Background
His father was a bus driver for the TTC in Toronto for over 20 years.
His father was a bus driver for the TTC in Toronto for over 20 years.
He attended Saint Gabriel"s (Bayview/Sheppard) and De Louisiana Salle College, Oaklands, where he later worked as a physical education teacher and hockey coach. He studied Kinesiology at York University and Education at Saint Francis Xavier University.
Dee, born Gerard Francis Donoghue is of Irish and Scottish descent. He was a University Varsity hockey and golf player during his college years. Dee was already relatively successful long before being on Last Comic Standing.
He had already had his own comedy special on The Comedy Network in Canada, appeared on the Comedy Network special "The Nubian Disciples", and performed at the world famous Montreal Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival, having his segment aired on Just Foreign Laughs.
He has appeared in television commercials and has performed at many comedy clubs, including Just Foreign Laughs and Yuk Yuks. Dee also had a role in the 2006 film Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, where he played the role of Donny.
That same year, Dee also played former Boston Bruins player Wayne Cashman in the Canadian Broadcasting Company miniseries Canada Russia "72. Dee might be best known for placing third on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing.
Gerry Dee had tried out for Last Comic Standing during the second and fourth seasons, but never advanced to the finals.
Since late 2007, Dee has had his own segment on Canadian cable channel The Score. These segments, entitled Gerry Dee: Sports Reporter, have Dee conducting humorous interviews and segments. The interviews have included such sports personalities as Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Cito Gaston, Randy Couture, and Chris Bosh.
Dee appeared in television commercials for Rogers, Wisers, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Nissan, and is currently making guest appearances on Canadian Broadcasting Company"s The Hour.
In January 2012, his sitcom Mr. Doctorate premiered on Canadian Broadcasting Company Television.
Created, written by and starring Dee, the show is based on his experience as a high-school teacher. lieutenant has been renewed for a fifth season.
In October 2012, Doubleday Canada published Dee"s Teaching: lieutenant"s Harder Than lieutenant Looks.
A national bestseller, the book came out in paperback in May 2013.