Jonathan Torrens
Speaker Bio
Jonathan Torrens has worked in comedy for 30 years and has been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards as a director, producer, writer, actor and host. He’s even won a few. In addition to playing J-Roc on the beloved Netflix original series Trailer Park Boys, he has directed 10 episodes and written 20.
He has written half a dozen episodes of the Hulu series Letterkenny as well as played the recurring Mennonite character Noah Dyck. Most recently, he appeared as French hockey broadcaster Remi Nadeau in the brand new critically acclaimed Hulu series Shoresy.
Prior to that Jonathan played vice-principal Robert Cheeley on 8 seasons of the CBC sitcom Mr. D, starring Gerry Dee. He also wrote 6 episodes. He played Gerald the Gotta be Gay Guy on Spike TV’s ground-breaking The Joe Schmo Show, an improvised hybrid fake-reality show.
Other credits include writing/producing The Jenny McCarthy Show for VH-1, hosting Popularity Contest for CMT and The Kids are in Charge for Travel Channel. He has made appearances on VH-1, E Network, MTV and was a regular correspondent on Fox Reality Channel.
He has written and performed on multiple live shows including The Winnipeg Comedy Fest, The Juno Awards and The East Coast Music Awards.
His podcast Taggart & Torrens has been downloaded more than 4 million times and has won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Audio Show. TnT also spawned a best-selling book Canadianity (Harper Collins), which Jonathan co-wrote with Jeremy Taggart. Their comedy music album BAHDS came out on the Dine Alone label in 2020.
Through Canadian Content Studios, Jonathan has directed 4 web series, produced a national special and written and directed countless commercials. Vollies, a series he co-created, writes, directs and acts in won the 2023 Screen NS Award for Best Scripted Show.
His new t-shirt line FilmPrints.ca benefits the Actor’s Fund of Canada’s new Navigator program, to provide mental health support to anyone working in the arts.
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