BFA Acting Alumnus Gavin Crawford
Gavin Crawford (born 2 April 1971) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia. An alumnus of The Second City‘s Toronto company, he was the recipient of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award in 1998.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, which ran for three seasons on The Comedy Network. In 2000 and 2001, he was also a cast member of the short-lived American sketch series Hype. In 2003 he joined the cast of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, filling in for Mary Walsh during her time away from the show. In 2004, Crawford was made a full-time cast member of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
He was nominated four times for the Gemini Award, which he won in December 2004 for his work on The Gavin Crawford Show (he was nominated twice in 2004, also for This Hour Has 22 Minutes)
Crawford hosted the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards and the Canadian version of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, which aired on CBC Television in the summer of 2008. Additionally, Crawford performed in guest appearances on Murdoch Mysteries, Made in Canada, Heartland, The Red Green Show and Corner Gas, and in the film French Immersion.
In 2013 Gavin received a Dora award for his work as an aging spinster in Sky Gilbert’s “A Few Brittle Leaves” and received the ACTRA award for “Two for One” in 2014.
In 2014, he starred in Maureen Bradley’s film Two 4 One as Adam, a transman who winds up unexpectedly pregnant, and in the sitcom 24 Hour Rental as J.R.
In 2015, he became the host of the comedy news quiz series Because News on CBC Radio One.
Upcoming: I am about to Open Sky Gilbert’s “The Terrible Parents” At Buddies in bad Times April 6th, And a Film I am in called ‘Portrait of a Serial Monogamist” with Dianne Flacks just hit iTunes.
I will be touring my latest Solo “Show Friend Like Me” in the fall, it was a pick of the Toronto Fringe last July.
About UBC Gavin says, “UBC taught me how to work hard and to find my own method of working. To take the tools that worked for me and not sweat the ones that didn’t. I think the summer stock program – where they used to hand over the Theatre Dept to the students and we would put up a season of shows in rep prepared me the most. To have the ability to work on something as a team and learn not only how to act, but also produce, market and collaborate, was invaluable to me.”
