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be a successful stand-up comedian today, you not
only have to be funny, you also need to be smart.
Smart and funny is what has made Canadian comic
Jeremy Hotz a success. With another stellar performance
at this year's Montreal Comedy Festival - Just For
Laughs, Jeremy continues to grab audiences with
his confused yet very astute observational comedy.
Although Jeremy is your typical single guy being
both challenged in the grocery store and in his
fashion choices, he still finds humor in all of
it and allows the audience to laugh at his everyday
mishaps and adventures.
So,
how does one become a stand-up? According to Jeremy,
you fail at everything else. Originally from Ottawa,
Canada, Jeremy performed at the local Yuk Yuks
Comedy club on amateur night and the club owner
loved him. So began the stand-up comedy career
of Jeremy Hotz.
In
1994, a childhood buddy of Jeremy's was writing
for the Jon Stewart Show in New York City. He
invited him down and introduced him to the executive
producer. Jeremy was given a writers job on the
show. That same executive producer became Jeremy's
manager and Jeremy's career was taken to the next
level.
Although
Jeremy believes he hasn't gotten his "big
break," in 1997 he performed at Just For
Laughs-The Montreal Comedy Festival. He received
a standing ovation at his debut performance at
the festival's prestigious gala. Recognition came
quickly as studios and networks showed interest
and Jeremy was offered his first of many development
deals. Another highlight for Jeremy was his first
appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman,
followed by an appearance on The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.
Jeremy
Hotz is a favorite in stand-up comedy clubs across
Canada and the US including the world famous Laugh
Factory and Improv in both Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
He returned to the Just For Laughs festival in
1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005. In 2003, Jeremy was
voted Best Performer at Just For Laughs Comedy
Festival by the "Globe and Mail" and
Bill Brownstein of the "Montreal Gazette"
gave him the title "Best in Fest". Jeremy
recently headlined Canada's Just For Laughs Canadian
Tour and HBO's prestigious comedy festival in
Aspen, Colorado.
Television
has yet to elude Jeremy both in the US and Canada.
In 1996, Jeremy starred in the off-beat comedy
series for the CBC Newsroom. He headlined the
Roy Thompson Hall with Jon Stewart and Mike Bullard
for CTV's 5th Anniversary celebration earlier
this year, CBC for its 50th Anniversary Special
and its half-hour sitcom Made in Canada. He was
recently seen in Comedy Central's The Jeremy Hotz
Special, and he guest starred in MTV's Half Hour
Comedy Hour.
Jeremy
is also a talented actor who has appeared in the
feature films My Favorite Martian (with Elizabeth
Hurley) and Speed 2 (with Sandra Bullock and Jason
Patrick). He starred in the four-part mini-series
Married Life on Comedy Central and was nominated
for a Gemini Award for the CBC's CANA-DUH. He
was the recipient of a Gemini Award for "Best
Performance in a Comedy Show or Series" for
his work in the celebrated series Newsroom on
the CBC and PBS in America.
In
addition to his stand-up career, Jeremy was a
staff writer on the critically acclaimed The Jon
Stewart Show (Comedy Central), and received a
Gemini nomination for "Best Writing in Comedy
or Variety Show or Series" for his comedy
special, Whatever Happened to Jeremy Hotz?
He
is currently working on a show he has written
and created for CBC television called My Life
and A Movie. Jeremy now calls Los Angeles home,
but true to his Canadian upbringing, he still
loves hockey
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