Dropped out of high school at age 17 to pursue comedy
Worked as a stand-up comedian and a movie theater usher in Toronto before breaking into television
Attended an improvisational workshop at the Second City theater group, where he met Kevin McDonald, who asked him to join another comedy troupe; it later evolved into the Kids in the Hall
Has appeared in a number of music videos, including Odds' "Heterosexual Man," Hollerado's "Americanarama," Black Robot's "Cocaine" and Neva Dinova's "Yellow Datsun