When is a comedian not just a comedian? When he's also an actor. But seriously, folks, despite his rocket-like success as a stand-up comic, Peter Kelamis has always been something of a dramatist. That is, his humour is based less on jokes than on detailed storytelling, in which this talented impressionist plays the ensemble cast.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Peter moved to Canada at an early age.  Career driven since kindergarten he did his first stand-up act in front of his grade 4 class - he solidified his stage ambitions with a plum role in his high school's version of "Grease".  In the mid 1980s Peter enrolled at the University of British Columbia, however this was quickly moved to the back burner when Peter was introduced to Punchlines Comedy Club located in the Gastown district of Vancouver, British Columbia.

At the beginning of his career Kelamis had to face the harsh reality of showbiz when he was “dropped like a sack of hammers” (Kelamis) by his first agent. Bruised but not beaten Kelamis rebounded to experience the highlight of his career to-date: Improvising on stage one-on-one with Robin Williams. "Robin came up to me after the show and said, 'You're really, really funny.' I mean, I didn't go to him, he came to me!" (Kelamis).  In fact, there was a casting agent in the house at that gig, and he's barely stopped working since.

He was a hit at the Montreal Comedy Festival and toured widely across Canada. Along with his own Comics special on CBC, and a raft of on-going voice-over jobs, he has appeared in more than thirty films, series, specials, and movies-of-the-week, most of them in the past few years. Highlights include featured appearances, often as straight men or deft technicians, on such creep-fests as The Outer Limits, Sliders, The Sentinel, and four different shots at The X-Files (plus a goofier part on The New Addams Family). Guest-starring on the new E! Entertainment television series Hollywood Off-Ramp, Kelamis dukes it out with the devil and on the TV series Strange Luck, the producer loved his character so much they wrote a whole episode for him.

Instantly recognizable for his dark hair, oversized eyes, and bow legs, Kelamis has had notable film roles in Happy Gilmore, Fear Of Flying, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Dog Show, and Richard Benjamin's hilarious new show The Sports Pages: The Heidi Bowl. He has a recurring role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers, in which he plays the head writer on a TV show.

Here are a few of Peter Kelamis' credits:

Almost Heaven - Lead, Infinity Films / Shel Piercy
Dr Doolittle 3 - Lead, 20th Century / Rich Thorne
Lala Wood - Principal, MGM / Vadim Jean, Martin Short
Lizzie McGuire - Principal, Disney / Jim Fall
Life or Something Like It - 20th Century Fox / Steven Herek
Comedy Now - Star - Comedy Special, CTV
Corner Gas - Guest Star, CTV / Brent Butt
Just Cause - Guest Star, PAX / Kevin DeWalt
Beggars and Choosers, Principal, Showtime

In addition to his own stand-up show, Peter Kelamis is also a member of the Four Aces.