Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie is a successful comic actor who, despite worldwide success, has continued to call Canada his home.

Born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, his family moved to Montreal in 1964 before settling in Vancouver in 1969.

This self-proclaimed shy-guy began his acting career on stage doing improvisational theatre through the Vancouver Theatresports League. After moving to Toronto in 1986, Mochrie was hired to join the iconic Second City Theatre Company, by actress/director Debra McGrath, whom he later married in 1989.

A regular for nine years on the British version of Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, Mochrie also starred in the hit American version when it premiered on ABC in the U.S. The series continues to be wildly popular in syndication even in the far reaches of the world.

From his roles in Whose Line Is It, Anyway? and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mochrie has become known as the quick-witted master of improvisation, not only in Canada but also in the U.S. and around the world. Most recently, Colin hosted the hugely successful Are You Smarter Than A Canadian 5th Grader and is currently shooting a new series for Canada’s VisionTV called She’s The Mayor.

In 2011, Colin returned to theatre after a 15-year absence receiving critical praise opposite old friend and theatre legend, Peter Donaldson in ART for Toronto’s Canadian Stage Company.

Colin continues to tour extensively throughout North America with Brad Sherwood in their four-handed collection of games from Whose Line Is It, Anyway? The pair have filmed a DVD of their popular touring show called Two Man Group: The Colin and Brad Show. Most recently, Colin and Brad completed a five-city, six-show tour of India to phenomenal success.

For Colin, two of the highlights of his career were the opportunity to star in a Disney special called The Magical Gathering opposite his son, Luke Mochrie, who made his acting debut, and co-creating and co-starring in the CBC series, Getting Along Famously, opposite his wife.

Colin has also made guest appearances on Living in Your Car, Men With Brooms, The Kids in the Hall's Death Comes to Town, The Ron James Show, Degrassi High and the pilot, That’s That. He can also be seen as a series regular in the upcoming ground-breaking Vision TV series She’s the Mayor, and has appeared in the feature film, Love Letters with his wife Debra and other prominent Canadian couples.


Some of Mochrie’s other credits include co-starring in Drew Carey's Green Screen for the WB which combined animation and improvisation, Ron James' ambitious period comedy, Blackfly, HBO's animated series George and Martha and appearances in such films as The Tuxedo with Jackie Chan, Nora Ephron's Numbers, and Return of Zoom with Tim Allen and Courtney Cox.

Recently, Colin completed the independent films Young Triffie, Inconceivable, Surviving My Mother, Puck Hogs and Gravy Train, all of which are currently making the rounds on the film festival circuit.

Also a successful writer, Colin's credits include: Nightmare on Sussex Drive, When Bush Comes to Shove and Just Say Non for the famed Second City in Toronto. He has also written articles for the magazines Razor and Nuvo, the latter garnering him an honourable mention in the Humour Category by the National Magazine Awards.

Colin is a recipient of Canadian Comedy Awards for Pretty Funny Male Improviser, Pretty Funny Male Performance and Pretty Funny Writing for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He also received a Writer's Guild of Canada award for the same show.

At the 2002 Chicago Improv Festival, he received the Male Improviser of the Year Award, and in 2003 he brought home a coveted Canadian Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series. Colin was nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series for his ensemble work on Reality Bites: Celine Dion.

In 2011, Colin was the recipient of the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in theatre and advocacy of the performing arts at the 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. He also proudly received a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 Actra Awards.

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