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Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Dave was the eldest son of John and Moreen Thomas. John Thomas (deceased) was a PHD in Philosophy (Duke), noted medical ethicist, head of Philosophy Department at McMaster University, and author of several books including: "Matters of Life and Death," "Well and Good," "Medical Ethic and Human Life." Moreen Thomas (living) was a church organist for 30 years and noted composer of church music. Brother, Ian Thomas is a noted Canadian musician and composer whose songs have been covered by bands like America, Chicago, Air Supply (Russell Hitchcock & Graham Russell), Bette Midler, and Manfred Mann.

Starting his career at ad agency McCann Erickson, after one year, Dave became the head writer of the Coca-Cola account. He then moved from the Toronto office to New York at the request of agency client Coca-Cola. Dave left advertising after three years to work at Second City Company in Toronto with Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner, and Eugene Levy. He subsequently co-founded NBC's critically acclaimed comedy series Second City TV (1976), along with co-stars Harold Ramis, Catherine O'Hara (I), Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and John Candy. During the show's five-year run, Dave won an Emmy Award, 4 Emmy nominations for his comedy writing, an ACTRA Award for Best Variety Performer and the Earl Grey Award in 1993.

With Rick Moranis, Dave co-created the infamous McKenzie Brothers and co-starred in the cult hit comedy film The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) (MGM). Strange Brew won the Golden Reel Award for the highest box office grossing movie in Canada in 1983. The duo won Gold and Platinum Albums and a Grammy nomination. Since the film's release in 1982, the McKenzie Brothers have become a 20-year-plus enduring franchise, and Thomas and Moranis have licensed the characters to the following companies -- NBC, CBC, Polygram, MGM, Pizza Hut, Mr. Lubbe, Miller Brewing, Molsons Brewing, Todd McFarlane Toys and Disney.

Dave has written, directed, produced, and co-starred in television shows for all the major networks -- most notably The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990) (CBS) and Grace Under Fire (1993) (ABC). He was co-creator and co-executive producer of America's Funniest People (1990) (ABC). He wrote and directed the M.O.W. Ghost Mom (1993) (Fox) starring Jean Stapleton and Geraint Wyn Davies and starred in the M.O.W.'s Kids in the Woods (Disney) and Picture Perfect (1995) (ABC). He has voiced animated shows like Gia Đình Simpson (1989), Duckman, Catdog, Dilbert, Animaniacs, Justice League of America for Warners and Tarzan for Disney. He has appeared in numerous feature films, including Stripes with Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, Spies Like Us (1985) (Dave was also co-writer with Aykroyd) with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, The Experts (1989) (Dave directed) starring John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Boris & Natasha with Sally Kellerman, Coneheads with Dan Aykroyd, and most recently Rat Race with John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cuba Gooding Jr.. In 2001, Dave played a featured role in the theatrical features Who's Your Daddy and Call Me Irresponsible (Norstar). Dave is currently voicing a major role along with Joaquin Phoenix and Rick Moranis in the upcoming full-length Disney animated feature Bears due for theatrical release in 2004. In 1996, Mr. Thomas wrote a book, "SCTV Behind the Scenes". It is currently in its second printing. Mr. Thomas' production company, Maple Palm Productions, produced an Ace nominated comedy special for Showtime entitled The Time Travels of Henry Osgood starring Bronson Pinchot, Catherine O'Hara (I), John Candy, Martin Short, and Joe Flaherty, a special for CBS in 1990 entitled "Standup at Forty" starring Gary Shandling, Bonnie Hunt, Martin Short, George Plimpton and Richard Belzer. In 1992 Maple Palm produced another comedy special, this time for ABC entitled "Inside American's Unsolved Mysteries". In 1994, Maple Palm produced a reality pilot for ABC entitled Family Challenge (1995). ABC elected not to pick up the series, so Maple Palm produced 130 hour-long episodes of Family Challenge (1995) for the Family Channel with Woody Fraser. In 1999, Maple Palm Productions and Dave Thomas produced Ambushed (1998) a movie for HBO, starring Courtney B. Vance, Virginia Madsen, and David Keith, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Ambushed (1998) was the highest rated television show in its time slot when it first aired in 1999. Currently, Dave is a partner in Animax Interactive, an online production company creating sponsored interactive content and designing Web Pages for such companies as Ford, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Verizon. Dave lives in Malibu, California with his wife Kim and four children John, Emily, Harry and Charlie.

Robin Duke was born on 13 March 1954 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Ngày Chuột Chũi (1993), Second City TV (1976) and Saturday Night Live (1975). She is married to Hendriik Riik. They have one child.

Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model and one of the top supermodels from the 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime "muse" of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for coining the phrase "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." She holds the record for her multiple appearances on the cover of Vogue Italia, all of which were photographed by Meisel.

Evangelista's modelling career began in 1984 when she signed with Elite Model Management after having moved from her native Canada to New York City. Upon the suggestion of photographer Peter Lindbergh, Evangelista had her hair cut short in 1988. The haircut, nicknamed "The Linda", not only sparked many copies worldwide, but it also benefited Evangelista's career and helped usher in the era of the supermodel.

Described as the "chameleon" of the fashion industry, and as a key figure among the five supermodels, Evangelista was one of the most famous women in the world during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Unlike her colleagues, she chose not to diversify into other ventures outside of modelling. She retired from her career in 1998 and made a comeback three years later, this time working only sporadically. Her achievements as a model led to her being voted as "The Greatest Supermodel of All Time" by the viewers of the television show Fashion File in 2008.

Huffman's career began in musical theatre, after graduating from Sheridan College. She starred as Cosette in the original Canadian production of Les Miserables, which led her to London to study opera. There she began acting in British TV and film, landing her first lead role opposite Ewan McGregor in the highly-acclaimed mini-series _ "Lipstick on Your Collar" created by Dennis Potter. As a series lead she was nominated twice and won a Gemini Award for her portrayal of heroin-addicted investment banker Ayn Krywarik on Traders (1996).

Huffman works in film, TV and theatre in Canada, the US and Europe. She returned to her musical theatre roots, playing the lead role of Donna in the Toronto stage production of "Mamma Mia" for one year. In 2009, she starred in the CBC series Wild Roses (2009), playing the struggling rancher and single mom of three daughters, a role which she was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Series at the "Monte-Carlo TV Festival" Internationally honored films that Huffman has starred in include Looking for Leonard (2002) (SXSW, London, Los Angeles, Durban, Montreal International Festivals), De Grot (nominated for the Netherlands Golden Calf), and Three and a Half (2002).

Huffman has made numerous commercials all over the world, including 3 Silver Lion winners. She lives and works in California with her husband and two daughters.

Ryan Belleville was born on 8 May 1979 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Workin' Moms (2017), Overlord and the Underwoods (2021) and Satisfaction (2013).

Anthony Natale was born in St Catharines, Ontario, along with his older brother and younger sister, he represent the generation of a large Italian families in White Plains, New York He attended a boarding school for the deaf in Ernest C Drury, He was transferred to a mainstreaming gifted program with hearing students. Upon on his graduation as a valedictorian He Attended California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in film production and minor in theater arts. During his high school era, Anthony's first memory of wanting to be an actor was in a residential high school of the deaf, when Grease first came out. Being hard of hearing and at somewhat of a disadvantage before films were available in closed captions. Anthony came across a pop up book about the movie, and took it with him to watch. Right away, he knew he wanted "to be an actor like John Travolta". Natale says, he was the class clown in school and would have become an actor whether he was deaf or hearing. Natale is known to moviegoers as the guy in the elevator during the pivotal scene from Jerry Maguire, signing "You complete me" to his partner. He starred as the older son in Mr Holland's Opus and has been also seen in Children of a a lesser GodAnthony is also the star of "How to talk to a person who can't hear" , the first video made to teach sign language to the general public which has garnered awards from the U.S. International film&Video Festival and a young Artist Award.

Louis Tripp was born on 24 April 1973 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Gate (1987), The Gate II: Trespassers (1990) and The Campbells (1986).

He became interested in theatre by acting in children's plays in his fathers church. He worked in Ottawa Little Theatre, The Canadian Repertory Theatre then on graduating from McMasters University came to England in 1952 to study at the Central School of Speach and Drama. He worked at Scottish National Childres Theatre and Glasgow Citizens Theatre then rep at Newcastle and Darlington. In the West End he played Brink in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He was voted Most Promising Actor of 1958 by The British Film Accademy

Garry Robbins was a Canadian actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he competed all over the world, including Canada, the U.S., Japan and India. He competed under the names Paul Bunyan and Canadian Giant. He found more success as an actor, appearing in everything from Disney Channel comedies to horror films.

He was known as the tallest man in Canada. He was the uncle of actor Devin Robbins.

He never won a title in wrestling. Despite what Wikipedia and wrestlingdata.com said, he did not compete as Doug Chevalier and he did not train D-Ray 3000 (Dorian Hill), Rhino (Terry Gerin), Scott D'Amore or anyone else.

Graham Abbey was born on 24 March 1971 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Người Bảo Vệ (2009), Take This Waltz (2011) and Covert Affairs (2010).

Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Lorry Ayers is a multi-talented actor and voice over artist. She is best known for her feature film roles in the sci-fi horror-comedy, Top of the Food Chain (1999) with Campbell Scott; psychological horror, Silent Hill (2006); neo-noir period mystery drama Hollywoodland (2006) as Phyllis Coates/ Lois Lane alongside Ben Affleck (George Reeves/Clarke Kent); and the suspense-thriller Orphan (2009) opposite Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga. She has appeared in dozens of episodes of television, with recurring roles in Suits, The Listener, Blue Murder, and Across the River to Motor City.

Mike Beaver was born on 28 November 1973 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Gia Đình Hiện Đại (2009), The Detour (2016) and Trời Luôn Nắng Ở Philadelphia (2005). He has been married to Jennifer Baxter since 20 December 2002.

Tracey Cook was born in St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada. She is known for North of 60 (1992), Due South (1994) and Catwalk (1992).

Richard Carlyle was born on 20 March 1914 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Harper (1966), Star Trek (1966) and Lights Out (1946). He died on 15 November 2009 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

Mark Wilson was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is known for Hồ Sơ Tuyệt Mật (1993), Nhà Cổ Kinh Hoàng (2011) and Warehouse 13 (2009). He has been married to Joey since 11 September 1982. They have two children.

Beth Amos was born on 1 January 1916 in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Học Viện Cảnh Sát (1984), Bullies (1986) and Kẻ Săn Đêm (1980). She was married to Robert Bruce Amos. She died on 31 January 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dallas Green was born on 29 September 1980 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for Cedar Cove (2013), Motive (2013) and So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008). He has been married to Leah Miller since 31 December 2008.

Chris Baker was born on 22 March 1981 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Siêu Nhiên (2005), Spun (2014) and Siêu Năng Lực (2006).

Edward Burtynsky was born on 22 February 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is a director, known for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018), Watermark (2013) and Great Lakes Untamed (2022).

Named The Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation Under 35 ('14) and Playback's Top Ten to Watch ('12) Mark Montefiore recently produced the Whistler Film Fest '13 and Toronto Film Festival Film Circuit Audience Choice winning feature film, Cas & Dylan, starring Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus) and Golden Globe nominee Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and directed by Jason Priestley (90210). Montefiore has several award-winning films to his credit including his debut feature film, Easting Buccaneers and The Armoire. Mark has worked with Executive Producers Mark McKinney (SNL, Kids In the Hall) and Garry Campbell (MadTV) to produce The Comedy Network sketch series Picnicface, which won 3 Canadian Comedy Awards. Mark is a graduate of the CFC's Producers Lab ('06), the Berlinale Talent Campus ('10), the CFC, Telefilm Canada/Just For Laughs' Comedy Lab ('10), Trans Atlantic Partners ('12) and Schulich School of Business/WIFT-T ('14).

In the fall of 2014, Mark Montefiore and former CBC Production Executive, Patrick O'Sullivan, launched New Metric Media, a Toronto-based independent film, television, and new media production company focused on creating entertaining content for global audiences.

Bernard Slade was born on 2 May 1930 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for Same Time, Next Year (1978), Tribute (1980) and The Girl with Something Extra (1973). He was married to Jill Foster. He died on 30 October 2019 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Tammy Homolka was born on 1 January 1975 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She died on 24 December 1990 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Scott Gemmell is an actor based in Toronto. He started appearing in theatre productions at the age of seven, where his love for the art form took root. He began training under many notable and well respected coaches and teachers beginning as a young teenager, and hasn't looked back since. Recently, he has appeared on Murdoch Mysteries, and leads a short film directed by long time collaborator and award-winning cinematographer, Hawkin Paleczny

Ron grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario. He played a local bar called the Lions Tavern and was known as the jukebox because he could play any song they asked him to play. He lived in Western Hill and has a great song Called Galbraith Street the street he grew up on. Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Cold Play and numerous other great song writers love his work. Currently he's riding the success of Cobblestone Runway and he has a new CD coming out in Jan/Feb 2004.

Dylan McMahon, from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, was born on January 13th, 2002. Fueled by a fervent entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to public service, Dylan McMahon has carved a distinctive path for himself in both the business and political realms.

As the visionary founder of Multiverse, which includes companies like Canada Platfroms. Dylan McMahon has demonstrated his innovative prowess by establishing a social media platform that undoubtedly plays a pivotal role in the Canadian business landscape. Beyond the entrepreneurial sphere, Dylan McMahon has strategically safeguarded his brand through the establishment of Dylan McMahon Company Inc., a testament to his foresight and dedication to maintaining the integrity of his endeavors.

Dylan McMahon's dual roles as an entrepreneur and politician showcase the multifaceted nature of his pursuits, emphasizing his ambition to make a lasting impact on both the business and political fronts. His journey unfolds as a compelling narrative of ambition, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to shaping a meaningful legacy in his community and beyond.