Jerry Schaefer (born 1979) is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Possum Lake animal control officer Ed Frid on ''
The Red Green Show''.
Career
Jerry is a veteran of
The Second City, where he continues to work as an instructor. As a member of the comedy troupe The Chumps, he helped create and perform several long-running pop culture
parodies and a series of
improvised one-act plays. They also improvised a series for
CBC Radio.
In film, Schaefer has worked with
Carl Reiner and
Bette Midler
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in ''
That Old Feeling'', with
Bruce McCulloch and
Natasha Henstridge
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in ''
Dog Park'', and with
Angelina Jolie in ''
Pushing Tin''.
Schaefer's television credits include ''
The Kids in the Hall'', ''That’s So Weird'', ''
Comics!'', ''
Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''
The Ron James Show'', ''
Dan for Mayor'', ''
SketchCom'', ''
Due South
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'' and ''
Howie Do It'' with
Howie Mandel
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. He is also a regular character on ''The Red Green Show'', where he plays Ed Frid, an animal control expert who is deathly afraid of all animals.
Schaefer was head writer for the CBC Radio comedy series ''The Muckraker''. He also wrote and produced satirical, current event comedy for ''
What a Week''.
Personal life
When he is not acting, Schaefer is teaching workshops on improv and sketch comedy writing. Most recently, Schaefer improvised a show with noted Beat poet
Ken Nordine at the Chicago Improv Festival.
From time to time, Schaefer is paid to appear in commercials to please his parents.
Jerry Schaefer's Page - The Applied Improvisation Network
Filmography
*''Clarity'' (short) (2011) (completed)
*''Clown Therapy'' (short) (2010)
*'' Survival of the Dead'' (2009)
*''Cake
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'' (2005)
*''Secondary High'' (2002)
*''Duct Tape Forever
''Duct Tape Forever'' is a 2002 comedy film based on ''The Red Green Show''. It was written by Steve Smith, the actor who plays Red Green.
Plot
When property developer Robert Stiles' limousine gets stuck in a sink hole on Possum Lodge's propert ...
'' (2002)
*''Dick
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to:
Media
* ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia
* Dicks (band), a musical group
* ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film
* "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat
Names
...
'' (1999)
*'' Dog Park'' (1998)
*'' That Old Feeling'' (1997)
*''Tommy Boy
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'' (1995)
References
External links
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1979 births
Male actors from Toronto
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Living people