Ed Sahely
Ed Sahely | |
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| Born | Edward Sahely 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, director |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Ed Sahely is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Possum Lake business entrepreneur Murray Woolworth on the second season of The Red Green Show.[1]
Career
[edit]Sahely spent seven years performing and writing with The Second City and received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for work on the Toronto Mainstage. Sahely was co-creator with Kathy Greenwood and Jonathan Wilson of the improv troupe Not to Be Repeated,[2] which was later developed into the television series This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated for CTV and The Comedy Channel.[3]
Television, film and theater credits
[edit]Sahely's television and film acting credits include principal roles in: Three to Tango, Monk, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Getting Along Famously, The Jane Show, Instant Star, The 11th Hour, Robocop: The Series, Traders and Due South. Theater acting credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone, Annie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Outrageous, Lend Me a Tenor and Weekend Comedy. Directing credits include: Christian Republican Fundraiser In Dayton Tennessee, The Catering Queen, My Own Private Oshawa, Rum and Vodka, The Golden Mile, Joan Of Montreal and Finding Regina.
Personal life
[edit]Sahely is openly gay,[4] and has been teaching Group Improv for Actors to the first-year theatre students at George Brown College since 2005.
Filmography
[edit]- The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990)
- Ghost Mom (1993)
- TekWar (1994)
- Canadian Bacon (1995)
- Electra (1996)
- Maximum Risk (1996)
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997)
- On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Let's Ruin Dad's Day (1998)
- Coming Unglued (1999)
- Rocky Marciano (1999)
- Genius (1999)
- Three to Tango (1999)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- Apartment Hunting (2000)
- Glitter (2001)
- My Own Private Oshawa (2002)
- Ham & Cheese (2004)
- Love Rules! (2004)
- Getting Along Famously (2005)
- Cool Money (2005)
References
[edit]- ^ "Season 2 Characters". The Classic Red Green Page.
- ^ "A Brand-New Play Every Night? AIIEEE!" Archived 2013-06-20 at archive.today. Eye Weekly, May 4, 1995.
- ^ "Training Center - Faculty - The Second City - 50 Years of Funny". The Second City. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Honest Ed". NOW, May 12, 2005.
External links
[edit]- 1969 births
- Living people
- Comedians from Toronto
- Male actors from Toronto
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Canadian male voice actors
- Canadian theatre directors
- Canadian gay actors
- Gay comedians
- Canadian television personalities
- Canadian sketch comedians
- LGBTQ theatre directors
- Canadian LGBTQ comedians
- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- 20th-century Canadian comedians
- 20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Canadian male actors
- 21st-century Canadian comedians
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people