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Gerry Dee

Occupation

Actor and Comedian

Air Date

THE BLONDES: April 16, 2012

THE BIO

There's a certain species of human that we're all familiar with: "the gym teacher," or Gymmiccus Teachiccus, if you insist upon the proper Latin. Now, as we all know, there's plenty hilarious about this genre of individual -- the extremely high shorts, the terrifying intensity with which he approaches dodge ball...

But once in awhile, a gym teacher comes along and he's so hilarious that he ends up on NBC's 'Last Comic Standing', goes on to nail it at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, and then goes on to star in his very own comedy series on CBC. The funny man? Gerry Dee. The series? A brand new show called 'Mr. D', based on Gerry's real life story.

Gerry grew up in Toronto, and spent 10 years teaching gym and coaching hockey at De La Salle College, a private co-ed high school. But the whole time, he was sitting on a pretty special gift: stand-up. How did that gift express itself while Gerry was teaching? And when was the moment he knew he had to ditch school and get onstage?

Gerry started performing around the city, landed a role in the Trailer Park Boys movie, and even got to play hockey great Wayne Cashman in the TV movie Canada Russia '72. 'Mr. D' premiered on CBC in January, and it's doing great...and meanwhile, Gerry's taking this glorious nation by storm with his one-man comedy tour, 'Life After Teaching'.