Snook, the alter-ego of Pete Soucy, is a

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and

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. He is the face of NLClassifieds.com.

Pete Soucy

Peter "Pete" Soucy was born in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, moved with his family to Gander in 1969, where he attended school before eventually attending

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. Soucy taught High School Visual Arts for five years between 1983 and 1989, four years in Clarenville High School,

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, NL, and one at Bishops College in St. John's. Since 1986, Soucy has been acting, writing, designing, and directing for stage, radio and television. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Soucy later taught Visual Arts for several years in secondary schools. His most successful play, ''FLUX'', has been adapted for television, published, and performed in several provinces and states. In 1987, Soucy co-founded the ''Day Job Theatre''. Since then he has appeared in many television commercials and has completed a three-year term as ''Artistic Director'' of ''Rebel Island Theatre'' and the ''NaGeira Theatre Festival'' in Carbonear. Soucy unsuccessfully ran for the Liberals in the 1999 provincial election losing to

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, who was leader of the NDP at the time. Soucy subsequently hosted VOCM's Backtalk in

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. Following the resignation of

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as MP for Bonavista-Burin-Trinity in 2017, Soucy unsuccessfully ran for the Liberal party nomination losing narrowly to

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Awards

*''Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Award'' - 1986 *''Kari Award'' - 1996

Snook

Snook, Soucy's most popular character has been described as "a street-smart corner boy" and is said to come from St. John's,

. He has a recognizable slicked-back hairstyle and is usually seen holding a

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. Snook performs at various comedy festivals and venues, hosts television series, and has released several comedy CDs and DVDs. He also appeared in his own segment Stuff about Stuff, on the NTV Evening Newshour.

Appearances

Television

CBC Here and Now - weekly commentaries for three seasons in the 1990s *''Wicked Night Out'' - (Host) * Lorne Elliott's ''

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'' *

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's '' Canada Now'' *''

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'' - 2005 (Voice) *''Above and Beyond'' as ''Sadler'' - 2006 (mini-series) NTV Evening Newshour - weekly commentaries continuing to the present *

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's "NL Now" - 2016 "NL Now" Christmas Special - 2017 *Also appeared on CBC's Son of a Critch as the policeman

Film

*'' Rare Birds'' as ''Bystander'' - 2001 *'' Young Triffie'' as ''Ranger Jenkins'' - 2006

Other

Snook is regularly hired to perform at special events, corporate functions, and in ad campaigns. Such as the act of 'Go Healthy' in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Discography

DVDs

*''Snook's Wicked DVD'' *''Snook's Christmas DVD''

CDs

*''Snook's Christmas (My Gift, Someone Else's Money)'' (2004) *''Snook's Childhood (or Snook ruins a bunch of Kids Songs)'' (2007) *''Another Snook's Christmas (Right Price, Easy to Mail)'' (2009)

External links

Snook's website
(copy archived April 9, 2018)

References

Canadian male comedians People from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador Living people NSCAD University alumni Canadian stand-up comedians 20th-century Canadian comedians 21st-century Canadian comedians Year of birth missing (living people) Comedians from Newfoundland and Labrador {{canada-comedian-stub