Ennis Esmer

'Ennis Esmer' (qv) originally came to Toronto from Ankara, Turkey, at the age of 3. He trained at Second City while attending the fine arts high school Earl Haig. He made it through three years of theatre training at York University before getting the boot, while spending much of the early 2000s working on stand-up, sketch (with Mustered & Relished) and musical comedy (as front man of Calcu-Lator & The Oral Presentation) at clubs around Toronto.Ennis portrayed billionaire criminal mastermind turned FBI consultant 'Rich Dotcom' on NBC's hit series _Blindspot (2015)_ (qv). He can also be seen as 'Dave Amari' on DirecTV's _You Me Her (2016)_ (qv) and as 'Kurtis Mazhari' on Global's _Private Eyes (2016)_ (qv).Previously he starred as 'Nash' on the Amazon series _Red Oaks (2014)_ (qv), which ran for three seasons, and 'Oz Bey' on CTV's _The Listener (2009)_ (qv), which ran for five seasons. His work on _The Listener (2009)_ (qv) earned him an ACTRA Award nomination and multiple Canadian Comedy Award nominations.Upcoming for Esmer is a recurring role on the fifth season of _Schitt's Creek (2015)_ (qv) on CBC and Netflix. His other television credits include a series-regular role on _The L.A. Complex (2012)_ (qv), which aired on the CW in the United States.He has recurred and guest starred on numerous series including SyFy's _Dark Matter (2015)_ (qv), FXX's _Man Seeking Woman (2015)_ (qv), SyFy's _Lost Girl (2010)_ (qv), USA's _Covert Affairs (2010)_ (qv), CBC's _Republic of Doyle (2010)_ (qv), The CW's _Nikita (2010)_ (qv), and TNT's _Transporter - Die Serie (2012)_ (qv), among others. Esmer also served as a co- host of the Canadian edition of the game show 'Wipeout' (_Wipeout Canada (2011)_ (qv)), and hosted the Gemini 'Awards' (qv), Canada's version of the Emmy 'Awards' (qv), two years in a row.On the silver screen, Esmer will next be seen opposite 'Troian Bellisario' (qv) and 'Patrick J. Adams' (qv) in the indie _Clara (2018)_ (qv), which is set to screen at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Other independent film credits include _How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town (2015)_ (qv), directed by 'Jeremy LaLonde' (qv); Big 'News' (qv) from Grand Rock (2014), directed by 'Daniel Perlmutter' (qv); _Dirty Singles (2014)_ (qv), directed by 'Alex Pugsley' (qv); _Sex After Kids (2013)_ (qv), directed by 'Jeremy LaLonde' (qv); and the breakout hit 'Young People Fucking' (_YPF (2007)_ (qv)), directed by 'Martin Gero' (qv).::'Ennis Esmer' (qv)