Education
Crawford is a graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program at the University of British Columbia.
Crawford is a graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program at the University of British Columbia.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, which ran for three seasons on The Comedy Network. In 2003 he joined the cast of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, filling in for Mary Walsh during her time away from the show. Crawford is openly gay.
He lives in Toronto.
Crawford hosted the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards and the Canadian version of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, which aired on Canadian Broadcasting Company Television in the summer of 2008. Additionally, Crawford performed in guest appearances on Murdoch Mysteries, Made in Canada, Heartland, The Red Green Show and Corner Gas, and in the film French Immersion. In 2013, Crawford participated in Salvatore Antonio"s Truth/Dare: A Satire (With Dance), an interactive audience participation show which featured staged reenactments of scenes from Madonna"s 1991 film Truth or Dare, at Buddies in Bad Times during Toronto"s Pride Week.
The show"s cast also included Keith Cole and Adamo Ruggiero.
In 2014, he starred in Maureen Bradley"s film Two 4 One as Adam, a transman who winds up unexpectedly pregnant, and in the sitcom 24 Hour Rental as J.R. Beginning in 2015, he is the host of the comedy news quiz series Because News on Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio One.
In 2000 and 2001, he was also a cast member of the short-lived American sketch series Hype. In 2004, Crawford was made a full-time cast member of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.