George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos is a Canadian television and radio personality. He is best known as the host of the CBC Television talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, and was a VJ for the Canadian music television channel MuchMusic. On March 10, 2014, he was named...
Gemini Award for Best Talk Series, Gemini Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Writing in an Information Program or Series, Viewer's Choice Award for Lifestyle Host, Gemini Award for Best Cross-Platform Project
Movies
Hobo with a Shotgun, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
TV Shows
The Hour, The One: Making a Music Star, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, Hockey Night in Canada, Fandemonium, MuchMusic Video Awards
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Trademark
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Wry and honest approach
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Punk fashion image
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T-Shirts with famous rock bands
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Quote
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[on his performance record in recreational hockey] I suck. I'm terrible. I'm the worst player in the tournament.
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I think hockey has limited what players have been able to do. I think we've spent a lot of time in Canada beating the personality out of players. Anytime they have personality, the press generally jumps on them. I want to create a space where we're open to a player being a human being, first of all, but where they can also be interesting and funny and outspoken. My job is not to run a dressing-room; that's the coach's job. My job is to connect people to the players they love, and there's lots of ways we can do that. I know a lot of these people are interested in the next step of their development. So we on this broadcast want to create this type of space.
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[on his appointment as host of 'Hockey Night in Canada'] There's a lot of people on Twitter saying, 'Oh, eff that guy' because I don't approach this as a straight-up sports gig. But no one out there can out-sport me.
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[on his TV hosting roles] This is what I do. I don't even have any dependents in my life. I don't even have a plant.
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Fact
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His dear friend actor Richard Hong was killed in his home in Los Angeles while he was away.
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Host of ABC show "The One: Making of a Star" [July 2006]
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Host of 'The Hour' on CBC News World. [January 2005]
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Annouced he is leaving MuchMusic after a five-year run to host his own prime-time show on CBC Newsworld, beginning in January, 2005. [November 2004]
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Was the host of Much News, Loud, and The New Music.
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Has a younger sister, Natasha.
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Attended Humber College.
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Formely a writer for 'Off the Record' on TSN.
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Has pet snakes.
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Former host of 'Live In Toronto' on Edge 102.
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Part Ukranian, part Egyptian, and part Greek.
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Hosts "Punk-o-Rama" and "Over the Edge" on Toronto's radio station Edge 102.
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