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Chris Wilson (comedian)
Chris Wilson is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, most noted as a cast member of ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''.J. Kelly Nestruck"Can 22 Minutes’ Chris Wilson keep riding Canada’s love-hate relationship with Pierre Poilievre (and that Trudeau guy too) up the property ladder?" ''The Globe and Mail'', January 25, 2024. He first joined the show in 2020 as a writer and supporting player, and was promoted to a full-time cast member in the 2023–24 season due in part to his impersonation of Pierre Poilievre becoming increasingly important to the show in the runup to the 2025 Canadian federal election. Wilson has also played Justin Trudeau, even acting both Pierre Poilievre and Trudeau in the same sketch. He is a native of Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia. Prior to joining ''22 Minutes'' Wilson was part of the sketch comedy duo Peter & Chris with Peter Carlone. The duo performed at Just for Laughs and the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, and launched their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (commonly shortened to ''22 Minutes'' since 2009) is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics with a combination of news parody, sketch comedy, and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey, and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials, and humorous interviews of public figures. Its full name is a parody of '' This Hour Has Seven Days'', a CBC news magazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the US is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series '' CODCO'', on which Thomey sometimes ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |