Jamie Christopher Shannon (born February 26, 1972) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in the Canadian television series ''

Nanalan' ''Nanalan is a Canadian children's television series created by Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley. It began in 1998 as a series of three-minute shorts originally broadcast on YTV; it later ran for two seasons of full-length (21 minutes) episodes ...

'', as well as '' Ooh, Aah & You'', and the Canadian-American television series ''

Mr. Meaty ''Mr. Meaty'' is a teen sitcom created by Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley. The show centers on two lazy teenage boys, Josh Redgrove and Parker Dinkleman, who work at a fast food restaurant called Mr. Meaty inside a shopping mall as they often enco ...

''.

Career

Having worked together since teenagers, Shannon and his partner Jason Hopley founded The Grogs puppet company troupe in 1994. Shannon had first developed the idea for The Grogs while traveling in Europe and seeing the prominent place puppets have in street theater. He and Hopley then developed the puppets for children's birthday parties. Shannon performed three-year-old Mona in the television series, ''

''. He is also known as the performer of 16-year-old Josh in ''

'' and as Swami Jeff in ''Swami Jeff's Temple of Wisdom''. Shannon is co-creator of ''Mr. Meaty'', along with Jason Hopley. As puppeteers, Shannon and Hopley also created all of the 'Mr. Meaty' puppets, from inception through construction to the final puppet characters. Shannon's and Hopley's monkey puppets named Ooh and Aah began in early April 2007 as the new hosts of

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. In the

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official website, in the ''Mr. Meaty'' videos section, there is a "Nick Extra!" where Jamie and Jason show you how to make your very own ''Mr. Meaty'' puppet.

Filmography

;As actor * ''

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'' (1989) as Young Bill Smith * '' Stella'' (1990) as Teenage Heckler * '' Hayseed'' (1997) as Gordie * ''Canadian Geographic Kids!'' (2003–2005) (TV series) as Jamie, host * ''

'' (21 episodes, 2005–2009) (TV series) as Josh Redgrove * ''

'' (1998–2007) as Mona * ''Swami Jeff's Temple of Wisdom'' (2008) as Swami Jeff (voice) ; As puppeteer * '' It's Alive!'' (1993–1997) (TV series) * ''TWIBA, RUBY Big and Small'' (22 episodes, 2008–2009) (TV series) * ''Hotbox'' (7 episodes, 2009) (TV series) * '' Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life'' (V) (2010) * ''Swami Jeff'' (1993–1997) (TV series) * ''

'' (21 episodes, 2005–2009) (TV series) * '' Lost Ollie'' (2022) (TV miniseries) ; As director * ''

'' (2003) (TV series) * ''Swami Jeff's Temple of Wisdom'' (2008) (TV series) * ''

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'' (15 episodes, 2009) (TV series) * ''GIVER'' (9 episodes, 2013) (TV series) * ''

'' (21 episodes, 2005–2009) (TV series) * '' Big and Small'' (22 episodes, 2008–2009) (TV series) ; As writer & producer * ''

'' (writer) (2003) * ''

'' (21 episodes, 2005–2009) (TV series) * ''Swami Jeff's Temple of Wisdom'' (2008) (TV series)

Awards and nominations

* 2004,

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win for 'Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series' * 2004, Gemini Award win for 'Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series' * 2004, Gemini Award nomination for 'Best Pre-School Program or Series'

References

External links

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