Pat Thornton

Pat Thornton (born September 5, 1976) is a Canadian television actor, comedian, and writer.[2]

Pat Thornton
Born (1976-09-05) September 5, 1976
Kingston, Ontario[1]
NationalityCanadian
Occupationactor, comedian
Years active2001-Present
Known forThe Sketchersons, Hotbox, Sunnyside, Satisfaction

Career

Born in Kingston[1] and raised in Mississauga, Ontario,[3] Thornton was a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe The Sketchersons,[2] he also later appeared in the sketch comedy series Hotbox[2] and Sunnyside.[4]

His acting roles have included a recurring role in the sitcom Satisfaction, the web series Space Janitors and Everyone's Famous, and guest appearances in Warehouse 13, Working the Engels, Spun Out and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He garnered two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, in the categories of Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Satisfaction, and Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media for Everyone's Famous. Thornton won Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series for his work on Sunnyside at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2017, he starred in the comedy film Filth City, loosely based on the drug scandal surrounding former Toronto mayor Rob Ford.

On January 29, 2019, Thornton was nominated for a Juno Award in the Comedy Album of the Year category for his stand-up comedy album Chicken![5]

References
  1. https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/8398393--i-chose-comedy-over-making-cinnamon-buns-/
  2. "Pat Thornton". Now, November 8, 2012.
  3. https://twitter.com/patthornton/status/1090990095585337349
  4. "Sunnyside a surreal new Canadian sketch-com awash in ponies". canada.com, January 7, 2015.
  5. "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
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