1. Glenn Wool is a Canadian stand-up comedian based in England.
15 Facts About Glenn Wool
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Glenn Wool grew up in various Canadian cities including Toronto and Vancouver, as well as the British Columbia cities of Langley and White Rock, where he went to Earl Marriott Secondary School.
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Glenn Wool discovered comedy at age 12 after seeing a Bill Cosby live stand-up appearance.
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Glenn Wool moved to London at age 22, where he quickly established himself in the city's comedy scene.
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Glenn Wool has appeared on many British comedy and panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard's Good News, The John Bishop Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, Comedy Cuts, Comedy Central UK's "The Alternative Comedy Experience", and radio programs such as Political Animal as well as Live at Gotham and John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central and Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza.
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Glenn Wool is a frequent performer at large music festivals such as Glastonbury.
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Glenn Wool has performed more than 17 times at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where his shows have typically been well-reviewed.
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Glenn Wool has toured the world extensively, telling one interviewer that he once circled the globe three times in two weeks, becoming so jet-lagged that he forgot what city he was in.
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In 2014, Glenn Wool was part of a team of comics that planned to set a world record for the world's highest stand-up concert by climbing Mount Everest, but was forced to pull out after delays.
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Glenn Wool has been a member of Canadian musical comedy group The Lumberjacks with Stuart Francis and Craig Campbell.
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Glenn Wool is the voice of the title character in the Cartoon Hangover 2018 miniseries Slug Riot.
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Glenn Wool voiced the character Hunter in the animated Disney XD short Lottie Bearshout: Good as Goaled, which won a BAFTA Children's Award in 2016.
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Befitting Glenn Wool's wide-traveling career, several albums were recorded in far-flung locations: I'll Ask Her was recorded in Alaska, with a title that puns on the state's name, and Creator, I Am But a Pawn was recorded in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Glenn Wool won the Best of Fest award for his 2010 appearance at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
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Glenn Wool was nominated in the Best Headliner category at the Chortle Awards in 2008, and Best International Stand Up at the 2003 New Zealand Comedy Awards.