Fred Ewanuick
Canadian actor
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::summary Canadian actor ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Fred Ewanuick |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada |
| occupation | Actor |
| years_active | 1990s-present |
| website | http://www.fred-ewanuick.com/ |
| awards | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series |
| 2007 Corner Gas (shared) | |
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| name = Fred Ewanuick | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1990s-present | spouse = | website = http://www.fred-ewanuick.com/ | awards = Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series 2007 Corner Gas (shared)
Peñsícola Comedy Film Festival Award Best Actor 2004 The Delicate Art of Parking
Fred Ewanuick (/əˈwαnɪk/; born June 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles as the loveable unemployed loser Richard Henry "Hank" Yarbo in the television series Corner Gas and as the title unpopular character in the CTV sitcom Dan for Mayor. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms. Ewanuick starred in Nickelodeon's summer 2013 TV movie Swindle.
Ewanuick is also well known for his several award wins for the 2003 lead role in the comedy The Delicate Art of Parking and reprised his Hank role in Corner Gas: The Movie, winning him a Gemini Award, and much praise. Ewanuick also had roles in popular films including The Santa Clause 2, Just Friends, Young Triffie, and a romantic comedy with several other Corner Gas stars in Love and Other Dilemmas, and the disaster film Absolute Zero.
Early life
Ewanuick was born and raised in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. He is of Ukrainian and Italian descent. Ewanuick's first job was a paper route, but he was fired for disposing of the newspapers in dumpsters as a "time saver". Ewanuick later worked in a bingo hall until graduating from Port Moody Secondary School in 1989.
Career
At college, Ewanuick enrolled in English, Women’s Studies, and Theatre courses, which were the only courses available, subsequently failing all three. After auditioning and being accepted into the two-year theater intensive program, he was asked to leave one year into the program.{{Cite web | title = Northern Stars – Fred Ewanuick | year = 2007 | url = http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/ewanuick_fred.html | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090424045625/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/ewanuick_fred.html | archive-date = 2009-04-24 | url-status = dead | title = About Fred Ewanuick – Official Site | url = http://www.fred-ewanuick.com/Fred_Ewanuick/HOME.html | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090425023257/http://www.fred-ewanuick.com/Fred_Ewanuick/HOME.html | archive-date = 2009-04-25 | url-status = usurped
Ewanuick made his television debut on The New Addams Family in 1998 as a "spinning gnome".{{Cite web | title = Fred Ewanuick Biography at TV.com | url = http://www.tv.com/fred-ewanuick/person/83550/summary.html | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-date = July 22, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722110728/http://www.tv.com/fred-ewanuick/person/83550/summary.html | url-status = dead | last = Gormley | first = John | title = Radio show over too soon, like Corner Gas | publisher = The Star Phoenix | date = July 11, 2008 | url = http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=d080d45b-8421-4ebf-b390-58a0d038b490 | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090425082000/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=d080d45b-8421-4ebf-b390-58a0d038b490 | archive-date = April 25, 2009 | url-status = dead | last = Stone | first = Jay | title = From the Prairies to zombies | publisher = The Ottawa Citizen | date = February 16, 2008 | url = http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/styleweeklytelevision/story.html?id=6056d515-6f88-40a8-bdeb-f42154502e1e | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090425065421/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/styleweeklytelevision/story.html?id=6056d515-6f88-40a8-bdeb-f42154502e1e | archive-date = April 25, 2009 | url-status = dead
Ewanuick has appeared in numerous films, including The Delicate Art of Parking (2003), which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film won the Best Canadian Feature prize. The following year, he appeared in Chestnut: Hero of Central Park. Later, Ewanuick won a Best Actor award at Spain's Peñiscola Comedy Film Festival for the same film. In the comedy Young Triffie (2007), he stars as a young Newfoundland Ranger investigating a crime.{{cite news | last = Salem | first = Rob | title = A new direction – Mary Walsh steps behind the camera to helm her first film, the comedy Young Triffie | work = The Star | date = Apr 4, 2007 | url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/199127 | access-date = 2009-02-06 | location=Toronto}} Ewanuick was initially not cast for the part, but the casting staff could not agree on whom to choose for the part. He was called to audition for the part after being suggested because of his work on Corner Gas.{{Cite web |title = Fred Ewanuick Interview |url = http://www.northernstars.ca/titles/2006/ipod/triffie_ewanuick_casting.html |access-date = 2009-02-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090424045647/http://www.northernstars.ca/titles/2006/ipod/triffie_ewanuick_casting.html |archive-date = April 24, 2009
In late 2008, CTV commissioned a half-hour sitcom pilot for a new comedy titled Dan for Mayor, starring Ewanuick as Dan.{{cite news |title = CTV Casts its Ballot and Orders New Comedy Pilot Dan for Mayor |publisher = CTV |date = October 8, 2008 |url = http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20081008/ctv_release2_20081008/20081008 |access-date = 2009-02-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081225001910/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20081008/ctv_release2_20081008/20081008 |archive-date = December 25, 2008 Dan For Mayor was written by Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, and Kevin White. Ewanuick portrayed Dan, a 30-something bartender who lives and works in the fictional city of Wessex, Ontario.{{cite news |title = CTV orders pilot for new comedy 'Dan for Mayor' |publisher = CTV |url = http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20081009/fred_pilot_081009/20081009/ |access-date = 2009-02-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090424063453/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20081009/fred_pilot_081009/20081009/ |archive-date = 2009-04-24 | title = Hot Box: TV worth talking about | work = The Star | date = October 9, 2008 | url = https://www.thestar.com/article/514438 | access-date = 2009-02-06 | location=Toronto}} The series ended in 2011.
In 2013, Ewanuick played Paul Swindell in Swindle. The following year, he reprised his role as Hank Yarbo in Corner Gas: The Movie.
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Santa Clause 2 | Seismic Interpreter | |
| 2002 | The Bed | Young Man | |
| 2002 | Stark Raving Mad | Beck (Raverboy #2) | |
| 2002 | Beauty Shot | Dean | |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Jeff | |
| 2003 | Fluffy | Todd | short |
| 2003 | The Core | Endeavor Flight Engineer | Credited as Fred Ewanvick |
| 2003 | The Delicate Art of Parking | Grant Parker | |
| 2004 | Chestnut: Hero of Central Park | Kosh | |
| 2005 | Crossing | Alfie | |
| 2005 | Selling Innocence | James | |
| 2005 | Just Friends | Clark | |
| 2006 | Young Triffie | Ranger Alan Hepditch | |
| 2006 | Black Eyed Dog | Doug | |
| 2006 | Love and Other Dilemmas | Emmett Matzdorff | |
| 2011 | French Immersion | Colin | |
| 2013 | Swindle | Paul Swindell | |
| 2014 | Corner Gas: The Movie | Hank Yarbo | Reprise of role from 2004–2009 TV series |
| 2015 | Patterson's Wager | Charles | |
| 2016 | A.R.C.H.I.E. | Hugh | |
| 2019 | 37-Teen | Greg | |
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Television works
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The New Addams Family | Gnome | 1 episode: "Cleopatra, Green of the Nile" |
| 2001 | The Chris Isaak Show | Food Service Worker | 1 episode: "Smackdown" |
| Special Unit 2 | Bus Passenger | 1 episode | |
| Cold Squad | Todd Fernley | 1 episode: "Picasso's Mistake" | |
| 2001 – 2002 | Dark Angel | Luke | 5 episodes: "Freak Nation", "Love Among the Runes", "She Ain't Heavy", "Some Assembly Required", "Two" |
| 2001 – 2003 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Raymond Ford, Paul Risi | 4 episodes: "Banging on the Wall", "Cheap Aftershave", "Ugly Quick", "You Got Monkey Chatter" |
| 2002 | Twilight Zone | Garrett | 1 episode: "Sensuous Cindy" |
| Monk | Jake | 1 episode: "Mr. Monk and the Candidate: Part 1" | |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Boom Operator | |
| ''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company''' | Set assistant | ||
| 2003 – 2004 | Tru Calling | Brian | 2 episodes: "The Longest Day", "Morning After" |
| 2004 | Dead Like Me | Xavier Boscacci | Season 2, Episode 2: "The Ledger" |
| The Ranch | Tommy | ||
| 2004 – 2009 | Corner Gas | Hank Yarbo | 107 episodes |
| 2005 – 2008 | Robson Arms | Nick Papathanasiou | 19 episodes |
| 2005 | Absolute Zero | Philip | |
| Selling Innocence | James | ||
| 2006 | Blood Ties | Wendell | 1 episode: Wrapped |
| Intelligence | Narcotics Officer and Nichols | 2 episodes: We Were Here Now We Disappear, Not a Nice Boy! | |
| Air Farce | Hank Yarbo | 300th Episode Special; fictional crossover with Little Mosque on the Prairie and Trailer Park Boys | |
| 2010 – 2011 | Dan for Mayor | Dan Phillips | |
| 2014 | Supernatural | Sheriff Len Cuse | Season 10, episode 8: "Hibbing 911" |
| 2015 | Dinotrux | Click Clack | Voice |
| 2018-2021 | Corner Gas Animated | Hank Yarbo | Voice |
| 2021 | Scaredy Cats | Sticky-Paws Fink | Voice |
| 2023 | The Irrational | Season 1, episode 2" "Dead Woman Walking" | |
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Nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Film/Series | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Canadian Comedy Awards | Best Performance By an Ensemble – Television | Dan for Mayor | For the episode "Revenge is Swifty" |
| 2010 | Gemini Award | Best Comedy Program or Series | Dan for Mayor | |
| 2008 | Leo Award | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Crossing | |
| 2007 | Gemini Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series | Robson Arms | For the episode "Saultology" |
| 2006 | Gemini Award | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series | Corner Gas | Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Merry Gasmas". |
| 2006 | Leo Award | Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series | Corner Gas | Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Wedding Card" |
| 2005 | Canadian Comedy Award | Television – Pretty Funny Male Performance | Corner Gas | |
| 2004 | Leo Award | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Best Performance or Host | Corner Gas | For the episode "Cell Phone" |
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References
References
- Williams, Paul. (January 3, 2011). ["Fred Ewanuick"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fred-ewanuick#:~:text=Fred%20Ewanuick%2C%20actor%20(b%20at,an%20endearing%20and%20likeable%20performer.).
- "From Corner Gas to mayor, Dan is no Hank". The Globe and Mail.
- (25 February 2010). "Ryan". The Globe and Mail.
- "Fred Ewanuick Biography at movietome".
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