Joel West, Comic

About Me....

Joel West is a Montreal Comedian and Writer and has been known to talk to lamp posts. He was born in Montreal in 1961 and as a child he appeared in the Oscar nominated “Lies my Father Told Me”. In 1976, while Joel was at summer camp, his parents moved to Toronto. Having tracked them down, Joel also relocated. Joel describes his senior year in high school as "The best 5 years of his life". Several years later, at the University of Toronto, Joel received several scholarships and awards, made the Dean’s list and, fearing that he might actually complete something, dropped out in third year. He has worked as a short order cook, salesman, bookkeeper, messenger, technical support person and has received unemployment benefits on more than one occasion. Joel has again become resident in Montreal and, in the past few months, has returned to his first love. He has also resumed performing comedy. He has performed extensively in the Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto corridor and has also performed in Vancouver, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, London and Niagara Falls. Last summer he appeared in the, soon to be released film, Four Squared production's "Conversion" a dark comedy of manners, written by Canadian author Kate MacDonald. He has also also appeared at the Montreal Fringe Theatre Festival. He has never been happier making people laugh, refining the art of "funny", doctoring jokes and being a total wise ass in the process.

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