Greg Preece
Greg Preece is a Canadian writer, comic, and actor living in Toronto.
Comedy work
After spending several years performing theatrically in smaller venues, Greg made the leap to comedy in 1996 when a fellow actor told him that the best way to combat stage fright was to try stand-up comedy at least once. His very first attempt resulted in him becoming a finalist in The Laugh Resort's "Stand Up Toronto: The Search For Toronto's Funniest Person With A Day Job" competition. In 1999, Greg co-founded the troupe What's On Tap?, whose performances routinely drew standing-room-only crowds to The Victory Cafe.
In late 2000, due to scheduling conflicts, Greg found himself having to produce the normally scheduled What's On Tap? show without the other members of the troupe. With only ten days to prepare, he decided to try something different and venture into the realm of Character Comedy. Drawing inspiration from local comics Craig Lauzon and Gavin Crawford, he spent three harried days writing monologues and performed them under the makeshift title Greg Preece Presents: The Greg Preece Show Starring Greg Preece. Much to his astonishment, not only did people show up, but the show was extremely well received, leading him to create his one-man show The Spadina Monologues at Second City's Tim Sims PlayHouse.
Most recently, Greg spent several years as the Head Writer and Segment Producer of [...] News. During his tenure, the program was sold to many new markets, including a daily broadcast in the United Kingdom.
Greg is also known on the web as The [...] Critic. He’s working on his first book based on the site, The Cream of the Crap: The [...] Critic Reviews The 50 Worst Movies Of All Time. As well, he writes for online humour sites The Daily Probe (www.dailyprobe.com) and TopFive.com, for which he occasionally receives hate mail. He has also been a regular contributor to the film section of Fresh Magazine.
Greg's TV and Film credits include Due South, Robocop: The Series, and the feature film Soul Survivor, which made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.
Current projects
Currently, Greg is creating and developing a one-hour science fiction drama for television, tentatively titled "Wasteland". He recently completed his first screenplay, "I Dare You".