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. 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 two seasons on Canada's Comedy Network. 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"). On 10 April 2008 Gavin was recognized by Lethbridge Collegiate Institute with the Distinguished achievement award.

Crawford is openly gay [ [http://www.eyeweekly.com/archived/archived/article/25262 www.eyeweekly.com] ] . He divides his time between Halifax and Toronto.

Crawford hosted the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards on 14th April [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/04/14/screenwriting-awards.html www.cbc.ca] Retrieved on 16th April, 2008.]

Crawford is currently hosting the Canadian version of "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" airing on CBC Television in the summer of 2008.

Theatre

* "Rope Enough" by Sky Gilbert as Ichabod Malframe, Buddies in Bad Times 2005
* "Bad Acting Teachers" by Sky Gilbert as Reginald Architruc, Buddies in Bad Times 2006

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External links

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* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Crawford%2C+Gavin CBC biographical page]