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Canadian comedian and television personality (born 1983)
Ajay Fry
Born
Ajay Jack Fry
(1983-06-17 ) 17 June 1983 (age 41 )
Occupation(s ) Television host and personality Years active 1990–present Known for The Little Lulu Show (1995–1996)
Ajay Fry (born Ajay Jack Fry , 17 June 1983) is a Canadian comedian , television personality and producer who grew up in Ottawa , Ontario , best known as host on the official Orphan Black after show After the Black on BBC America , and the Canadian daily entertainment talk show InnerSpace on Space (2008–2018).
Early life
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Fry was born in Toronto , Ontario on June 17, 1983, to Pat Fry,[1] a voiceover artist (best known for his role as the titular character's father on the Canadian children's TV series Caillou ) and former radio host , and Sharon Fry (née Hoff), a legal assistant. Fry grew up in Ottawa , Ontario where he regularly performed at The Institution while attending Colonel By Secondary School .
Career
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Early career
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At age 7, Fry took his first job as a host on a local community travel series in Ottawa called Rainbow Merry-Go-Round. He went on to make appearances on Are You Afraid of the Dark ? and Big Wolf on Campus , and has voiced characters on animated series such as The Little Lulu Show and Arthur , among others.[2] At the age of 20, Fry moved to Toronto to attend Humber College [3] 's Comedy: Writing and Performance program , where he was nominated for the Phil Hartman Award. After graduating he attended Second City Conservatory training and launched his first web series, The Not Yet Show.[4]
Crunch
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From September 2006 until August 2008, Fry hosted of Crunch , the Saturday morning block of cartoon programming on YTV . During this time he also appeared on-screen at the Rogers Centre to promote Jr. Jays weekend activities.
InnerSpace
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In the summer of 2008, after two years on YTV , Fry[5] was hired as the new host of The Circuit , a weekly entertainment news program on Space Channel . In 2009, the show was re-branded to InnerSpace [6] a nightly "after show" style program following Space's prime time programming. After 2 seasons, InnerSpace changed formats once again, becoming an entertainment news talk show with co-hosts Teddy Wilson and Morgan Hoffman.
During his tenure at InnerSpace, Fry has interviewed a wide array of celebrities and artists, including actors Jeff Bridges , Hugh Jackman , Jennifer Lawrence , Jake Gyllenhaal , Mark Wahlberg , Sigourney Weaver , Jessica Alba , Kate Beckinsale , Jessica Chastain , Bryan Cranston , Mark Ruffalo , Martin Sheen , Will Ferrell , Dave Bautista , Nathan Fillion , William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy ; Directors Joss Whedon , Zack Snyder , Guillermo del Toro ; authors, Neil Gaiman , Robert Munsh , Robert J. Sawyer , Stan Lee ; the casts of The Twilight Saga , The Big Bang Theory , Game of Thrones , Doctor Who , The Walking Dead , Orphan Black , Star Trek: The Next Generation , and many others.
Fry has conducted set visits, interviews and covered video game industry events, across North America , Europe , and the United Kingdom , including a set visit for the Harry Potter film franchise, visits to Skywalker Ranch ,[7] and has covered The Toronto International Film Festival , E3 , San Diego Comic-Con ,[8] Fan Expo Canada ,[9] Calgary Expo ,[10] and numerous other national and international events.
Fry's hosting duties also extend to a number of after shows and specials for some of Space Channel's more prominent series, including the Day of the Doctor ,[11] After Bite (following Bitten ),[12] and After the Black (following Orphan Black ).[13]
In 2011, Fry won 'Outstanding Contribution to Film or TV' at the Canadian Science Fiction Awards for his work on InnerSpace along with co-host, Teddy Wilson .[14]
After the Black
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On Saturday, March 26, 2016 it was announced that After the Black, the Orphan Black after show hosted by Fry and his co-hosts Teddy Wilson and Morgan Hoffman had been picked up by BBC America and would be broadcast following Orphan Black during the show's fourth season.[15]
YouTube
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In 2015, Fry became a Much creator[16] and launched a YouTube series called 5 on Fry (a weekly look at five different topics), as well as a personal vlog.
Other work
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Fry has made a number of appearances in other media, including appearing as himself in the commercial for a 2014 Nintendo Canada contest celebrating the launch of Donkey Kong : Tropical Freeze,[17] and appearing in a supporting role as a fictionalized version of himself in the 2015 film Pure Pwnage : The Movie.[18] He has also appeared in the Captain Canuck web series as himself.[19]
Fry has hosted numerous media and industry events, including etalk Live On The Red Carpet At The Toronto International Film Festival (co-hosted with Jessi Cruickshank ),[20] the Joe Shuster Awards (Canada's Comic Book Awards),[21] the Canadian Science Fiction Awards ,[22] and the Toronto Independent Music Awards.[23]
Fry has contributed written work to Metro News and has appeared in The Toronto Star .[24] He makes regular appearances on Canada AM ,[25] etalk , CTV News , The Marilyn Denis Show , CP24 , and CHUM Radio , and has appeared on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight .[26]
References
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^ "Class Notes" (PDF) . Humber Dialogue . Winter 2011.
^ Not Yet already a Web success. (convergence: where entertainment meets technology) (Brief Article)
^ "InnerSpace" . Space.ca . Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "SPACE Flagship Genre After-Show INNERSPACE Premieres Sept 16" . Channel Canada TV Forums . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ " 'InnerSPACE' co-host goes inside Skywalker Ranch" . CTVNews . 13 March 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Genre Fanatics Rejoice! SPACE Takes Viewers to San Diego Comic-Con During the Two-Part Original Special INNERSPACE: COMIC-CON, August 2 and 3" . Channel Canada . 31 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "SPACE Takes Over Fan Expo Canada™ This Weekend, With Panels, Autograph Sessions, and INNERSPACE" . www.newswire.ca . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Look Out Calgary! Space Invades Alberta for The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 26–28 – Bell Media" . www.bellmedia.ca . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "The Day of the Doctor Ex-ter-mi-nates the Record Books With 1.1 Million Viewers, Largest Ever on Space – Bell Media" . www.bellmedia.ca . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "A Few Words from the Hosts of InnerSpace: After Bite" . Space.ca . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ " 'Orphan Black' After-Show Coming to BBC America | BBC America" . BBC America . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Space congratulates Innerspace co-hosts on winning feature prize at The Constellation Awards - Throng" . Throng . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ " 'Orphan Black' Gets Weekly Aftershow" . The Hollywood Reporter . 26 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Much Digital Studios Announces Nine New Creators – Bell Media" . www.bellmedia.ca . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ Nintendo (2014-02-07), Canada's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest , retrieved 2016-04-16
^ Lapaire, Geoff (2000-01-01), Pure Pwnage , retrieved 2016-04-16
^ "Ajay Fry plays himself in Captain Canuck- The Animated Web Series | Facebook" . www.facebook.com . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Bell Media Goes Beyond the Velvet Rope at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival®" . www.newswire.ca . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ Boyd, Kevin A. (5 June 2011). "Announcing the 2011 Joe Shuster Awards hosts: Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson!" . The Joe Shuster Awards . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "The Constellation Awards - A Canadian Award for Excellence in Film & Television Science Fiction" . constellations.tcon.ca . Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Toronto Independent Music Awards Festival And Gala Ceremony" . Time Out Toronto . 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ Robinson, Michael (2015-10-26). "At Lightsaber Battle Toronto 2015, an expert opines on the skill and style of Toronto's top Sith and Jedi warriors" . The Toronto Star . ISSN 0319-0781 . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ "Video game reviews with Innerspace co-host Ajay Fry" . canadaam.ctvnews.ca . Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
^ Strombo.com. "Something You Might Not Know About Canada: Trackball" . George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight . Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ajay_Fry&oldid=1234886112 "
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