Profile

Dan Licoppe is a versatile, multi talented comedian. He's a stand up comedian; a character and sketch performer who has trained and performed with Second City in Toronto; an improviser; and musician. Dan has been described as smart yet silly with an engaging performing style that appeals to all types of audiences. Dan has appeared in his own episode of Comedy Now on CTV/Comedy Network; Open Mike With Mike Bullard; the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival; CBC's Madly Off in All Directions; and is a regular on CBC's The Debaters. Perhaps Dan Licoppe's crowning achievement to date has been Mel Silverback. Dan created and embodies the character Mel Silverback , a tuxedo clad, old-time Catskills mountain gorilla stand up comic with an edge, who tells it like it is. Mel Silverback made it to the semi finals on Season 5 of NBC's Last Comic Standing. Mel Silverback was the most Googled performer on the show for the first two weeks and was so popular that NBC asked him to return to appear in episodes after he was eliminated. He was the only eliminated semi finalist asked to return. Dan Licoppe also created and co-starred in a successful, critically praised theatre show, Dawn of the Dad. CBC Radio recorded it for a nationally broadcast Father's Day special. The CBC Radio version of the show has been nominated for a Gabriel Award and a New York Festivals Award for excellence in radio broadcasting.

Live Appearances

•  Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival - Montreal
•  Winnipeg Comedy Festival

Television / Film / Radio

•  Last Comic Standing 5 (as Mel Silverback) - NBC
•  Comedy Now - CTV/Comedy Network
•  Open Mike With Mike Bullard - CTV/Comedy Network
•  Comedy At Club 54 - Comedy Network
•  Off The Record - TSN

Performance Fee Range:  $1,000 - $5,000    Travel from Winnipeg, Manitoba

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