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Tetsuro Shigematsu was born on 26 February, 1971 in London, England, is a Canadian comedian (born 1971). Discover Tetsuro Shigematsu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Radio broadcaster, comedian, filmmaker, writer
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 26 February 1971
Birthday 26 February
Birthplace London, England
Nationality Canada

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1971

Tetsuro Shigematsu (born 1971) is a playwright/performer, filmmaker, comedian, and Canadian radio broadcaster.

Shigematsu was born in London, England in 1971.

His father was from Kagoshima, Japan, and his mother was from Osaka, Japan.

1974

His family emigrated to Canada in 1974.

He grew up in Surrey, British Columbia, with four siblings, and studied in Montreal.

He has a BFA from Concordia University.

1991

In 1991, at the age of 19, Shigematsu became the youngest playwright to compete in the history of the Quebec Drama Festival.

1993

From 1993 to 1996, Shigematsu wrote and performed his one-man show Rising Son in Montreal, Boston, Los Angeles, and Tokyo.

1994

In 1994, Tetsuro studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg.

He then spent the following two years in Japan, where he studied Butoh dance with the founding master, Kazu Ohno, in Yokohama, Japan.

1996

In 1996, he starred with George Takei (Star Trek's Sulu) in the television movie Rinko The Best Bad Thing, based on the novel by Yoshiko Uchida.

That same year, Tetsuro began hosting the Montreal Asian Heritage Festival.

1997

In 1997, he created and produced three episodes of La La Pan-Asia, a half-hour TV show showcasing Asian youth culture.

1998

In 1998, he was awarded a Canada Council grant to write a new play, The Moons of Tokyo.

1999

In 1999, Shigematsu was invited to be artist-in-residence at Technoboro, an artist-run media lab.

His video work has been seen in the Montreal World Film Festival and the Biosphere and won the Prix du Public at the Evénement Interuniversitaire d'Art.

2004

He was the final host of CBC Radio One's former afternoon series The Roundup, where he replaced Bill Richardson in 2004, making him the first visible minority to host a daily network radio program in Canada.

2005

The show completed its final episode on November 4, 2005.

Prior to working for CBC Radio, he was a writer for the Canadian TV show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

He is currently a writer for The Huffington Post, and artist-in-residence at Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

2007

In 2007, Shigematsu completed his feature film debut, Yellow Fellas, which he wrote and directed.

2009

In 2009, Shigematsu appeared in Episode 2 of the TV series Deadliest Warrior as one of the experts for the Samurai team.

2010

In 2010, he returned for the Deadliest Warrior "Back for Blood" special, a transition from season one to season two pitting the winning warriors from season one against one another.

2011

In 2011, Shigematsu gave a TEDx talk called The Awesomeness of Your Contradictions.

In 2011, Shigematsu began his PhD within the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.

He conducts research on social media, with a focus on the rising visibility of diasporic Asians on YouTube, for which he was named a Vanier scholar.

2012

In 2012, Shigematsu began writing for The Huffington Post.

2015

In 2015, Shigematsu's theatrical solo work Empire of the Son had its world premiere at The Cultch in Vancouver.

The entire run sold out prior to opening, an unprecedented feat for the world premiere of a Canadian play,.

The Vancouver Sun named it as the best theatre show of 2015.

2016

The 2016 remount also sold out its run prior to opening.

2017

In October 2017, Shigematsu's next solo work, 1 Hour Photo, had its world premiere at The Cultch in Vancouver.

2019

1 Hour Photo was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.

Shigematsu speaks English, French, Japanese, and Persian.

He has two children.