Roman Danylo
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Roman was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At his birth his mother screamed "Yeeha!" Which was particularly strange because she was a Ukrainian German immigrant with a thick old country accent. In School, Roman was excellent at Math but really crappy at English. According to his guidance counselor Roman should not be an actor but should consider a job in electronics. He is the youngest of four and his older brother use to pound the crap out of him for no reason damn it! When Roman was very young he was heard to say, "When I grow up I want to be a giant and step on people!" In his teen years he played a lot of sports and worked out that aggression. In his later days of high school Roman was found to be very good at drama because he could easily be loud and annoying.
The rise of The Roman Empire began in Calgary back in the late 1980's where Roman worked for several local comedy clubs, The Loose Moose Theater, Theater Calgary and various CBC Radio Dramas. With a youthful optimism and naiveté The Roman Empire invaded Vancouver in 1992 and was soon destroyed by a band of warrior Mongols. After rebuilding it's army The Empire was victorious in the following battles...
Roman is one of only a handful of comedians to have performed in the prestigious HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen and Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival in the same year. In Hollywood he starred in the UPN Series “Off Limits”, and has been featured on NBC’s “Late Friday”. He has appeared in the Feature Films, “Duets” with Gwenyth Paltrow, and “Happy Birthday” with John Goodmanm. Roman was the host of a talk show pilot produced by fellow Canadian David Steinberg, and has acted in a stage sketch review show with Martin Short. Roman has appeared as a dramatic actor in television shows like “Jeremiah”, “Outer limits” and “Sliders”
Back home Roman has appeared or starred in several Canadian Series. Including CBC’s “Comics”, “These Arms of Mine”, and “Made in Canada”, CTV’s “Comedy Now”, “The Holmes Show” and The Comedy Network's “Slightly Bent”, “Just For Laughs Improv Championships” and many more. Currently Roman stars in his own sketch comedy series on CTV and Spike TV called “Comedy Inc.” In 2004 Roman won a Leo Awards for his performance in CBC’s “Western Alienation Comedy Hour” and was nominated for a Gemini for his performance in “Comedy Inc.” Roman enjoys, water sports, raisins and some humans.
Roman is a headlining stand-up comedian, a top Canadian improviser, a TV and film actor, and a traditional theater actor trained at a university and everything. Roman lives in Vancouver and commutes to LA and Toronto for work. Roman is part of an extensive carpool program.
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Roman Danylo is currently peforming Comedy Gigs in the Vancouver Region such as Darby's Comedy Night January 15th, 2008.
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Roman Danylo - Bday at Urban Improv :
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CTV & Spike TV’s “Comedy Inc”
NBC’s “Late Friday”
CBC’s “Improv Comedy Games”
CBC’s “Just For Laughs”
UPN’s “Off Limits”
CBC’s “COMICS!”
A&E’s “Instant Comedy”
CTV’s “Comedy Now!”
CTV's "Corner Gas"
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- Official Roman Danylo
- Roman Danylo Imdb
- Roman Danylo Wikipedia
- Roman Danylo Imdb
- Urban Improv MySpace
- [ http://www.myspace.com/comedyinc ComedyInc MySpace]
- CanadianContent MySpace
- Roman Danylo Speaking
- Roman Danylo Sweeny Agency
- Roman Danylo Events Edge
- Roman Danylo Speakers.ca
- Roman Danylo Corporate Entertainers
- Comedy Inc. on The Comedy Network
- Biography on Comedy Inc. website
- Canoe JAM - Article about Roman Danylo
Categories: Comedian | Male | Canadian | Vancouver | Stand Up Comic
