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Canadian comedian and actor

Chris Locke
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor
Years active2008–present

Chris Locke is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor, most noted as the winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up at the 15th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014.

Biography

A native of Toronto, Ontario, he began his comedy career in the mid-2000s. He has performed at comedy festivals and undertaken his own solo tours, and has released two solo comedy albums, The World is Embarrassing (2014) and Demons Are Eating My Head (2016).

He is a frequent collaborator with Seán Cullen, including the short comedy albums Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Nature and Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Horror, and joint comedy shows.

In 2018, he premiered the comedy web series Learning Nature with Chris Locke, on Funny or Die. The series, in which Locke tries to create a nature documentary despite not knowing anything about the subject, was a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best Web Series, and Locke was a nominee for Best Performance in a Web Series, at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019.

In 2024, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for his role in the film Who's Yer Father?.

He has been a guest on Stop Podcasting Yourself, and hosts the podcast Happy Good with Chris Locke.

He is married to comedian and actress Kathleen Phillips.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Kelly 5-9 Jonny Caputo
2011 America's Tallest Baby Len Gorilla
2012 Burger John's Breakfast Croissant Sandwich Construction worker
2014 Apartment 2B Owen
Grilled Thug
2015 Sugar Sisters Blake
Fat Camp Steve
2017 Sundowners Randy
Filth City Det. Ray Zitt
2021 Drifting Snow Jordan
2023 Who's Yer Father? Larry Constable

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Border Karl Episode: "Nothing to Declare"
2009 The Latest Buzz Gus Episode: "The Kiss Off Issue"
2011 Goodbye Sara Hennessey Chris Episode: "Sara Gets Maternal"
My Babysitter's a Vampire Delivery Guy Episode: "The Brewed"
2012 The L.A. Complex Improv Class Student Episode: "Home"
2014 The Ron James Show Episode #5.2
Annedroids Meteor Hunter Episode: "Eyes on the Skies"
2015 The Strain Louis Episode: "Identity"
2015–2016 Mr. D Ted 4 episodes
2016 The Nations! Self
True Dating Stories Hannah's Date Episode: "Hannah"
The Amazing Gayl Pile Broken Man Episode: "Finding Jerry"
2016–2019 Baroness von Sketch Show Multiple roles 7 episodes
2017 Epic Studios Homeless Guy
The Beaverton Todd Episode #2.6
2018 Learning Nature with Chris Locke Self Host
2019–2021 TallBoyz Multiple characters 4 episodes
2020 Workin' Moms Charlie Episode: "Charlie and the Weed Factory"
Short Term Sentence Stevie TV series
Mrs. America Pie Kill Agent Episode: "Bella"
Odd Squad Mobile Unit Dr. Dry Episode: "Odd in 60 Seconds/Villain Networking"
2020–2021 Odd Squad Dr. Dry 2 episodes
2021 The Communist's Daughter Rod Bigmann 6 episodes
What We Do in the Shadows Dean Martin Episode: "The Casino"
2022 Transformers: BotBots Eye-Goon
Doomlands Jackie Episode: "Tastes of the Wastes"
The Kids in the Hall Guy Episode #1.3
CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Self Episode: "You Do You"
2022–2023 Children Ruin Everything Contractor 2 episodes
2022–2024 Run the Burbs Sebastian 21 episodes
2023 Gary and His Demons Trench Coat Salesman Episode: "The Imaginary Friend"
2024 The Umbrella Academy Rolfe Episode: "The Squid and the Girl"

References

  1. Josiah Hughes, "Comedian Chris Locke Is Begging Jim Carrey to Paint His Portrait". Exclaim!, April 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Bill Brownstein, "Comic Chris Locke rises from the film dead with Mini-Donuts tour and solo play". Montreal Gazette, June 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Jon Cranny, "Comedian Chris Locke returns to Vancouver with new material". The Georgia Straight, November 13, 2019.
  4. Vish Khanna, "Chris Locke and Seán Cullen Prove Themselves as Two of Comedy's Sharpest Minds with 'In Horror!'". Exclaim!, November 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Free show to feature pair of Canadian comics". Guelph Today, June 10, 2023.
  6. Greg David, "Web series Learning Nature with Chris Locke is balls-out hilarity with an edge". TV, eh?, April 3, 2018.
  7. "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
  8. Bill Brownstein, "Delivering the laughs; Locke's comedy routine veers into new territory thanks to arrival of baby". Montreal Gazette, May 26, 2016.

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