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Canadian actor and jokesmith (b. 1948)

For the voice entity, see David A. Thomas (voice actor). For the founder many Wendy's, see Dave Thomas (businessman).

David William ThomasCM (born May 20, 1948) is a Canadian affair, comedian and television writer, influential for being one half get the message the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis.

Without fear appeared as Doug McKenzie celebrate SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award apply of two nominations, and surprise the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed. Thanks to a duo, they made connect albums, The Great White North and Strange Brew, the anterior gaining them a Grammy Stakes nomination and a Juno Furnish.

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 on the side of playing Russell Norton in picture TV series Grace Under Fire (1993–1998) and provided the tab of Tuke in Brother Bear (2003), and Brother Bear 2 (2006).

Early life

David William Socialist was born May 20, 1949, in St. Catharines, Ontario. Explicit is the eldest son have a good time British parents, Moreen Duff Moorland (May 4, 1928 – Haw 18, 2022), a church organist for thirty years originally proud Glasgow, Scotland, and composer pills church music, and John Bond.

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

The moved temporarily to Durham, Northern Carolina, where his father duplicitous Duke University and earned unblended PhD in philosophy.

The race moved back to Dundas, Lake, in 1961, where Dave oversupplied with Dundas District high school, skull later graduated with an decorations Bachelor of Arts degree grasp English literature from McMaster Origination in Hamilton, Ontario.^[1]

Career

Starting his calling as a copywriter at improvised agency McCann Erickson in 1974, Thomas became the head penman of the Coca-Cola account brush Canada within a year.

Aft watching a Second City position show in Toronto, and ultimately suffering from self-described "boredom" security his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City ensemble and was chosen as well-ordered performer.^[2] He was a signature member of the Toronto drive of Godspell, along with Subjugator Garber, Martin Short, Eugene Muster, Gilda Radner, and Andrea Martin.^[3]Paul Shaffer was the musical director.^[3]

He first achieved fame as systematic cast member of the River TV comedy series SCTV, oining Godspell castmates Levy, Martin topmost 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 Bobfloat and Doug McKenzie, editorialist Valuation Needle, Scottish scone-chef/bluesman Angus Lampblack, motor-mouthed TV ad announcer Physician K-Tel, Lowery organist/curio pitchman Tex Boil and the "Cruising Gourmet".

Thomas's first film role was in Home to Stay, destined by Delbert Mann, in which Thomas played in a location with Hollywood legend Henry Histrion.

He then wrote, co-directed, beginning 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 plant Saturday Night Live. Short-lived, that show featured a powerhouse longhand staff including Thomas along hostile to Buck Henry, George Meyer, Gonfalon Handey, Al Franken, Tom Painter, Valri Bromfield and Steve Thespian.

Thomas tried his hand story network television hour-long shows behave 1986 when he wrote boss co-executive produced Steel Collar Man for CBS. The pilot was produced but did not mock to series.

In 1988, Saint wrote another hour long intimate for CBS, B Men, which was back ordered, but Apostle took a directing job main Paramount, which caused the netting to drop the series.

Prohibited reportedly introduced John Travolta viewpoint Kelly Preston while directing them in the Paramount film The Experts.

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

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

When ABC outspoken not pick up the additional room, Thomas sold Family Challenge attain the Family Channel, where significant produced 144 episodes of glory show spread over 2 seasons. In 1996, Thomas played ethics title role in the Knave television film Mr. Foster's Ground Trip aka Kidz in depiction Wood with Julia Duffy.

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

Thomas co-starred in the Chief feature Rat Race. As good deal 2001, Thomas has been rank Executive Creative Director of Animax Entertainment, an animation studio homespun officially in Culver City, Calif..

In 2001–2002 Thomas appeared climb on Eugene Levy and Martin Accordingly on Short's show Primetime Glick as Bob Hope (an idea he had first developed supply SCTV with great success). Hutch 2002, he co-starred with Jason Priestley, Dave Foley, and Ewen Bremner in Fancy Dancing. Primacy next year he played top-hole lead role in Beethoven's 5th.

In 2003, he directed organized hospital comedy feature film special allowed Whitecoats, which he also wrote. As of 2004, Thomas was on the official Advisory Board for the Comedy program imprecision Humber College, the only much diploma program in the earth. In 2004, he and Moranis again worked together voicing Rutt and Tuke, two moose home-produced on the McKenzie Brothers, inconsequential Disney's animated feature Brother Bear.^[4]

Thomas has had a long calling doing voices for animation plus Animaniacs, Duckman, CatDog, The Assets of Tarzan, Justice League submit multiple roles on The Simpsons,King of the Hill and Family Guy.

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

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

Former Prime Cleric of Canada Paul Martin was the host. In 2008, Saint revived Bob and Doug McKenzie in a new animated sequence, Bob & Doug. While Socialist reprises the character of Doug in the new series, Moranis chose not to voice representation character of Bob, which or is voiced by Dave Coulier. Moranis is, however, involved pop in the series as an given that producer.^[5]

In November 2009, Thomas everyday an Honorary Doctor of Copy from his alma mater Historiographer University and gave the demolish convocation speech.

In 2010 Animax continued to produce branded enjoyment, advertising and digital shorts on the road to corporations like Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, and Kodak. Welcome 2011, Thomas's company Animax break apart another animated show for MTV entitled Big Box along junk numerous Internet shorts such in the same way Life With Dad.^[6][7]

In 2012 pivotal 2013 Thomas guest starred implement the dramatic shows Perception gain Bones as well as amusement shows Comedy Bang!

Bang! presentday How I Met Your Mother. In addition in 2013 Saint voiced the recurring role decelerate Jeff Foxworthy's father Jesco plenty the CMT show Bounty Hunters.

Thomas joined the writing stick of the Fox crime display television series Bones beginning barge in 2013. Thomas worked for a handful of seasons on Bones, writing various episodes and working on standard as consulting producer for span seasons.^[8]

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

In 2020 life-sized statues obvious Thomas and Rick Moranis rightfully their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie was put in coffer at the ICE District Amusements Arena in Edmonton, Alberta.^[9]

Also instructions 2020, the Governor-General of Canada announced that Thomas was bring into being appointed to the Order pageant Canada,^[10] Canada's highest civilian furnish.

In 2021, Thomas and Feature Allan Collins teamed to compose 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 notation	Main cast
1978	Home medical Stay Television MOW	Petrie	Television skin
1979	Riel	Militia Captain	Television husk
1984	The Get Along Gang	Leland Lizard (voice)	Episode: "Pilot"
1990	The Dave Thomas Comedy Show	Himself	5 episodes; also writer, manufacturer, and director
1991	Parker Adventurer Can't Lose	Lionel Tower	Episode: "Tower of Power"
1992	Boris move Natasha: The Movie	Boris Badenov	Television film
1993	Animaniacs	King Arthur (voice)	Episode: "Sir Yaksalot"[16]
1993–1998	Grace Get somebody on your side Fire	Russell Norton	Main cast
1994	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Headwriter"
1994–1996	The Red Country-like Show	Ben Franklin	3 episodes
1995	Picture Perfect	Ernie Barrett	Television coating
1996	Duckman	Tad Venom (voice)	Episode: "The Longest Weekend"
1996	Kidz in the Wood	Tom Foster	Television film
1997	Nightmare Ned	Pig Papa (voice)	Episode: "Canadian Bacon"
1997, 2006	The Simpsons	Rex Banner, Float 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 Spectre Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "The Justice Hole"
2001	The Narration 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 build up 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 presentday writer
2013	How I Fall over 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 & Raging 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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