Trevor K. Wilson (born March 9, 1981), known professionally as K. Trevor Wilson, is a Canadian comedian, writer and actor. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario and is best known as the character Squirrely Dan in Letterkenny.
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| Born | Trevor Kingsley Wilson March 9, 1981 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Etobicoke School of the Arts Humber College |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | ktrevorwilson |
Career edit
Standup comedy edit
In 2012, Wilson won the Irwin Barker Home Grown Award at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.[1] He's since appeared multiple times at the festival[2] as well as JFL 42,[3] Winnipeg Comedy Festival,[4] Halifax Comedy Festival[5] and performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live[6] and Comedy Central's Roast Battle.[7]
His debut album SexCop Fire Penis reached the top of the iTunes Comedy Charts and won Best Taped Live Performance at the 2015 Canadian Comedy Awards.[8] His follow up, Sorry! (A Canadian Album), debuted at the top of the iTunes Comedy Charts and was nominated for the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year.[9]
In 2017, his first special, Bigger in Person, debuted on The Comedy Network.[10] Wilson was also featured in the Netflix Series, Comedians of The World that was released January 1, 2019.[11]
Wilson is an original member of the Comedy Records Roster and was featured on the label's 10 Year Anniversary album.[12]
In 2021 he was announced as one of the judges in the upcoming first season of Roast Battle Canada.[13] In 2022, he appeared in LOL: Last One Laughing Canada.[14]
Acting edit
As a child actor, Wilson was featured multiple times on the Canadian series Goosebumps.[15] In 2010, he stood alongside Nelly Furtado in the film Score: A Hockey Musical and has since been part of multiple series including What Would Sal Do? and Man Seeking Woman.[16][17]
In 2016, Wilson debuted as Squirrely Dan on Crave's Letterkenny.[16][18][19]
At the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, Wilson received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Personal life edit
He graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts as well as Humber College.[20]
Wilson chose the stage name "K. Trevor Wilson"—transposing his given name and middle initial—at the suggestion of his agent when he registered with ACTRA, because there was already another member with the name "Trevor Wilson".[21]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Just for Laughs Homegrown Comedy Competition". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "K. Trevor Wilson". Just For Laughs. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "JFL42 Sarah Silverman / K. Trevor Wilson Sony Centre, Toronto ON, September 20". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Lizard, Visual. "Performers". Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Halifax Comedy Festival: Standup comic El-Husseini mines own life for laughs". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Watch K. Trevor Wilson Crush It On Jimmy Kimmel Live". www.thecomedynetwork.ca. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Recap: The Temperature Reached a Boiling Point at the 'Roast Battle' Quarterfinals". 31 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "22 Minutes and Samantha Bee among Canadian Comedy Award winners". 14 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 Comedy Album | K. Trevor Wilson |".
- ^ "K. Trevor Wilson Looks Back On His Comedy Firsts Ahead Of His First Special". www.thecomedynetwork.ca. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "K. Trevor Wilson". IMDb. January 2019.
- ^ "An Oral History of 10 years of Comedy Records, home to K. Trevor Wilson, Arthur Simeon and more! | CBC Comedy".
- ^ Jordan Pinto, "CTV Comedy commissions Roast Battle adaptation". RealScreen, April 12, 2021.
- ^ David Friend, "Tom Green, Andrew Phung vie to be ‘last one laughing’ on Canadian reality competition". Toronto Star, January 12, 2022.
- ^ Stradiotto, Laura (16 June 2016). "Sudbury comedy night: Strange but true tales". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "K. Trevor Wilson". imdb.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Music News Desk (10 October 2017). "K. Trevor Wilson Releases Sophomore Comedy Album 'Sorry! (A Canadian Album)'". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Mudhar, Raju (8 November 2017). "Letterkenny star K. Trevor Wilson's Sorry tale of success". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Interview with K Trevor Wilson on Squirrely Dan on Letterkenny stand up and acting" – via YouTube.com.
- ^ Brioux, Bill (28 July 2016). "Jeff Ross on the art of roasting, comedy style". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Palmater, Candy (host); Wilson, K. Trevor (guest) (2016-09-26). Letterkenny's K. Trevor Wilson in studio q. q. 2 minutes in. CBC. CBC Radio One.