Ron Pardo, Canada’s premier comic impressionist, grew up in Pardoville, a small community near Chatham, Ontario, named after his ancestors. He moved to Cambridge in 1983 and taught elementary school for the next 12 years. In 1993 Ron decided to take seriously a skill he had discovered when he was 10 – the ability to mimic cartoons and celebrities. He wrote a 5 minute comedy act and went to amateur night at Yuk Yuk’s. Nine months later, he won Yuk Yuk’s “Search For Canada’s Funniest New Comic Award” and his career took off. He resigned from teaching in 1995 and since then has performed his one man show for club and corporate audiences across Canada.

His repertoire of impressions has grown to over 100. He has been disguised as David Letterman, Howard Stern, Don Cherry, Regis Philbin, Larry King, Jerry Seinfeld, Dennis Miller, Tom Brokaw, Ted Koppel, Archie Bunker, Ozzy Osbourne and Captain Kirk to name a few.

In 1997, Ron was selected to perform his many characters for the pilot episode of a new show called “History Bites” in which Ron starred for five seasons, receiving a Gemini nomination in 2000. The series continues to run on History Television and The Comedy Network. Ron has also made appearances in “The Improv” and ‘Open Mike with Mike Bullard” featured on CTV and The Comedy Network. In 2002, he made his debut in a Hollywood feature film, the Eddie Griffin comedy ‘Undercover Brother”.

Ron also voices radio and television commercials as well as various characters in several cartoon series including “Atomic Betty”, “Coolman”, “Bob and Margaret”, “Ripping Friends”, “Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse”, “Moville Mysteries”, “Medabots”, “Berenstain Bears”, “Ned's Newt”, and “Cyberchase”. Ron was also cast as the voices of Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward for the Spongebob Squarepants Books on CD. Ron has also appeared with Jay Leno (NBC Studios, Burbank), Tanya Tucker, Mike Bullard, The Village People, The Nylon, and many others.

He is currently writing and performing the satirical Paul Martin/George W. Bush "Northern Lights Southern Exposure", "David Letterman Top 5 Lists", and "The Oakley Zone" heard each day on the John Oakley Morning Show, 640 Toronto.

Agent: Giggles Comedy Agency 

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