Dan Dillabough
Daniel Colin Dillabough (born 1992) is a Canadian television writer and comedian,[1] best known for his work as a writer and correspondent on the CBC sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.[2]
He was raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and is currently based in Toronto.[3] He joined the writing staff of 22 Minutes in 2022, before being invited to go on air in correspondent segments.[4]
At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, he shared in the award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy along with the writing staff of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.[5] In 2025 he received a WGC Screenwriting Award nomination for "Los Muchos Amores de Earl", an episode of the children's animated series Zokie of Planet Ruby.[6]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Night Sweats | writer |
| 2016 | The Other Kingdom | story editor |
| 2016 | Ride | junior story editor |
| 2017 | Schitt's Creek | story coordinator |
| 2017 | Man Seeking Woman | story coordinator |
| 2017 | FUBAR: Age of Computer | writer, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | writers' assistant |
| 2019 | Alien News Desk | punch-up writer |
| 2019 | Good Witch | story coordinator |
| 2020 | D.N. Ace | writer, 1 episode |
| 2022—present | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | writer / story editor / correspondent |
| 2023 | Zokie of Planet Ruby | writer, 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck (November 2, 2024). "Still talking to Americans: 22 Minutes's Dan Dillabough on CBC comedy's hour-long pre-election special airing Monday". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Elisabetta Bianchini (November 3, 2024). "'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' U.S. election special brings a Canadian punchline to the presidential race". Yahoo News.
- ^ Bill Brioux (November 4, 2024). "22 Minutes goes 44 minutes to cover the election of President 47". brioux.tv.
- ^ a b Cameron Kilfoy, "It's ‘the best possible office job in the world,' says This Hour Has 22 Minutes Dan Dillabough". The Telegram, February 11, 2025.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Television Craft". Broadcast Dialogue, May 29, 2024.
- ^ Greg David, "Nominations for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards announced". TV, eh?, January 28, 2025.
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- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
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- Living people
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- Canadian sketch comedians
- Canadian male comedians
- Canadian LGBTQ comedians
- Canadian gay writers
- Canadian Screen Award winning writers
- Comedians from Newfoundland and Labrador
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