Jonathan Torrens
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jonathan Torrens has worked as a performer, writer and producer for 15
years. In 1989, he started a seven-year run as one of the hosts of
Street Cents, an International Emmy award-winning consumer/sketch show
for youth. In 1996, Torrens began a five year stint as the host of his
own sketch/talk show Jonovision, for which he earned seven Gemini Award
nominations, including Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Series
and Best Comedy Series. Jonathan Cross's Canada, his parody of a
Charles Kuralt style newsmagazine show, aired on CBC last year. As an
actor, Jonathan has guest starred twice each on the topical comedies
This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce, along with
recurring roles in the period drama Pit Pony and the sitcom Rideau
Hall. This year he's had guest starring roles on Degrassi: The Next
Generation and the sketch comedy Listen Missy. As a host, Jonathan's
credits are as varied as Living Romance, Canada Day, The CBC News
Millenium Special, The East Coast Music Awards and Sesame Park. In
film, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Atlantic Film
Festival for his feature debut in Thom Fitzgerald's Beefcake. His first
romantic comedy, The Breadmaker, premiered at the prestigious Toronto
International Film Festival in 2003. On the other side of the camera,
he has produced and co-written two award-winning shorts: Liquor Store,
which won Best Short and Best Director at the Atlantic Film Festival in
1996, and Nan's Taxi, which won the Gemini Award for Best Short Drama
in 1997.
