He is a Canadian writer and actor, born in St. John's, Canada. His first writing credit for a TV movie is This Hour Has 22 Minutes: New Year's Eve Special (2003). He is known for writing This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2002-2023) and The Grand Seduction (2013) and for acting in Satisfaction (2013). Among his numerous awards and nominations are the Canadian Comedy Awards, the Gemini Awards, and the Writers Guild of Canada Award.