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Trevor Boris (born September 10, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, writer and television producer.


Television work

Boris is one of the stars of
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's '' Video on Trial'', and is also a star of '' Stars Gone Wild''. He has appeared on many other MuchMusic specials, including '' Stars on Trial'', '' LOL!'', ''Spring Break '07'', ''Totally 80s Video on Trial'', ''Video on Trial: Holiday Crap'', ''Overrated in 06'', and wrote the special ''Famous Fallouts''. He was a producer of ''Video on Trial'' at one point, as well as a presenter at the 2006
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and a spokesperson for Sunsilk, which aired numerous ''Hair on Trial'' commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on
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on Family Channel. In 2007, Boris had his very own '' Comedy Now!'' standup special air on CTV and The Comedy Network, was the runner-up in the 2006 ''Great Canadian Laugh Off'' (the winner received $25,000) that aired on
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, and was the host of the same-sex wedding show ''I Now Pronounce You...'' on OUTtv. He has been nominated twice for the "Best Stand-up Newcomer"
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, and has performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as at the CBC Winnipeg, Halifax, Vancouver Comedy Festivals, and the 2006
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Comedy Festival in South Africa. He has been featured numerous times on entertainment shows, such as '' eTalk Daily'', ''
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'', '' Inside Jam!'',
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's '' The National'' and
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's '' The Debaters'', and was recently featured on the cover of ''
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'' in
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. He has also written for
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. In addition, he was part of season five of ''
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'' when they auditioned in
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. He made it to the Finals of Canada (Top 15) but did not advance to L.A. In 2012, Trevor made his late-night U.S. TV debut when he performed standup comedy on '' Conan''. He has worked as a television producer, most recently as a Supervising Producer on ''
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''. Since the first season, he has been the voice of Marsha the Moose, a magical moose who lives in the house and occasionally gives secret tasks to the houseguests. Marsha became a hit and is now seen once a season. Since season two of the show, he has served as a challenge producer, coming up with different challenges. He also worked on Season 18 of Big Brother USA in LA in 2016. He also produced '' Canada's Got Talent'', which was retired after one season.


Personal life

He is openly gay.


Filmography


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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