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Ryan Stiles: British Columbia
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Ryan Lee, the youngest of 5, was born in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, April, 22, 1959, to Sonny (a fisherman by trade) & Irene Stiles. (Sonny passed away in the summer of 2001.) In 1969, his family moved back to Richmond, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. In 1976, at the age of 17, to the dismay of his paraents, Ryan quit school (Richmond Senior Secondary) to perform at local comedy clubs, with fake ID. In 1978, he met his future wife, Pat McDonald, working as a waitress at one of those clubs. They moved in together in 1979 & married in 1989. (They have 3 children: daughter - Mackenzie, born in 1992, son - Sam, born July 3, 1994, & daughter Claire arrived on January 27, 2004.) In 1986, Ryan joined the Second City troup in Tornto.
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When Ryan was ten, his Canadian-born parents moved the family to Richmond, British Columbia. At the age of 17, he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy, working in his father's fish-processing plant to earn a living while doing stand-up in Vancouver-area night clubs. In 1986, Stiles auditioned for and got a stint with Toronto's renowned Second City comedy ensemble. By 1990, he had gained the attention of the producers of the British improvisational comedy show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Stiles was a regular on the show until 1995, and the show's short production season allowed him to make numerous television and motion picture appearances in the United States as well.
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Ryan is a Canadian who knew pretty early on that comedy was his calling. As a teen in Vancouver, British Columbia, he performed stand-up regularly at clubs and eventually became a member of the famed Second City comedy group. Adding to his international fame, Ryan was a cast member of the British version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" before starring in the U.S. version of the series.
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