Gerry Dee

Gerry Dee (born Gerard Donoghue^[1] December 31, 1968) is a Canadian stand-up comedian. Prior to his comic career, he was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College (Toronto) "Oaklands", a private co-ed high school in Toronto. He also attended and graduated from De La Salle in high school.

Dee was already relatively successful long before being on Last Comic Standing. He had already had his own comedy special on The Comedy Network in Canada, appeared on the Comedy Network special "The Nubian Disciples", and performed at the world famous Montreal Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival, having his segment aired on Just For Laughs. He has appeared in television commercials and has performed at many comedy clubs, including Just For Laughs and Yuk Yuks. Dee also had a role in the minor hit Trailer Park Boys: The Movie where he played the role of Donny.

Dee might be best known for placing third on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing. Gerry Dee had tried out for Last Comic Standing during the second and fourth seasons, but never advanced to the finals. He missed the birth of his daughter while appearing on the show.

Dee is of Scottish descent.^[2] He was also a University Varsity hockey and golf player during his college years. His earlier education was at St. Gabriel Catholic School (Bayview/Sheppard); he later studied Kinesiology at York University and Education at St. Francis Xavier University. His father was a bus driver for the TTC in Toronto for over 20 years.

Since late 2007, Dee has been the star of his own segment on Canadian cable channel The Score. These segments, entitled Gerry Dee: Sports Reporter, have Dee conducting humourous interviews and segments. The interviews have included such sports personalities as Charles Barkley, Peyton Manning, Cito Gaston and Randy Couture.

Dee also has also appeared in television commercials for Rogers, Wisers, KFC and Nissan, and is currently making guest appearances on CBC's "The Hour". He also played former Boston Bruins Winger Wayne Cashman in a CBC Mini series called Canada Russia '72.

He won a 2008 Canadian Comedy Award as Best Male Comic in Canada.

Dee is now married to Heather Donoghue and has a young daughter. Heather coincidentally teaches at De La Salle College (Toronto) "Oaklands".

References

External links

• Official website
• Gerry's MySpace page
• Gerry Dee at the Internet Movie Database
• BuddyTV interviews Gerry Dee
• Gerry Dee's BuddyTV bio