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Gavin Crawford (born 2 April 1971) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for ''The Gavin Crawford Show'' and ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia. An alumnus of The Second City's Toronto company, he was the recipient of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award in 1998. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta,〔 Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, which ran for three seasons on The Comedy Network. In 2000 and 2001, he was also a cast member of the short-lived American sketch series ''Hype''. In 2003 he joined the cast of ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'', filling in for Mary Walsh during her time away from the show. In 2004, Crawford was made a full-time cast member of ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. He was nominated four times for the Gemini Award, which he won in December 2004 for his work on ''The Gavin Crawford Show'' (he was nominated twice in 2004, also for ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''). Crawford is openly gay.〔 He lives in Toronto. Crawford hosted the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards and the Canadian version of ''How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'', which aired on CBC Television in the summer of 2008. Additionally, Crawford performed in guest appearances on ''Murdoch Mysteries'', ''Made in Canada'', ''Heartland'', ''The Red Green Show'' and ''Corner Gas''. In 2013, Crawford participated in Salvatore Antonio's ''Truth/Dare: A Satire (With Dance)'', an interactive audience participation show which featured staged reenactments of scenes from Madonna's 1991 film ''Truth or Dare'', at Buddies in Bad Times during Toronto's Pride Week. The show's cast also included Keith Cole and Adamo Ruggiero.〔 His comedy special ''Gavin Crawford's Wild West'', which aired on CBC Television in 2013, garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, including a Best Actor in a Comedy Program or Series nod for Crawford. In 2014, he starred in Maureen Bradley's film ''Two 4 One'' as Adam, a transman who winds up unexpectedly pregnant,〔("Two 4 One and the accidental pregnancy" ). ''Xtra!'', 29 September 2014.〕 and in the sitcom ''24 Hour Rental'' as J.R. Beginning in 2015, he is the host of the comedy news quiz series ''Because News'' on CBC Radio One.〔("CBC Radio One Unveils Fall Lineup" ). ''Broadcaster'', September 3, 2015.〕 == Theatre == * ''Rope Enough'' by Sky Gilbert as Ichabod Malframe, Buddies in Bad Times 2005 * ''Bad Acting Teachers'' by Sky Gilbert as Reginald Architruc, Buddies in Bad Times 2006 * ''A Few Brittle Leaves'' by Sky Gilbert as Viola Pie, Buddies in Bad Times 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gavin Crawford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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