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Bruce McCulloch

Cast Member
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, and director with a career spanning television, theatre and film. He has written and performed in Young Drunk Punk (a series inspired by his own life), Death Comes to Town, and This Blows (web series) also for CBC, and he created Carpoolers for ABC. He has directed such shows as SNL, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Schitt’s Creek, and Trailer Park Boys. Most recently, Bruce directed and produced the third season of the sketch series, TallBoyz, for CBC.

As an actor, he has appeared in numerous Canadian and American television shows such as Saturday Night Live, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Comedy Bang Bang, Workaholics, Nobodies, and even Anne of Green Gables. Bruce has also written and/or directed several films including Dog Park starring Luke Wilson, Superstar starring Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell, Stealing Harvard starring Jason Lee, Leslie Mann and Tom Green, and Comeback Season starring Ray Liotta. Bruce has two spoken word/comedy/music CDs: Shame-based Man and The Drunk Baby Project. On stage, he has written or performed several one-man shows including TWO-HEADED ROOMATE, JAZZ STENOGRAPHERS, SLIGHTLY BIGGER, and is currently performing TALES OF BRAVERY & STUPIDITY, which he is turning into his next book. His first book, Let's Start a Riot was released by Harper Collins.

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