{{short description|Canadian stand-up comedian}} {{Multiple issues|{{Advert|date=May 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2018}}{{COI|date=December 2019}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Nick Reynoldson | image = Nick Reynoldson photo by Shanik Tanna.jpg | caption = Nick Reynoldson photo by Shanik Tanna | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | occupation = Comedian, writer | years_active = 2005–present | known_for = Just for Laughs, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Kevin Hart's LOL Network | website = {{URL|https://www.nickreynoldson.com/}} }}
'''Nick Reynoldson''' is a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer.
==Personal life== Reynoldson is a comedian born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario.
Exclaim Magazine called him “a staple of Toronto's comedy scene" during his New-Faces Showcase at JFL 42.<ref name="Damiano 2018" /> Topics of Reynoldson's comedy include his mixed race identity, dating, animals and marine life.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/12/31/2017-canadian-bucket-list-penny-oleksiak-john-tory-and-more-share-their-dreams.html Toronto Star]</ref>
Reynoldson first began with comedy during high school, after being given a CD of Def Comedy Jam sets.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Talking Raptors' Podcast Crew Barry Taylor, Nick Reynoldson and Monty Scott Hit Threes at a Comedy Records/Exclaim! Standup Showcase | Exclaim! |url=http://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/talking_raptors_podcast_crew_barry_taylor_nick_reynoldson_and_monty_scott_hit_threes_at_a_comedy_records_exclaim_standup_showcase}}</ref>
==Career== In North America, Reynoldson has performed at colleges, comedy clubs, and universities and has been featured on national television including the Just For Laughs Festival,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hahaha.com/en/artists/nick-reynoldson|title=Nick Reynoldson|website=Just For Laughs|language=en|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, JFL42 New- Faces,<ref name="Damiano 2018">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/new_faces-comedy_bar_cabaret_toronto_on_september_24|title=New Faces Comedy Bar Cabaret, Toronto ON, September 24|last=Damiano|first=Anthony|date=2015-09-25|website=exclaim.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, NXNE, and others.
After touring the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities circuit in 2013, Reynoldson was nominated COCA Comedian of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coca.org/comedy |title=History - Comedy Award |website=www.coca.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302031119/http://www.coca.org/comedy |archive-date=2015-03-02}}</ref>
In the summer of 2016, Reynoldson won Absolute Comedy’s annual Prove You're a Headliner competition.<ref>[https://www.blogto.com/events/comedian-nick-reynoldson-headlines-absolute-comedy/ BlogTO]</ref> Reynoldson placed first out of nine contestants via audience majority vote for 11 straight performances. The following year, Reynoldson filmed and made his US comedy debut on Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network, a comedy video network from comedian Kevin Hart and Lionsgate Films.
In 2018, Reynoldson was selected by SiriusXM and 59 of Canada's funniest comics to take part in the SiriusXM Top Comic Competition,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/who-will-battle-it-out-joke-for-joke-for-25000-finalists-are-announced-for-siriusxms-top-comic-691440411.html|title=CNW {{!}} Who will battle it out joke-for-joke for $25,000? Finalists are announced for SiriusXM's Top Comic|website=www.newswire.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
Nick Reynoldson was one of eight finalists and performed at the historic Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. He placed as a runner-up, receiving a cash prize and securing spots in ''JFL42'' (Toronto), ''JFL NorthWest'' (Vancouver), and returning to Montreal's ''Just for Laughs Festival''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadas-funniest-person-is-chanty-marostica-wins-siriusxm-top-comic-at-jfl42-694598111.html|title=CNW {{!}} SiriusXM Top Comic at JFL42|website=www.newswire.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref> His comedy has been described as engaging, and self-deprecating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theinterrobang.com/first-trans-performer-compete-siriusxms-top-comic-crushes-jfl42-competition-finale/|title=SiriusXM's Top Comic Finals Crushes at JFL42 Competition Finale|last=Younge|first=Marty|date=2018-09-29|website=The Interrobang|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
==Other ventures== Reynoldson co-hosts a weekly (when in season) basketball podcast Talking Raptors<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talkingraptors.com/|title=Home|website=www.talkingraptors.com|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> on SoundCloud, ESPN's Raptors Republic, and Spotify with fellow comedian and Toronto Raptors fan Barry Taylor.
==See also== *List of Canadian comedians *Comedy Records
==References== {{Reflist}}
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