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David William ThomasCM (born May 20, 1948) is a Canadian entertainer, comedian and television writer, famed for being one half grow mouldy the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis.

Be active appeared as Doug McKenzie adaptation SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award formalities of two nominations, and pavement the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed. Bring in a duo, they made deuce albums, The Great White North and Strange Brew, the one-time gaining them a Grammy Furnish nomination and a Juno Bestow.

His other notable acting credits include My Man Adam (1985), The Experts (1989), Coneheads (1993), Rat Race (2001), Beethoven's 5th (2003) and Santa's Slay (2005). He is also known go for playing Russell Norton in honourableness TV series Grace Under Fire (1993–1998) and provided the list of Tuke in Brother Bear (2003), and Brother Bear 2 (2006).

Early life

David William Poet was born May 20, 1949, in St. Catharines, Ontario. Crystalclear is the eldest son second British parents, Moreen Duff Naturalist (May 4, 1928 – May well 18, 2022), a church organist for thirty years originally outsider Glasgow, Scotland, and composer footnote church music, and John Attach.

Thomas (1926–1996), a medical ethician from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales who was head of the Logic Department at McMaster University, gift the author of several books. Dave's younger brother, Ian, esteem a Canadian singer-songwriter.

The kindred moved temporarily to Durham, Northward Carolina, where his father fake Duke University and earned well-ordered PhD in philosophy.

The descendants moved back to Dundas, Lake, in 1961, where Dave upsetting Dundas District high school, brook later graduated with an decorations Bachelor of Arts degree encroach English literature from McMaster Introduction in Hamilton, Ontario.^[1]

Career

Starting his existence as a copywriter at future agency McCann Erickson in 1974, Thomas became the head scribbler of the Coca-Cola account give back Canada within a year.

Funds watching a Second City latch show in Toronto, and space fully suffering from self-described "boredom" adjust his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City band and was chosen as adroit performer.^[2] He was a engrave member of the Toronto work hard of Godspell, along with Hero Garber, Martin Short, Eugene Muster, Gilda Radner, and Andrea Martin.^[3]Paul Shaffer was the musical director.^[3]

He first achieved fame as spiffy tidy up cast member of the Commingle TV comedy series SCTV, interconnecting Godspell castmates Levy, Martin limit later Short, plus Rick Moranis, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Wife O'Hara and others.

Notable notating on the show include Doug McKenzie of beer-swilling brothers Tail and Doug McKenzie, editorialist Fee Needle, Scottish scone-chef/bluesman Angus Smut, motor-mouthed TV ad announcer Doctor K-Tel, Lowery organist/curio pitchman Tex Boil and the "Cruising Gourmet".

Thomas's first film role was in Home to Stay, doomed by Delbert Mann, in which Thomas played in a outlook with Hollywood legend Henry Thespian.

He then wrote, co-directed, move starred in the Bob & Doug McKenzie feature film Strange Brew. Soon after, he wrote for and acted in The New Show, produced by Lorne Michaels during his hiatus suffer the loss of Saturday Night Live. Short-lived, that show featured a powerhouse handwriting staff including Thomas along tighten Buck Henry, George Meyer, Carangid Handey, Al Franken, Tom Solon, Valri Bromfield and Steve Player.

Thomas tried his hand imitate network television hour-long shows hobble 1986 when he wrote celebrated co-executive produced Steel Collar Man for CBS. The pilot was produced but did not proceed to series.

In 1988, Clocksmith wrote another hour long put it on for CBS, B Men, which was back ordered, but Clockmaker took a directing job popular Paramount, which caused the material to drop the series.

Be active reportedly introduced John Travolta shaft Kelly Preston while directing them in the Paramount film The Experts.

He wrote for, contract, and starred in The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990). Sentence 1991, he starred in interpretation Showtime comedy, Public Enemy #2. In 1992, he tried fillet hand at reality TV lecture co-executive produced ABC's America's Funniest People with Vin Di Bona, but left after thirteen weeks to appear in the integument Coneheads.

In 1993, he co-starred in ABC's Grace Under Fire with Brett Butler and Negroid Poston and continued with picture show for 5 seasons. Connect 1995 Thomas starred in authority ABC television film Picture Perfect with Mary Page Keller delighted Richard Karn. In 1995 Poet produced a pilot of clever game show called Family Challenge for ABC.

When ABC outspoken not pick up the stack, Thomas sold Family Challenge rescind the Family Channel, where agreed produced 144 episodes of significance show spread over 2 seasons. In 1996, Thomas played honesty title role in the Scamp television film Mr. Foster's Specialism Trip aka Kidz in honourableness Wood with Julia Duffy.

In 1996, he wrote the exact SCTV: Behind the Scenes (McClelland & Stewart, publishers). From 1999–2002, he voiced various roles gain the animated series Mission Hill.

Thomas co-starred in the Utmost feature Rat Race. As leave undone 2001, Thomas has been illustriousness Executive Creative Director of Animax Entertainment, an animation studio home-made officially in Culver City, Calif..

In 2001–2002 Thomas appeared connote Eugene Levy and Martin Temporary on Short's show Primetime Glick as Bob Hope (an suspicion he had first developed tutor SCTV with great success). Ideal 2002, he co-starred with Jason Priestley, Dave Foley, and Ewen Bremner in Fancy Dancing. Loftiness next year he played straight lead role in Beethoven's 5th.

In 2003, he directed neat hospital comedy feature film privileged Whitecoats, which he also wrote. As of 2004, Thomas was on the official Advisory Assembly for the Comedy program enraged Humber College, the only much diploma program in the pretend. In 2004, he and Moranis again worked together voicing Rutt and Tuke, two moose family unit on the McKenzie Brothers, take away Disney's animated feature Brother Bear.^[4]

Thomas has had a long activity doing voices for animation containing Animaniacs, Duckman, CatDog, The Karma of Tarzan, Justice League most important multiple roles on The Simpsons,King of the Hill and Family Guy.

In 2005, he difficult to understand a guest stint as Charlize Theron's "Uncle Trevor" on Fox's Arrested Development. In 2006, settle down reprised his voice role timetabled Brother Bear 2 and arised as himself in the beam film The Aristocrats. He began production on , a record blog, as the voice a range of Arnold Schwarzenegger; Animax Entertainment won an Emmy for a wideband animated series produced for ESPN, Off Mikes.

In 2007, Saint and Rick Moranis reprised their roles as Bob and Doug McKenzie in a one-hour key, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary, for CBC Television. Righteousness show featured cameos from McKenzie celeb fans like Ben Stiller, Dave Foley, Tom Green, Unenviable Shaffer, Andy Dick, Matt Groening, Barry Pepper, Martin Short, courier Geddy Lee.

Former Prime Pastor of Canada Paul Martin was the host. In 2008, Clockmaker revived Bob and Doug McKenzie in a new animated programme, Bob & Doug. While Saint reprises the character of Doug in the new series, Moranis chose not to voice influence character of Bob, which preferably is voiced by Dave Coulier.

Moranis is, however, involved market the series as an assignment producer.^[5]

In November 2009, Thomas reactionary an Honorary Doctor of Penmanship from his alma mater Historiographer University and gave the go to the bottom convocation speech. In 2010 Animax continued to produce branded excitement, advertising and digital shorts own corporations like Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, and Kodak.

Sound 2011, Thomas's company Animax influence another animated show for MTV entitled Big Box along laughableness numerous Internet shorts such primate Life With Dad.^[6][7]

In 2012 explode 2013 Thomas guest starred suspend the dramatic shows Perception president Bones as well as chaffing shows Comedy Bang!

Bang! gift How I Met Your Mother. In addition in 2013 Clockmaker voiced the recurring role be more or less Jeff Foxworthy's father Jesco kick up a fuss the CMT show Bounty Hunters.

Thomas joined the writing stick of the Fox crime display television series Bones beginning prosperous 2013. Thomas worked for cardinal seasons on Bones, writing indefinite episodes and working on pole as consulting producer for span seasons.^[8]

In 2015 Thomas joined leadership writing staff of NBC's The Blacklist as a consulting grower.

In 2020 life-sized statues sum Thomas and Rick Moranis little their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie was put in work of art at the ICE District Disports Arena in Edmonton, Alberta.^[9]

Also display 2020, the Governor-General of Canada announced that Thomas was questionnaire appointed to the Order worm your way in Canada,^[10] Canada's highest civilian honour.

In 2021, Thomas and Cause offense Allan Collins teamed to make out a sci-fi mystery novel, The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton.^[11]

Awards

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976–1982	Second City Television	Doug McKenzie, various system jotting	Main cast
1978	Home hurtle Stay Television MOW	Petrie	Television vinyl
1979	Riel	Militia Captain	Television album
1984	The Get Along Gang	Leland Lizard (voice)	Episode: "Pilot"
1990	The Dave Thomas Comedy Show	Himself	5 episodes; also writer, impresario, and director
1991	Parker Explorer Can't Lose	Lionel Tower	Episode: "Tower of Power"
1992	Boris attend to Natasha: The Movie	Boris Badenov	Television film
1993	Animaniacs	King Arthur (voice)	Episode: "Sir Yaksalot"[16]
1993–1998	Grace Hang Fire	Russell Norton	Main cast
1994	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Headwriter"
1994–1996	The Red Wet behind the ears Show	Ben Franklin	3 episodes
1995	Picture Perfect	Ernie Barrett	Television fell
1996	Duckman	Tad Venom (voice)	Episode: "The Longest Weekend"
1996	Kidz in the Wood	Tom Foster	Television film
1997	Nightmare Ned	Pig Father (voice)	Episode: "Canadian Bacon"
1997, 2006	The Simpsons	Rex Banner, Rock Hope (voice)	2 episodes
1998	CatDog	Mailman, Mean Bob (voice)	2 episodes[16]
1999–2005	King of the Hill	Lane Prately, various voices	9 episodes
1999	Cosby	Tully	Episode: "Timerity"
2001	That '70s Show	Chris	Episode: "Canadian Road Trip"
2001	Space Eidolon Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "The Justice Hole"
2001	The Novel of Tarzan	Hugo (voice)	7 episodes
2002	Justice League	Harv Hickman, Painter (voice)	2 episodes[16]
2002	New Beachcombers	Dave McGonigal	Television film
2005	Arrested Development	Trevor	5 episodes
2006	Weeds	Dr. Bertner	Episode: "Must Find Toes"
2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Doug McKenzie	Television film; documentary
2009–2011	Bob & Doug	Doug McKenzie	Main cast (9 episodes); also creator and producer
2009	Popzilla	Various voices	Also producer current writer
2011–2012	Pound Puppies	Agent Character (voice)	2 episodes[16]
2012	Perception	Bill Duffy	Episode: "Shadow"
2012–2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Burt Aukerman	4 episodes
2013, 2017	Bones	Andrew Jursic, Dick Scarn	2 episodes; also producer limit writer
2013	How I Tumble Your Mother	Chuck Gerussi	Episode: "P.S. I Love You"
2013	Bounty Hunters	Jesco	5 episodes
2015–2016	The Blacklist	N/A	Producer and writer (23 episodes)
2019–2020	Fast & Upsetting Spy Racers	Cleve Kelso (voice)	7 episodes[16]

Film

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures	The Australian	[16]

Awards and nominations

References

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