Ron James
Biography
Ron James is a Canadian stand-up comic, author and voice actor. He studied history and political science at Acadia University before moving to Toronto to join The Second City during the 1980s. In 1989 he was nominated for a Genie Award for his supporting role in Something About Love. He later moved to Los Angeles and played Bucky Fergus in the Talk parody My Talk Show from 1990 to 1991. He appeared in Ernest Rides Again (1993) and created the stage show Up & Down in Shaky Town: One Man's Journey through the California Dream which The Comedy Network aired as a special. He did voice work on Star Wars: Ewoks and RoboCop: The Animated Series, starred in Blackfly and Made in Canada, won two Canadian Comedy Awards and a Gemini Award for writing on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and had his own CBC series The Ron James Show from 2009 to 2014.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 13 years1985 to 1998
Every film, newest first
- 1998Dog ParkIMDb rating 5.2
- 1993Ernest Rides AgainIMDb rating 4.8
- 1989The Dream TeamIMDb rating 6.5
- 1985Head OfficeIMDb rating 5.4
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Early training
After he graduated, James went to Toronto and became a member of that city's Second City troupe, performing with the company in the 1980s.
A change of course
Ron James went back to Canada in 1993, and in 1994 he made a stage show from his time in L.A. called Up & Down in Shaky Town: One Man's Journey through the California Dream.
A change of course
Ron James found the work of Billy Connolly, a Scottish comedian. Connolly's style shaped James's own and pushed him to begin performing stand-up.
Behind the camera
Ron James wrote All Over the Map: Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road, which Doubleday Canada published on September 28, 2021. It became a national bestseller right away, landing at number eight on the Canadian non-fiction list that week.
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Worked with
Ron James made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Howard ZieffDirector, 1 film, 1989
All films by Howard Zieff
All films by John Cherry
All films by Bruce McCulloch
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