Pete Zedlacher is a

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and

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. Originally from Wawa,

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, he has appeared at Just for Laughs and the

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, and won the 2006

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for Best Male Stand-Up. He has also performed for the

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on several Canadian Forces Show Tours, entertaining the troops in such places as

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, the Persian Gulf and

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. As an actor, he has appeared in the movies '' American Pie: The Naked Mile'' and ''

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'' and on TV in ''

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''. In 2010, Zedlacher worked as a writer and performer on CBC television's ''

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'' He combined his performing and writing when he joined CBC's '' The Ron James Show'' which he wrote and performed in for 4 seasons. In 2013, Zedlacher won Sirius XM's Top Comic, the prestigious nationwide comedy competition sponsored by Sirius XM, earning him the title of 'Top Comic' and $25,000 Since 2015, Zedlacher has been the anchor on The Snowed in Comedy Tour, Canada's biggest comedy tour, making 60 stops coast-to-coast in 2019. In 2019, Zedlacher earned a sixth Best Male Standup Comedian nomination at the Canadian Comedy Awards, making him one of the most nominated comics in the awards' history.

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