Brandon Hackett is a

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sketch comedian, writer and actor. He is most noted as a three-time

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nominee for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series, receiving two nods at the

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in 2020 as part of the writing team for ''

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in 2021 as part of the writing team for ''

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''. He began his career as an

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comedian, appearing with the Toronto company of

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in shows such as ''Unwrapped'', ''Come What Mayhem!'', ''Everything Is Great Again'' and ''The Best Is Yet to Come Undone''. He was later a partner with

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in the sketch comedy duo Hackett & Langdon, and with Coko Galore, PHATT Al, Alan Shane Lewis, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Brandon Ash-Mohammed,

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and Ajahnis Charley in Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada's first all-

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sketch comedy troupe. He has also been a writer for the television series '' TallBoyz'', '' The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker'', '' Overlord and the Underwoods'', '' Doomlands'', ''

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'', '' The Next Step'', '' Shelved'' and ''

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'', and has had acting roles in '' Diamond Tongues'', '' The Amazing Gayl Pile'', '' Gary and His Demons'', '' Baroness von Sketch Show'', '' Detention Adventure'', ''

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'' and '' Pinecone & Pony''. He identifies as

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.Geremy Bordonaro
"Challenging the audience"
''The Annex Gleaner'', April 10, 2017.

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