Brandon Hackett is a Canadian sketch comedian, writer and actor. He is most noted as a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series, receiving two nods at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 as part of the writing team for ''

The Beaverton ''The Beaverton'' is a primarily online Canadian news satire publication, based in Toronto, Montreal and Whitehorse.9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 as part of the writing team for '' This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. He began his career as an improv comedian, appearing with the Toronto company of The Second City in shows such as ''Unwrapped'', ''Come What Mayhem!'', ''Everything Is Great Again'' and ''The Best Is Yet to Come Undone''. He was later a partner with Jonathan Langdon in the sketch comedy duo Hackett & Langdon, and with Coko Galore, PHATT Al, Alan Shane Lewis, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Aba Amuquandoh and Ajahnis Charley in Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada's first all-

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

sketch comedy troupe. He has also been a writer for the television series '' TallBoyz'', '' The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker'', '' Overlord and the Underwoods'', ''

Doomlands ''Doomlands'' is an adult animated television series created by Josh O'Keefe, and produced by Look Mom! Productions, a subsidiary of Blue Ant Media. Originally produced for Quibi, the series was acquired by Roku, and premiered on its streaming ...

'', '' Run the Burbs'', '' The Next Step'', '' Shelved'' and ''

Popularity Papers ''Popularity Papers'' is a British-Canadian youth comedy television series, which premiered in 2023 on YTV and produced by BBC Studios Kids & Family Adapted from Amy Ignatow's middle-grade novel series ''The Popularity Papers'', the series stars ...

'', and has had acting roles in ''

Diamond Tongues ''Diamond Tongues'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson. It stars July Talk band member Leah Fay Goldstein as a struggling actress who descends into a downward spiral of depression, narcissism and crue ...

'', '' The Amazing Gayl Pile'', ''

Gary and His Demons ''Gary and His Demons'' is an adult animated sitcom created by Mark Little and co-created by Mark Satterthwaite for Mondo Media's channel on VRV. The series follows a cantankerous, aging demon slayer who has nothing left to lose. Burdened by his ...

'', '' Baroness von Sketch Show'', '' Detention Adventure'', '' Odd Squad'' and ''

Pinecone & Pony ''Pinecone & Pony'' is a children's animated streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation and First Generation Films for Apple TV+. The series is loosely based on the children's book '' The Princess and the Pony'' by Kate Beaton. ...

''. He identifies as

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...

.Geremy Bordonaro
"Challenging the audience"
''The Annex Gleaner'', April 10, 2017.

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