Trevor Boris
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Television work
Boris is one of the stars of MuchMusic's Video on Trial, and is also a star of Stars Gone Wild. He has appeared on many other MuchMusic specials, including Stars on Trial, LOL!, Spring Break '07, Totally 80s Video on Trial, Video on Trial: Holiday Crap, Overrated in 06, and wrote the special Famous Fallouts. He was a producer of Video on Trial at one point, as well as a presenter at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards and a spokesperson for Sunsilk, which aired numerous Hair on Trial commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on The Latest Buzz on Family Channel.
In 2007, Boris had his very own Comedy Now! standup special air on CTV and The Comedy Network, was the runner-up in the 2006 Great Canadian Laugh Off (the winner received $25,000) that aired on The Comedy Network, and was the host of the same-sex wedding show I Now Pronounce You... on OUTtv. He has been nominated twice for the "Best Stand-up Newcomer" Canadian Comedy Award, and has performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as at the CBC Winnipeg, Halifax, Vancouver Comedy Festivals, and the 2006 Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa.
He has been featured numerous times on entertainment shows, such as eTalk Daily, Star! Daily, Inside Jam!, CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's The Debaters, and was recentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". featured on the cover of NOW in Toronto. He has also written for The National Post.
In addition, he was part of season five of Last Comic Standing when they auditioned in Montreal, Quebec. He made it to the Finals of Canada (Top 15) but did not advance to L.A.
In 2012, Trevor made his late-night U.S. TV debut when he performed standup comedy on Conan.[2]
He has worked as a television producer, most recently as a Supervising Producer on Big Brother Canada. Since the first season, he has been the voice of Marsha the Moose, a magical moose who lives in the house and occasionally gives secret tasks to the houseguests. Marsha became a hit and is now seen once a season.[3] Since season two of the show, he has served as a challenge producer, coming up with different challenges.[4] He also worked on Season 18 of Big Brother USA in LA in 2016. He also produced Canada's Got Talent, which was retired after one season.
Personal life
He is openly gay.[5]
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Manivald | Manivald | Voice Short film |
Television
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Halifax Comedy Festival | Himself | |
| 2003 | Fairy Tale | Writer | |
| 2005 | I Now Pronounce You... | Head writer | |
| Famous Fallouts | Writer | TV movie | |
| Stars on Trial | Himself | ||
| 2006–2014 | Video on Trial | Himself/Juror | Producer Writer |
| 2006 | Great Canadian Laugh Off | Himself | |
| Headlines on Trial | Himself | ||
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Presenter | ||
| Overrated in '06 | Himself | ||
| 2007-2010 | Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Writer | |
| 2007 | Comedy Now! | Writer | |
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Writer | ||
| Stars Gone Wild | Himself | ||
| We're Funny That Way! | Himself | ||
| 2008 | One Night Stand Up | Himself | |
| 2009 | Juno Awards | Writer | |
| Canada's Next Top Model | Interviewer | ||
| Howie Do It | |||
| 2009-2010 | The Latest Buzz | Boris / Glee-Phone Seller | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | MuchMusic Video Awards | Writer | |
| CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Contributing writer | Uncredited | |
| 2011 | The Debaters | Himself | Episodes: "Childless Women & Urban Chickens," "GPS & Adult Kids at Home," and "Rise of China & Band the Pride Parade" |
| Canada's Got Talent | Producer | ||
| 2013-2014 | Never Ever Do This at Home | Development producer | |
| 2013–present | Big Brother Canada | Executive Producer | Challenge producer, Senior producer, Tour Guide, Voice of Marsha the Moose |
| 2014 | Delivery | Himself | |
| 2016 | Big Brother (U.S.) | Challenge producer | Season 18 |
| 2017 | Manivald | Manivald | Voice |
| 2018 | Celebrity Big Brother (UK) | Senior producer | Series 22 |
| Big Brother (UK) | Senior producer | Series 19 | |
| 2021 | Canada's Drag Race | Showrunner / Executive producer | Season 2-3 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Event | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Himself | Canadian Comedy Awards | Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2005 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Canada's Drag Race | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Reality/Competition Series | Won |
References
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- 1980 births
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- Canadian gay writers
- Canadian LGBTQ comedians
- Canadian male comedians
- Canadian Screen Award winning writers
- Canadian sketch comedians
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- Canadian television personalities
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- Comedians from Manitoba
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- Living people
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