词条 | Mark Little (Canadian comedian) |
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| name = Mark Little | image = Mark Little at ROFLCon II.jpg | caption = Mark Little at ROFLCon II in 2010 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|21}} | birth_name = Mark Thomas Little | medium = Stand-up, television, theatre | genre = Observational comedy, improvisational comedy | influences = | active = 2002-present | notable_work = Picnicface, Simon Hunt on Mr. D, CTV's Division Earth }} Mark Thomas Little (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearances on the CBC Television sitcom Mr. D, playing Simon Hunt, the Xavier Academy science teacher, and his work with Picnicface. PersonalLittle grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he currently resides. CareerComedyLittle is the former Humour Editor of Simon Fraser University's The Peak (newspaper). He has performed at Yuk Yuk's, the Halifax Comedy Festival, and CBC Radio's "So You Think You're Funny" series. He is a member of the Halifax-based sketch comedy group Picnicface.[1] The troupe has produced several successful viral videos, is featured on Funny or Die,[2] and stars in the films, Roller Town[3] and Room for Rent. Little is also co-star of CTV's "Space Riders: Division Earth", a Power Rangers-themed web series that released its first season in 2014. The show won the 2015 Canadian Canadian Screen Award for best original webseries,[4] and is set to release a second season in 2016. TelevisionSince 2012, Little has portrayed Xavier Academy Science teacher Simon Hunt on the CBC Television sitcom Mr. D. Voice actingLittle's voice is featured in the YouTube video for an energy beverage called "Powerthirst"[5] which holds over 26 million views[6] and is part of an internet meme known as "Extreme Advertising".{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} Little was subsequently hired to voice a drink ad inspired by the film Idiocracy called "Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator".[7] Little currently stars as the title role in the VRV animated series Gary and His Demons.[8] He is the voice of Dino in the Netflix series General Services. He is also the writer of most of the series' episodes. Honours and awardsIn 2008, Little was named Best Comedian by the readers of Halifax's The Coast, and appeared on the cover of the November 6, 2008, edition.[9] Little also beat out 63 comics to win first place and $25,000 in Yuk Yuk's 2009 Great Canadian Laugh Off, a nationwide comedy competition.[10][11][12][13] PraiseMark Little has been called a "budding Canadian treasure" by Funny Business and described as "one of the best comic storytellers around by NOW Magazine Toronto. [14] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.picnicface.com |title=Picnicface |publisher=Picnicface |date= |accessdate=2012-09-25}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.funnyordie.com/picnicface |title=Picnicface on Funny or Die |publisher=Funnyordie.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-25}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://rollertownthemovie.com/ |title=Roller Town Set to Premiere in over 100 million Homes On Demand & on iTunes in the US August 14th |date=August 13, 2012 |accessdate=24 September 2012}} 4. ^http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2015-Nominees-Winners/Digital-Media 5. ^http://www.powerthirst.ca 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs |title=Powerthirst |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2012-09-25}} 7. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/magazine/04wwln-consumed-t.html |title=This Joke’s for You | first=Rob |last=Walker |date= May 4, 2008}} 8. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8421152/ |title=Gary and his Demons IMDB}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Carter |first=Sue |url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/little-big-man/Content?oid=1000596 |title=Best Comedian |publisher=Thecoast.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-09-25}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yukyukslaughoff.com/blog/?p%3D399 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-05-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623200540/http://www.yukyukslaughoff.com/blog/?p=399 |archivedate=2009-06-23 |df= }} 11. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2009/05/04/mark-little-wins-great-canadian-laugh-off |title=Updated with interview: Mark Little wins Great Canadian Laugh-off |first=Sue Carter |last=Flinn |date=May 4, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132055/http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2009/05/04/mark-little-wins-great-canadian-laugh-off |archivedate=September 27, 2011 |df= }} 12. ^ {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510061225/http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1120655.html|date=May 10, 2009}} 13. ^{{cite web |last=McLeod |first=Paul |url=http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/work/article/227348--little-scores-big-and-wins-laugh-off |title=Little scores big and wins laugh off | Metro |publisher=Metronews.ca |date=2009-05-12 |accessdate=2012-09-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203321/http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/work/article/227348--little-scores-big-and-wins-laugh-off |archivedate=2011-06-29 |df= }} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://funnybusiness.ca/comedians.php?standup=mark-little|title=Mark Little - Funny Business - Funniest Standup Comics & Comedians in Canada|website=funnybusiness.ca|access-date=2019-03-11}} External links
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