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Colin Mochrie (born 30 November 1957) is a
Scottish-born Canadian actor and
widely believed to be one of the best improv
comedians in the world. He has twenty-five years
of performing experience. 

Born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, he moved with his
family to Canada in 1964. He is an alumnus of
Toronto's famous The Second City|Second City
comedy troupe, where he co-wrote and starred in
three productions as well as directed three
seasons of their National Touring Company. 

After nine hugely successful years as a regular on
the British Channel 4 hit improvisation series
Whose Line is it Anyway?, he became a regular on
the United States of America|American version
hosted by Drew Carey which aired on American
Broadcasting Company|ABC (where his bald head
became something of a running gag). At the same
time, he starred in the Canadian comedy series
Blackfly and Supertown Challenge.

Already one of the most highly visible actors in
North American television, he joined This Hour Has
22 Minutes on Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation|CBC TV in 2001 through 2003. However,
he is no longer part of the show due to movies and
other TV commitments. His prolific career became
the subject of a joke on the Canadian sitcom
Corner Gas in which a character remarked how
Mochrie appeared to be on every TV show.
Naturally, Mochrie himself then walked by.

Mochrie recently starred on the CBC pilot show
Getting Along Famously, and on The WB Television
Network series Drew Carey's Green Screen Show.

Mochrie married Debra McGrath in 1989, and they
have a son, Luke.

The image of Mochrie's face is used extensively in
Animutation, an absurd, silly and corny style of
Macromedia Flash|flash animation. Mochrie is aware
of his status as an internet celebrity among
Animutation artists and fans.

In March 2005, a Nabisco advertising campaign
starred Mochrie as the "Snack Fairy".

Mochrie was a guest on the series Distinguished
Artists. Today, teamed up with Brad Sherwood, he
tours the United States and Canada performing
classic improv games from "Whose Line."

Colin has also made two small guest appearances on
The Red Green Show as "Frank Kepke" an expert on
all kinds of hot dogs and weiners, and sometimes
makes regular objects out of them.