Ken Hall

FOUNDER,
2023 DORA NOMINEE

Ken Hall is an award winning public speaker, keynote speaker and a Canadian Comedy Award winner (Best Breakout Artist) and multiple CCA award nominee, including most recently, Comedic Artist of the Year. Ken plays the lovable Herb and provides motion capture as the body of Pogo in Netflix's THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY.

Ken has appeared in numerous film and television roles including two seasons as, Jeff The Grey, on TBS’s hit series PEOPLE OF EARTH and has appeared as a guest on CONAN. More recently, he finished a successful run in Canadian Stage's Shakespeare adaptation of 'AS YOU LIKE IT' for the Dream in High Park series and a two person re-telling of SNOW WHITE for Young People's Theatre.

In addition to acting, Ken is also an accomplished career counsellor and graduate of George Brown College's Career & Work Counsellor Program and has worked in the field of career counselling for 10+ years including as a Professor at George Brown College in the Transitions to Post Secondary Education Program providing career exploration & pre-employment support. 

Ken is also is one-half of the critically acclaimed, comedic clownprov duo, 2-MAN NO-SHOW, with his comedic soulmate, Isaac Kessler, and has had the pleasure to work for CIRQUE DE SOLEIL.  Ken currently performs as a cast member of IMPROV BRUNCH at The Second City.

Ken teaches Public Speaking at The Second City - a course he created and developed, as well as Clownprov at Bad Dog Theatre. Ken co-created & co-instructs a 6 week course on creative play, aptly named, Brunch!, at Sweet Action Theatre and teaches improv at The Social Capital Theatre.  Ken was awarded the Frank McAnulty Award for Faculty Instructor of the Year 2019 at The Second City.