DAVID PRYDE : BIO

David Pryde began referring to himself in the third person in 1997, shortly after earning a journalism degree in Halifax. During an in-depth investigative piece on post-grad unemployment David discovered stand-up, which he found refreshingly different from journalism in every way save the microphone and filtered point of view. After returning to his hometown of Montreal, David turned heads in 1999 when he won the first prize at the Comedy Night in Canada Competition at the Just for Laughs Festival. The slight bump in notoriety made David prone to brief, ego-centric spasms of speaking in the first person, which he now has relatively under control, but I digress.

Since then he has appeared in two galas at Just for Laughs, had his own special on CTV’s Comedy Now, and has made numerous club and theatre appearances across the country. He’s also branched out beyond stand-up by joining the Montreal improv troupe On the Spot and taking on numerous acting gigs. These include a production of “Glengarry Glen Ross”, “The Envelope Plays” at the Wildside Theatre Festival and a run at the Montreal Fringe Festival in “Never Surrender: Centaur, Centaur, Centaur!” where he played the title role of “the Centaur.” He made his television sitcom debut as a powerfully awkward tobacco magnate in “The Festival” (which aired on IFC in the U.S. and The Movie Network in Canada) and recently dabbled in referring to himself in the second person which you really don’t want to go into.

David has written for numerous comedy specials and series like CBC’s “This Hour has 22 Minutes”, and is negotiating the production of a series he created which he would describe in the third person subjunctive passive voice...if he were allowed.

David lives in Montreal with his girlfriend, an English teacher (who knew?), and with a Scottish terrier who, in contrast, uses grammar as her personal hydrant. David’s ambitions are to enjoy comedy to the fullest, have a happy home life, and try to speak in predominantly self-referential imperative sentences.

Go, Dave, go!

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