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.
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.[4]
jerry, schaefer, born, 1979, canadian, actor, best, known, role, possum, lake, animal, control, officer, frid, green, show, born1979, toronto, ontario, canadaother, namesjerry, schaefferoccupation, actor, comedian, writeryears, active1995, present, contents, c. 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 1 Jerry SchaeferBorn1979 age 43 44 Toronto Ontario CanadaOther namesJerry SchaefferOccupation s Actor comedian writerYears active1995 present Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditJerry 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 in That Old Feeling with Bruce McCulloch and Natasha Henstridge in Dog Park and with Angelina Jolie in Pushing Tin 2 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 and Howie Do It with Howie Mandel 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 3 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 EditWhen 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 4 Filmography EditClarity short 2011 completed Clown Therapy short 2010 Survival of the Dead 2009 Cake 2005 Secondary High 2002 Duct Tape Forever 2002 Dick 1999 Dog Park 1998 That Old Feeling 1997 Tommy Boy 1995 References Edit 1 Minor Characters The Classic Red Green Page 2 Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine JERRY SCHAEFER Biography Parent Management 3 Monkey Toast The Cast 4 Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine Jerry Schaefer s Page The Applied Improvisation NetworkExternal links EditJerry Schaefer at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jerry Schaefer amp oldid 1014400094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
