was also a spokesperson for Sunsilk which aired numerous Hair on Trial commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on The Latest Buzz on Family Channel.

In 2007 Boris had his very own Comedy Now! standup special air on CTV and The Comedy Network, was the runner-up in the 2006 Great Canadian Laugh Off (the winner received $25,000) that aired on The Comedy Network, and was the host of the same-sex wedding show I Now Pronounce You... on OUTtv. He has been nominated twice for the "Best Stand-up Newcomer" Canadian Comedy Award, and has performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as the CBC Winnipeg, Halifax, and Vancouver Comedy Festivals and at the 2006 Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa.

He has been featured numerous times on entertainment shows such as eTalk Daily, Star! Daily, Inside Jam!, CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's The Debaters, and was recently featured on the cover of NOW in Toronto, Ontario. He has also written for The National Post.

He was also part of season five of Last Comic Standing when they auditioned in Montreal, Quebec. He made it to the Finals of Canada (Top 15) but did not advance to L.A.

In 2012, Trevor made his late night U.S. TV debut when he performed stand up on Conan.[3]

He has also worked as a television producer, most recently as a Supervising Producer on Big Brother Canada. Since the first season, he has been the voice of Marsha the Moose, a magical Moose who lives in the house and occasionally gives secret tasks to the house guest's. Marsha became a hit and has been seen once a season.[4] Since season two of the show, he has served a challenge producer coming up with different challenges.[5] He also worked on Season 18 of Big Brother USA in LA in 2016. He also produced Canada's Got Talent, which was retired after only one season.

Personal life

He is openly gay.[6]

Filmography

Television

Television
YearShowRoleNotes
2002Halifax Comedy FestivalHimself
2003Fairy TaleWriter
2005I Now Pronounce You...Head writer
Famous FalloutsWriterTV movie
Stars on TrialHimself
2006–2014Video on TrialHimself/JurorProducer
Writer
2006Great Canadian Laugh OffHimself
Headlines on TrialHimself
MuchMusic Video AwardsPresenter
Overrated in '06Himself
2007-2010Winnipeg Comedy FestivalWriter
2007Comedy NowWriter
MuchMusic Video AwardsWriter
Stars Gone WildHimself
We're Funny That Way!Himself
2008One Night Stand UpHimself
2009Juno AwardsWriter
Canada's Next Top ModelInterviewer
Howie Do It
2009-2010The Latest BuzzBoris / Glee-Phone Seller2 episodes
2010 MuchMusic Video AwardsWriter
CBC Winnipeg Comedy FestivalContributing writerUncredited
2011The DebatersHimselfEpisodes: "Childless Women & Urban Chickens," "GPS & Adult Kids at Home," and "Rise of China & Band the Pride Parade"
Canada's Got TalentProducer
2013-2014Never Ever Do This at HomeDevelopment producer
2013–presentBig Brother CanadaExecutive ProducerChallenge producer, Senior producer, Tour Guide, Voice of Marsha the Moose
2014DeliveryHimself
2016Big Brother (U.S.)Challenge producerSeason 18
2017ManivaldManivaldVoice
2018Celebrity Big Brother (UK)Senior producerSeries 22
Big Brother (UK)Senior producerSeries 19
2021Canada's Drag RaceShowrunner / Executive producerSeason 2-3

Awards and nominations

YearNominated workEventAwardResult
2004HimselfCanadian Comedy AwardsPretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer
2005
2022Canada's Drag RaceCanadian Screen AwardsBest Reality/Competition Series

Notes and References

  1. News: He's funny, that way and others. Wheeler. Brad. May 3, 2010. The Globe and Mail. March 19, 2018.
  2. Web site: Trevor Boris . . . 2011-06-28.
  3. News: Selkirk-born comic Trevor Boris makes his U.S. talk-show debut on Conan this week. Oswald. Brad. May 19, 2012. Winnipeg Free Press. March 19, 2018.
  4. News: Trevor Boris sounds off on whether BBCan is rigged, Marsha the Moose's return and more. Branco. Nelson. May 4, 2017. Toronto Sun. March 19, 2018.
  5. News: Those challenges you see on Big Brother Canada are harder than they look. Yeo. Debra. March 13, 2018. Toronto Star. March 19, 2018.
  6. Web site: Trevor Boris, Elvira Kurt talk cock in Winnipeg . Hasselriis. Kaj. April 19, 2009. Daily Xtra. October 15, 2021.