# Mike McPhaden > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mike_McPhaden > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mike_McPhaden.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McPhaden > Source revision: 1268097721 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Mike McPhaden** (born February 9, 1972) is a Canadian actor, playwright and television writer and producer,[1] most noted for his work on the television series *[Corner Gas Animated](/source/Corner_Gas_Animated)* and *[Jann](/source/Jann_(TV_series))*. ## Theatre career Originally from [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba),[2] he began his career doing sketch and improvisational comedy with the Higher Than the Ground comedy troupe,[3] and began to have stage acting roles in the late 1990s,[4] later branching out into writing with his stage play *Poochwater* premiering at the 2000 SummerWorks theatre festival.[5] The play was inspired in part by rummaging through his grandfather's possessions after the older man's death, and discovering a stash of old electronics textbooks from his grandfather's service as a [radio operator](/source/Radio_operator) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[6] He returned to SummerWorks the following year both with his own play, *Flight 198*, and as an actor in Shawne McKeown and Marilo Nuez's play *North East Side Story*.[2] After *Poochwater* received a followup staging at [Theatre Passe Muraille](/source/Theatre_Passe_Muraille) in 2002,[7] McPhaden won two [Dora Mavor Moore](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore) awards in 2003, for [Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Best_Original_Play_(Independent_Theatre)) and [Best Leading Actor, Independent Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Best_Leading_Actor_(Independent_Theatre)&action=edit&redlink=1).[8] The play received another follow-up production at Passe Muraille in 2005 due to its popularity.[9] He also received a nomination for [Best Original Play, General Theatre](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Best_Original_Play_(General_Theatre)) in 2007 for *Noble Parasites*,[10] and a second nomination in the independent theatre category in 2009 for *The Gladstone Variations*, a collaboration with [Brendan Gall](/source/Brendan_Gall), [Rick Roberts](/source/Rick_Roberts_(actor)) and [Julie Tepperman](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julie_Tepperman&action=edit&redlink=1).[11] ## Television work After noting as early as 2005 that his Dora award for writing *Poochwater* had opened far more professional doors for him than his award for acting in it did,[12] he enrolled in the television writing program at the [Canadian Film Centre](/source/Canadian_Film_Centre) in the 2006-07 cohort,[3] and had his first television writing credits on the series *[Taste Buds](/source/Taste_Buds_(TV_series))*. He is now associated principally with television writing and production,[3] although he has continued to appear in occasional guest acting roles. As a television writer he was a [Canadian Comedy Award](/source/Canadian_Comedy_Award) nominee for Best Writing in a Television Series at the [12th Canadian Comedy Awards](/source/12th_Canadian_Comedy_Awards) for his work on the writing team for *[Men with Brooms](/source/Men_with_Brooms_(TV_series))*,[13] a [WGC Screenwriting Award](/source/WGC_Screenwriting_Award) nominee in 2018 for *[Bruno & Boots: This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall](/source/Bruno_%26_Boots_(TV_series))*[14] and in 2020 for *Jann*,[15] and a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nominee as a producer of *Jann* at the [10th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/10th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2022.[16] ## Personal life He is married to actress [Christine Horne](/source/Christine_Horne). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Matthew Sorrento, ["Practicable Jokes in Macdonald Hall: An Interview with Mike McPhaden"](http://filmint.nu/practicable-macdonald-interview/). *[Film International](/source/Film_International)*, March 30, 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nerd_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nerd_2-1) Robert Crew, "Nerd takes off at SummerWorks fest; Flight 198 opens at Factory stage tonight". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, August 2, 2001. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wizzle_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wizzle_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wizzle_3-2) Greg David, ["Mike McPhaden: What the Wizzle"](https://www.tv-eh.com/tag/mike-mcphaden/). *TV, eh?*, September 14, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Good ideas left stranded". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, April 18, 1999. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Kate Taylor](/source/Kate_Taylor_(Canadian_writer)), "The mysterious Mr. Poochwater". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, August 9, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [J. Kelly Nestruck](/source/J._Kelly_Nestruck), "Theatre for channel-flippers: Fast-paced comedy for those who 'watch CP24 to unwind'". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, February 5, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Kate Taylor](/source/Kate_Taylor_(Canadian_writer)), "Poochwater smart and delightful". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, November 12, 2002. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Robert Crew and Christopher Hutsul, "Tarragon shows no mercy; Takes 13 of 18 Dora awards in its theatre division Nothing for Mirvish, CanStage, Passe Muraille". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, June 24, 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Kamal Al-Solaylee](/source/Kamal_Al-Solaylee), "An original returns to light up the stage". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, February 7, 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Kenneth Jones, ["Toronto's Seussical and We Will Rock You Are Top Getters in Dora Nominations"](https://playbill.com/article/torontos-seussical-and-we-will-rock-you-are-top-getters-in-dora-nominations-com-141397). *[Playbill](/source/Playbill_(magazine))*, June 8, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Robert Cushman, "The play is the thing, not artificial categories; Dora stipulations make for some odd award nominees". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, June 27, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Kamal Al-Solaylee](/source/Kamal_Al-Solaylee), ["Poochwater revisited"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/poochwater-revisited/article974898/). *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, January 28, 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Sam Mooney, ["Canadian Comedy Awards Nominees Announced"](https://www.mooneyontheatre.com/2011/06/10/canadian-comedy-awards-nominees-announced/). *Mooney on Theatre*, June 10, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Regan Reid, ["Kim’s Convenience, Alias Grace scribes up for WGC Awards"](https://playbackonline.ca/2018/02/28/kims-convenience-alias-grace-scribes-up-for-wgc-awards/). *[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))*, February 28, 2018 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Greg David, ["WGC Screenwriting Awards 2020 finalists announced"](https://www.tv-eh.com/tag/writers-guild-of-canada/page/2/). *TV, eh?*, March 5, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Brent Furdyk, ["2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/). *[ET Canada](/source/ET_Canada)*, February 15, 2022. ## External links - [Mike McPhaden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574147/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mike McPhaden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McPhaden) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McPhaden?action=history)). 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