Simon King (comedian)

Simon King is a professional stand-up comedian active in North America and the United Kingdom. He has a unique, extremely high energy, aggressive, fast-paced and edgy improv based style. He has multiple television, radio and festival appearances to his credit and is widely considered to be one of the top stand up comedians in Canada.

King performing in late 2019.
For other people with the same name, see Simon King.

Life and career

Simon King was born into an entertainment family that relocated to British Columbia, Canada from the South of England when he was quite young. He started acting at an early age primarily in live theater and has remained in show business since that time. He is a voice actor and writer as well as prolific stand up comedian.

King has been featured at many comedy festivals including: The Just For Laughs Festival,[1] The Vancouver International Comedy Festival,[2] The TBS Las Vegas Comedy Festival,[3] The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and The HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. A veteran touring comic, he is not only a workhorse performer averaging nearly four hundred shows a year but also an extremely prolific writer. In addition to numerous film and television credits, in 2008 The Comedy Network and CTV filmed a one-hour special starring him for the popular series Comedy Now.[4] In early 2013 Simon recorded a second special, this one a half hour long, for the No Kidding series on Toronto-based IChannel.[5] Simon has been featured in The LA times,[6] the alternative arts paper the Georgia Straight,[7] The Hollywood Reporter and many others.

King has released multiple albums and specials both with labels and independently including: FURIOUS (Special 2016), One For The Money (Album 2018), Two For The Show (Album 2019) and As Good As Or Better Than (Special/Album 2022) directed by Rory Scovel.

King resides in Vancouver, Canada having lived in Los Angeles, California and London, England.

Simon King
Birth nameSimon King
BornEngland, United Kingdom
MediumStand-up, Television
NationalityCanadian English
Years active2000-present
GenresStream of consciousness, Improvised, Dark comedy, Observational comedy, Satire/Political satire, Absurd humor, High energy
Subject(s)Current events, Human behavior, Religion, Politics, Social interaction
Notable works and roles5 Albums, 4 specials
Websitethisissimonking.com

Notes
  1. "Search Results".
  2. http://comedyfest.com/performer/simon-king-0
  3. http://www.thecomedyfestival.com/thecomedyfestival/display/0,,159159,00.html
  4. "The Serious Comedy Site - a comedy review site".
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "For Canadian comics, the Olympics bring good yuk". Los Angeles Times. 16 February 2010.
  7. "Local comics deliver DIY Comedians You Should See show". 9 December 2009.
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