Scott Yaphe (born February 16, 1970) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known as a cast member of the YTV variety show '' It's Alive!''. After its cancellation in 1997, Yaphe and a few other ''It's Alive!'' regulars such as Mike Beaver and Patricia Ribeiro, moved over to the game show '' Uh Oh!'', where he became the host by his fictional name, "Wink Yahoo". Yaphe appeared in the movie '' Amelia'' in the third quarter of 2009, as well as in the recurring roles of Sliver in the second season of Disney XD's, ''

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'' and as Zafer Griffin in the

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live-action series, '' Unnatural History''. He also appeared in Global's police drama ''

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'', which began in 2010. Yaphe has appeared in numerous TV commercials such as the ''Whiskas Temptations'' cat treats spot and the fast talker for ''expedia.ca''. A prominent voice actor as well, he is the promo-voice for the Canadian television station, Sun TV, as well as the voice behind many radio and television commercials, cartoons and the radio comedy series ''Grip Radio'', produced by Lategan Media Group.

Personal life

Yaphe was born in

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. He is married to comedian and actress

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and has two children, Alexa Lola and Jordan Harrison.

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1970 births Anglophone Quebec people Living people Male actors from Montreal Canadian male voice actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male radio actors Canadian game show hosts {{Canada-tv-actor-stub