D.J. Demers (born 1986) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, best known for his television appearances on season 11 of America's Got Talent and on the late night talk show Conan.[1] Originally from Kitchener, Ontario,[1][2] Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss in childhood, and focuses his comedy largely but not exclusively on his experiences as a person who wears hearing aids.[3]
D.J. Demers | |
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| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Stand-up comedian |
Career
Demers began performing comedy in his second year of university, making his first comedy club appearance at Yuk Yuk's.[1] He won the 2013 Toronto Comedy Brawl and the Homegrown Comics Competition at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2014, and won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist in 2015.[4]
He appeared on America's Got Talent in 2016,[4] advancing to the Judge Cuts round but not making it to the live shows.[5] In 2017 he appeared on Conan,[6] and undertook a comedy tour of university and college campuses across the United States sponsored by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak.[5] He has also appeared on episodes of the CBC Radio comedy series The Debaters.[7]
He received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, for his comedy album [Indistinct Chatter].[8]
In 2019 his stand-up comedy special Interpreted was released as a Crave original,[9] and he headlined Comedy for a Cause, a stand-up show in Montreal that consisted entirely of comedians with physical disabilities.[10] His second comedy album Uninterpreted, a selection of segments from the Crave special, was also released the same year.
In June 2023, CBC Television greenlit One More Time, a comedy series starring Demers as the manager of a used sporting goods store.[11] The series premiered on CBC in January 2024.[12]