Colin Mochrie

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Comedian and actor Colin Mochrie was born on November 30, 1957 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. When Mochrie was only seven years old his family moved, however, and by 1964 they d settled in a French neighborhood in Montreal. Mochrie has been considered Canadian ever since.

They moved again in 1969 to Vancouver, where Mochrie attended (and graduated as valedictorian from) Killarney Secondary School. From there he moved on to become part of Toronto s Second City troupe, co-writing and starring in several productions. He also directed three of the troupe s seasons. It was partially because of Second City that Mochrie met Ryan Stiles, a fellow improve actor with whom Mochrie would do a great deal of work over the years. It was also through Second City that Mochrie met comedian Debra McGrath, who he has since married. They ve been together since 1989 and have one son, Luke.

Mochrie s real claim to fame beyond Second City, however, was undoubtedly the television improvisational show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Initially turned down as a candidate for Whose Line Is It Anyway? when he auditioned in Toronto, Mochrie later auditioned again at the behest of Ryan Stiles when he was in Los Angeles. This time he managed to snag a part on the show, though he s commented that it was probably because Stiles insisted he get on. The two of them quickly became staples of the British show, remaining on it from 1988 onwards and making the transition to the American show hosted by Drew Carrey in 1998. It was during his Whose Line years that Mochrie earned his reputation as a master improviser, one of the best in the business. He would remain in the roster until 2003, when the show was cancelled due to low ratings.

As Whose Line was still running Mochrie appeared on The Drew Carrey Show three times as a special guest. Between 2001 and 2003 he was also a regular on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a Canadian news-style comedy show, though he left after two seasons to focus on his other work. He had three starring roles in the Canadian comedies Blackfly, Supertown Challenge and Getting Along Famously, though the former two ended after only two seasons and the latter after a few episodes.

Mochrie s since become famous for having small yet distinct roles in a number of productions. He s appeared in commercials, documentaries (humorous, mind you) and other television shows so often that Canadian comedy show Corner Gas made light of his roles by including him in a small cameo - shortly after star Brent Butte has mentioned Mochrie s name.

Mochrie is currently the host of the Canadian version of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? which has contestants matching wits with fifth graders in a game show format. Mochrie has also, for several years now, been the subject of internet animutations, a set of bizarre videos - typically accompanied by Japanese music - filled with seemingly random imagery and celebrity faces. Mochrie s face appears in almost every animutation made to date. He doesn t seem to mind.