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Kevin Vidal is a Canadian actor."How Kevin Vidal made it to centre stage in Come From Away"
'' Now or Never'', January 11, 2018.
He is most noted for his starring role in the comedy television series '' Sunnyside'', for which he and the other core cast collectively won the
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for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the
4th Canadian Screen Awards Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...
in 2016. A graduate of the actor training program at the Toronto company of
The Second City The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise and is the oldest ongoing improvisational theater troupe to be continually based in Chicago, with training programs and live theatres in Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre op ...
, he subsequently appeared in several shows for the company including ''We Can Be Heroes'', ''The Second City Guide to the Symphony'' and the
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-winning ''Sixteen Scandals''. He has also had roles in the television series ''
Kim's Convenience ''Kim's Convenience'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Appa ...
'', ''
Workin' Moms ''Workin' Moms'' is a Canadian television sitcom that premiered on CBC Television on January 10, 2017. The show stars Catherine Reitman, Jessalyn Wanlim, Dani Kind, Enuka Okuma, and Juno RinaldiStrays'', the web series ''
But I'm Chris Jericho! ''But I'm Chris Jericho!'' is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2013. The series stars former professional wrestler Chris Jericho as a fictionalized version of himself, trying to establish a career as an actor after retiring from wres ...
'', '' Gary and His Demons'' and ''Soul Decision'', the films ''
The Parting Glass "The Parting Glass" is a Scottish traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It has also long been sung in Ireland, enjoying considerable popularity to this day and strongly influencing the style in which it is often n ...
'' and ''The Bet'', and on stage in a production of ''
Come from Away ''Come from Away'' is a Canadian musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. It is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying a ...
''. Vidal is bisexual.Jeremy Willard
"The symphony gets silly with Second City"
''
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'', December 15, 2014.


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