Dan Quinn
Dan Quinn is a natural storyteller and has a unique ability to take tales from his life and bring them to the stage in a hilarious way. He started comedy in 1993 and quickly won Edmonton’s funniest new comedian. 6 years later he was invited to the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal where he won the Canadian Comedy Competition. This led to being featured in The Hollywood Reporter Magazine as a comic to watch. In the years since he has established himself as one of the top comedians in Canada as well as touring in England, the U.S., France and Australia. He is founder and member of the biggest comedy tour in Canada, the Snowed In Comedy Tour.
He performed at the Hubcap Comedy Festival in Moncton where he won Best of the Fest. He received a similar honor at the Vancouver Comedy festival where he was asked to be on the best of the fest show with Flight of the Concords, Scott Thompson and Doug Stanhope. He has been seen on CBC, CTV and the Comedy Network and heard on Sirius/ XM Radio as well as the Debater’s radio show. The Snowed In Comedy Tour has 5 TV specials on Chek TV.
He has headlined some of the Top Comedy Clubs in the world including the Glee Clubs in England, Yuk yuks across Canada and The Comedy Mix in Vancouver. He has performed in England, France, Wales, Switzerland, Australia, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and almost every town in Canada.
His Comedy is very personal and relatable. He takes stories and events from his life and brings them to the audience in a fun, likable and hilarious manner. He has an ability to tailor his show to the event and be completely clean or bring an edge that is required for the evening.
When Dan is not on the road doing comedy he continues to build his acting resume. He can be seen in the TV shows Arrow, Salvation, Murders, Travellers and Valley of the Boom. Originally from Northern Alberta he now resides in Vancouver.