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Ajay Fry
Born
Ajay Jack Fry

(1983-06-17)17 June 1983(age 41)
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Occupation(s)Television host and personality
Years active1990–present
Known forThe Little Lulu Show(1995–1996)

Ajay Fry(bornAjay Jack Fry,17 June 1983) is a Canadiancomedian,television personalityandproducerwho grew up inOttawa,Ontario,best known as host on the officialOrphan Blackafter showAfter the BlackonBBC America,and the Canadian daily entertainment talk showInnerSpaceonSpace(2008–2018).

Early life

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Fry was born inToronto,Ontarioon June 17, 1983, to Pat Fry,[1]a voiceover artist (best known for his role as the titular character's father on the Canadian children's TV seriesCaillou) and formerradio host,and Sharon Fry (née Hoff), a legal assistant. Fry grew up inOttawa,Ontariowhere he regularly performed at The Institution while attendingColonel By Secondary School.

Career

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Early career

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At age 7, Fry took his first job as a host on a local community travel series in Ottawa called Rainbow Merry-Go-Round. He went on to make appearances onAre You Afraid of the Dark?andBig Wolf on Campus,and has voiced characters on animated series such asThe Little Lulu ShowandArthur,among others.[2]At the age of 20, Fry moved toTorontoto attendHumber College[3]'sComedy: Writing and Performance program,where he was nominated for the Phil Hartman Award. After graduating he attendedSecond CityConservatory training and launched his first web series, The Not Yet Show.[4]

Crunch

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From September 2006 until August 2008, Fry hosted ofCrunch,the Saturday morning block of cartoon programming onYTV.During this time he also appeared on-screen at theRogers Centreto promote Jr.Jaysweekend activities.

InnerSpace

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In the summer of 2008, after two years onYTV,Fry[5]was hired as the new host ofThe Circuit,a weekly entertainment news program onSpace Channel.In 2009, the show was re-branded toInnerSpace[6]a nightly "after show" style program following Space'sprime timeprogramming. After 2 seasons, InnerSpace changed formats once again, becoming an entertainment news talk show with co-hostsTeddy Wilsonand Morgan Hoffman.

During his tenure at InnerSpace, Fry has interviewed a wide array of celebrities and artists, including actorsJeff Bridges,Hugh Jackman,Jennifer Lawrence,Jake Gyllenhaal,Mark Wahlberg,Sigourney Weaver,Jessica Alba,Kate Beckinsale,Jessica Chastain,Bryan Cranston,Mark Ruffalo,Martin Sheen,Will Ferrell,Dave Bautista,Nathan Fillion,William ShatnerandLeonard Nimoy;DirectorsJoss Whedon,Zack Snyder,Guillermo del Toro;authors,Neil Gaiman,Robert Munsh,Robert J. Sawyer,Stan Lee;the casts ofThe Twilight Saga,The Big Bang Theory,Game of Thrones,Doctor Who,The Walking Dead,Orphan Black,Star Trek: The Next Generation,and many others.

Fry has conducted set visits, interviews and covered video game industry events, acrossNorth America,Europe,and theUnited Kingdom,including a set visit for theHarry Potterfilm franchise, visits toSkywalker Ranch,[7]and has coveredThe Toronto International Film Festival,E3,San Diego Comic-Con,[8]Fan Expo Canada,[9]Calgary Expo,[10]and numerous other national and international events.

Fry's hosting duties also extend to a number of after shows and specials for some of Space Channel's more prominent series, including theDay of the Doctor,[11]After Bite (followingBitten),[12]and After the Black (followingOrphan Black).[13]

In 2011, Fry won 'Outstanding Contribution to Film or TV' at theCanadian Science Fiction Awardsfor his work on InnerSpace along with co-host,Teddy Wilson.[14]

After the Black

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On Saturday, March 26, 2016 it was announced that After the Black, theOrphan Blackafter show hosted by Fry and his co-hostsTeddy Wilsonand Morgan Hoffman had been picked up byBBC Americaand would be broadcast following Orphan Black during the show's fourth season.[15]

YouTube

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In 2015, Fry became aMuchcreator[16]and launched aYouTubeseries called 5 on Fry (a weekly look at five different topics), as well as a personal vlog.

Other work

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Fry has made a number of appearances in other media, including appearing as himself in the commercial for a 2014NintendoCanada contest celebrating the launch ofDonkey Kong:Tropical Freeze,[17]and appearing in a supporting role as a fictionalized version of himself in the 2015 filmPure Pwnage:The Movie.[18]He has also appeared in theCaptain Canuckweb series as himself.[19]

Fry has hosted numerous media and industry events, includingetalkLive On The Red Carpet At TheToronto International Film Festival(co-hosted withJessi Cruickshank),[20]theJoe Shuster Awards(Canada's Comic Book Awards),[21]theCanadian Science Fiction Awards,[22]and the Toronto Independent Music Awards.[23]

Fry has contributed written work toMetro Newsand has appeared in TheToronto Star.[24]He makes regular appearances onCanada AM,[25]etalk,CTV News,The Marilyn Denis Show,CP24,andCHUM Radio,and has appeared onGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.[26]

References

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  1. ^"Pat Fry".IMDb.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  2. ^"Ajay Fry".IMDb.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  3. ^"Class Notes"(PDF).Humber Dialogue.Winter 2011.
  4. ^Not Yet already a Web success. (convergence: where entertainment meets technology) (Brief Article)
  5. ^"InnerSpace".Space.ca.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-09.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  6. ^"SPACE Flagship Genre After-Show INNERSPACE Premieres Sept 16".Channel Canada TV Forums.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  7. ^"'InnerSPACE' co-host goes inside Skywalker Ranch ".CTVNews.13 March 2012.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  8. ^"Genre Fanatics Rejoice! SPACE Takes Viewers to San Diego Comic-Con During the Two-Part Original Special INNERSPACE: COMIC-CON, August 2 and 3".Channel Canada.31 July 2012.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  9. ^"SPACE Takes Over Fan Expo Canada™ This Weekend, With Panels, Autograph Sessions, and INNERSPACE".www.newswire.ca.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  10. ^"Look Out Calgary! Space Invades Alberta for The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 26–28 – Bell Media".www.bellmedia.ca.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  11. ^"The Day of the Doctor Ex-ter-mi-nates the Record Books With 1.1 Million Viewers, Largest Ever on Space – Bell Media".www.bellmedia.ca.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  12. ^"A Few Words from the Hosts of InnerSpace: After Bite".Space.ca.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-24.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  13. ^"'Orphan Black' After-Show Coming to BBC America | BBC America ".BBC America.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  14. ^"Space congratulates Innerspace co-hosts on winning feature prize at The Constellation Awards - Throng".Throng.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  15. ^"'Orphan Black' Gets Weekly Aftershow ".The Hollywood Reporter.26 March 2016.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  16. ^"Much Digital Studios Announces Nine New Creators – Bell Media".www.bellmedia.ca.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  17. ^Nintendo (2014-02-07),Canada's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest,retrieved2016-04-16
  18. ^Lapaire, Geoff (2000-01-01),Pure Pwnage,retrieved2016-04-16
  19. ^"Ajay Fry plays himself in Captain Canuck- The Animated Web Series | Facebook".www.facebook.com.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  20. ^"Bell Media Goes Beyond the Velvet Rope at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival®".www.newswire.ca.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  21. ^Boyd, Kevin A. (5 June 2011)."Announcing the 2011 Joe Shuster Awards hosts: Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson!".The Joe Shuster Awards.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  22. ^"The Constellation Awards - A Canadian Award for Excellence in Film & Television Science Fiction".constellations.tcon.ca.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-03-11.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  23. ^"Toronto Independent Music Awards Festival And Gala Ceremony".Time Out Toronto.23 October 2015.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  24. ^Robinson, Michael (2015-10-26)."At Lightsaber Battle Toronto 2015, an expert opines on the skill and style of Toronto's top Sith and Jedi warriors".The Toronto Star.ISSN0319-0781.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  25. ^"Video game reviews with Innerspace co-host Ajay Fry".canadaam.ctvnews.ca.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-05-07.Retrieved2016-04-16.
  26. ^Strombo.com."Something You Might Not Know About Canada: Trackball".George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.Retrieved2016-04-16.
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