Edward Pierce Wilson is a Canadian

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and producer originally from

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, best known as host of the interactive real estate show ''Hot Property'' on

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, and the

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'' Mighty Trains'' on

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, and over 100 other international broadcasters; host of the factual entertainment series '' Never Ever Do This At Home'' (2013–2014) on Discovery Channel in Canada and

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in the

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, and host/producer on the Canadian daily entertainment talk-show ''

InnerSpace ''Innerspace'' is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell, inspired by the 1966 film ''Fantastic Voyage''. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Robert Picardo, and Kevin ...

'' on

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(2008–2018). He was also an actor on the internationally syndicated series ''

You Can't Do That On Television ''You Can't Do That on Television'' is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured adolescent and teenage actors performing in a sketch comedy format similar to A ...

'', and a senior producer on the

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-winning series ''

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''.

Career

''You Can't Do That On Television''

While a student in Ottawa, Wilson (then known as "Ted") appeared on the internationally syndicated series ''

'', broadcast in over 20 countries, including the United States on

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and in Canada on YTV. He appeared in 16 episodes between 1989 and 1991.

Comedy Network and ''MTV Live''

In 2004 and 2005, Wilson served as Talent Booker on

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series '' PopCultured'', hosted by comedian

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. In 2005, Wilson joined

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for the launch of daily comedy talk show ''

'', where he served as a senior producer until late 2008, and shared a

for Best Talk Series. While working at MTV, Wilson often appeared on-air spoofing his "former child-star" status during the popular "after-school special" sketches.

''InnerSpace''

In late 2008, Wilson became a segment producer and on-air correspondent for Canada's national science-fiction and Genre channel,

. Upon the creation of flagship daily entertainment talk-show ''

'' in 2009, he became co-host of the new series, alongside

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and Morgan Hoffman. After a first assignment interviewing

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman ...

Skywalker Ranch Skywalker Ranch is a movie ranch and the workplace of film director, writer and producer George Lucas located in a secluded area near Nicasio, California, in Marin County. The ranch is located on Lucas Valley Road, named after an early-20th-c ...

, Wilson went on to interview

Sir Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor. Considered one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, inclu ...

Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian and British actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the ''X-Men'' film franchise and the Marvel Cinem ...

Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She is known for starring in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide. The List of high ...

Jake Gyllenhaal Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal ( , ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor who has worked on screen and stage for over thirty years. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi ...

Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon ( ; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received va ...

Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as leading actress in film. She has received List of awards and nominations re ...

Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. List of awards and nominations received by C ...

Kate Beckinsale Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. The only child of actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama ''Couples.'' In 1993, she made her theatrical film deb ...

Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Nicolas Cage, various accolades, including an Academy A ...

Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. After taking minor roles in television, he established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic Bryan Cranston filmography, works on stage and screen. He has received ...

Mark Ruffalo Mark Alan Ruffalo (; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor. He began acting in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play ''This Is Our Youth'' (1996) and drama film ''You Can Count on Me'' (2000) ...

Martin Sheen Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and ...

Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for ''6 ...

John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and ...

Nathan Fillion Nathan Christopher Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian and American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on ''Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on ''Castle''. , he sta ...

William Shatner William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship USS Enterpri ...

and

Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...

; Directors

David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a principal originator of the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and ...

Robert Zemeckis Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker known for directing and producing a range of successful and influential movies, often blending cutting-edge visual effects with storytelling. He has received several accolades incl ...

Zack Snyder Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'', a remake of the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), of the same name ...

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...

; authors

George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the unfinished series of ep ...

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

Anne Rice Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing ''The Vampire Chronicles''. She later adapted t ...

;

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; the casts of '' The Twilight Saga'', ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...

'', ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

'', ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'', '' The Walking Dead'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and many others. As host of ''InnerSpace'', Wilson conducted set visits and interviews across

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, the

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Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

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, and covered The Toronto International Film Festival,

San Diego Comic-Con San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fant ...

Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995Canadian Sci-Fi Awards for his work on ''InnerSpace''. Wilson was nominated for Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, Talk Program or Series at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards for his work on ''Innerspace.'' ''InnerSpace'' was nominated for Best Talk Program or Series at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards.

''Never Ever Do This At Home''

Alongside award-winning comedian Norm Sousa (''

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''), Wilson hosts the factual entertainment series '' Never Ever Do This At Home''. Production on season 1 occurred in Fall/Winter 2012, and aired on the Discovery Channel in Canada,

in the

, and

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. ''Never Ever Do This At Homes first season was nominated for Best Factual Series by the

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, and the second season of the show aired on

in Spring 2014. The format for the 13-episode series, produced by Toronto-based Insight Production Company Ltd in association with Discovery Canada and

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, is based on an original series devised by Norwegian broadcaster

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and distributed by DRG.

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at one time suggested that U.K. distributor DRG was close to also selling Insight's '' Never Ever Do This At Home'' version to broadcasters in the U.K.,

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, and

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''After the Black''

On Saturday, March 26, 2016 it was announced that ''After the Black'', the ''

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'' after show hosted by Wilson and his co-hosts

and Morgan Hoffman, had been picked up by

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for broadcast following ''Orphan Black'' during the show's fourth season.

''Mighty Trains''

Wilson is currently host of '' Mighty Trains''. The series airs in over 100 countries, including in the United States on

and

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

in Canada. In each one-hour episode, he brings rail fans on a memorable train trip in a scenic global location. Since premiering in 2016 the series has spanned 6 continents, covering trains in Switzerland, Japan, Norway, Australia, Ecuador, India, Spain, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, South Africa, Italy, Peru, Vietnam, Serbia & Montenegro, Canada, and the United States. ''Mighty Trains'' won the Gold Medal in the "Travel and Tourism" category at the 2018 New York Festival's World's Best TV & Film Awards. The series was recently renewed for a fourth season, with production occurring in late 2019 and early 2020. In 2022, he was cohost with Aliya Jasmine of the spinoff series ''

The Mightiest ''The Mightiest'' is a Canadian documentary television series, which premiered on Discovery Channel Canada in 2022. Hosted by Teddy Wilson and Aliya Jasmine, the series centres on the science behind very large transportation vessels such as ships ...

''.

Other work

Wilson is guest co-host of ''Cravings: The Aftershow'' season 1 on streaming service Crave, alongside host

Elaine Lui Elaine "Lainey" Lui (, born September 26, 1973) is a Canadians, Canadian television personality and reporter. She has a website called LaineyGossip, is an anchor on CTV Television Network, CTV's ''etalk'', and was a co-host on CTV's daily talk ser ...

from The Social and eTalk. They describe plot points and analyze characters from the HBO series '' The Outsider''. Wilson hosted ''Inside the Race'', the digital companion series for ''

The Amazing Race Canada ''The Amazing Race Canada'' is a Canadian reality competition show based on the American series ''The Amazing Race''. Following the premise of other versions in the ''Amazing Race'' franchise, the show follows teams of two as they race across C ...

'' during the show's first season. Co-hosted by etalk's Danielle McGimsie, the webisodes feature analysis and after-show interviews with race teams and series host

Jon Montgomery Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hos ...

. In November 2013, Wilson appeared as a celebrity panelist on five episodes of the

Comedy Network CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming and operates two time-shifted feeds, runni ...

series

Match Game ''Match Game'' is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity paneli ...

. He is a regular guest on etalk,

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The Marilyn Denis Show ''The Marilyn Denis Show'' is a Canadian daytime television talk show which debuted on January 10, 2011, on CTV and CTV 2 (formerly A-Channel). Hosted by Marilyn Denis, the show airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on CTV and 11 a.m. ET on CTV 2 (timeslot ...

, and The Social. Wilson's writing has appeared in the

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...

(Canada's largest newspaper),

Toro Magazine Toro was a Canadian men's magazine. It was named by its owner, Christopher Bratty. The editorial was overseen by Derek Finkle. Cameron Williamson and Alicia Kowalewski were the creative and art directors, respectively. Brand lineage In 2003, ''TO ...

, and

Metro News Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper ''Metro''. The company was founded by Per Andersson, and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcasti ...

. Wilson has hosted numerous media and industry events, including the

' FanZone, etalk Live On The Red Carpet At The

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

(co-hosted with

Ben Mulroney Benedict Martin Paul Mulroney (born March 9, 1976) is a Canadian radio host and former television host. He is the eldest son of Brian Mulroney, the 18th Prime Minister of Canada. Best known for his 20-year broadcasting career with the Canadian ...

), the

Joe Shuster Award The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards (or Joe Shuster Awards) are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, webcomics, and comics retailers and publishers by Canadians. The awards, ...

s (Canada's Comic Book Awards), and the Canadian Science Fiction Awards. Wilson plays drums in the indie-rock band HUDDLE, represented by Third Side Music. HUDDLE's videos have been played on

MuchMusic Much is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. It is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in what was o ...

and MTV Canada, and their music can be heard in the MTV series ''

Teen Mom ''Teen Mom'' (renamed ''Teen Mom OG'', starting with the fifth season) is an American reality television series broadcast by MTV. It is the first spin-off of ''16 and Pregnant'', and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they na ...

'' and

Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the ...

's film '' The Company You Keep''. While earning an honours

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

, Wilson worked as a constituency assistant to John Baird, the former Member of Parliament and

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs The Minister of Foreign Affairs () is the minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada, Government of Canada's international relations and is the lead minister respons ...

, and after university went on to work for Baird at the

Ontario Legislature The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ...

. Wilson continued to work in the Ontario government as a political advisor to David Turnbull,

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of Don Valley West and Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation, until 2003.

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