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Trevor Boris
Born (1980-09-10) September 10, 1980 (age 44)
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada[1]
MediumStand-up, television
Subject(s)Homosexuality
Notable works and rolesVideo on Trial, Canada's Got Talent, Big Brother Canada

Trevor Boris (born September 10, 1980)[2] is a Canadian comedian, writer and television producer.

Television work

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Boris is one of the stars of MuchMusic's Video on Trial, and is also a star of Stars Gone Wild. He has also 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 also a producer of Video on Trial at one point. He was also a presenter at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards. He was also a spokesperson for Sunsilk which aired numerous Hair on Trial commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on The Latest Buzz 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 The Comedy Network, 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" Canadian Comedy Award, and has performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as the CBC Winnipeg, Halifax, and Vancouver Comedy Festivals and at the 2006 Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa.

He has been featured numerous times on entertainment shows such as eTalk Daily, Star! Daily, Inside Jam!, CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's The Debaters, and was recently[when?] featured on the cover of NOW in Toronto, Ontario. He has also written for The National Post.

He was also part of season five of Last Comic Standing when they auditioned in Montreal, Quebec. 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 stand up on Conan.[3]

He has also worked as a television producer, most recently as a Supervising Producer on Big Brother Canada. 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 house guest's. Marsha became a hit and has been seen once a season.[4] Since season two of the show, he has served a challenge producer coming up with different challenges.[5] 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 only one season.

Personal life

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He is openly gay.[6]

Filmography

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Film
Year Show Role Notes
2017 Manivald Manivald Voice
Short film

Television

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Television
Year Show Role Notes
2002 Halifax Comedy Festival Himself
2003 Fairy Tale Writer
2005 I Now Pronounce You... Head writer
Famous Fallouts Writer TV movie
Stars on Trial Himself
2006–2014 Video on Trial Himself/Juror Producer
Writer
2006 Great Canadian Laugh Off Himself
Headlines on Trial Himself
MuchMusic Video Awards Presenter
Overrated in '06 Himself
2007-2010 Winnipeg Comedy Festival Writer
2007 Comedy Now Writer
MuchMusic Video Awards Writer
Stars Gone Wild Himself
We're Funny That Way! Himself
2008 One Night Stand Up Himself
2009 Juno Awards Writer
Canada's Next Top Model Interviewer
Howie Do It
2009-2010 The Latest Buzz Boris / Glee-Phone Seller 2 episodes
2010 MuchMusic Video Awards Writer
CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Contributing writer Uncredited
2011 The Debaters Himself Episodes: "Childless Women & Urban Chickens," "GPS & Adult Kids at Home," and "Rise of China & Band the Pride Parade"
Canada's Got Talent Producer
2013-2014 Never Ever Do This at Home Development producer
2013–present Big Brother Canada Executive Producer Challenge producer, Senior producer, Tour Guide, Voice of Marsha the Moose
2014 Delivery Himself
2016 Big Brother (U.S.) Challenge producer Season 18
2017 Manivald Manivald Voice
2018 Celebrity Big Brother (UK) Senior producer Series 22
Big Brother (UK) Senior producer Series 19
2021 Canada's Drag Race Showrunner / Executive producer Season 2-3

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominated work Event Award Result
2004 Himself Canadian Comedy Awards Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer Nominated
2005 Nominated
2022 Canada's Drag Race Canadian Screen Awards Best Reality/Competition Series Won

References

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  1. ^ Wheeler, Brad (May 3, 2010). "He's funny, that way and others". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Trevor Boris". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  3. ^ Oswald, Brad (May 19, 2012). "Selkirk-born comic Trevor Boris makes his U.S. talk-show debut on Conan this week". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Branco, Nelson (May 4, 2017). "Trevor Boris sounds off on whether BBCan is rigged, Marsha the Moose's return and more". Toronto Sun. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Yeo, Debra (March 13, 2018). "Those challenges you see on Big Brother Canada are harder than they look". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Hasselriis, Kaj (April 19, 2009). "Trevor Boris, Elvira Kurt talk cock in Winnipeg". Daily Xtra. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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