Ron James

Ron James (born January 31, 1958) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, author, and voice actor.

Early life and career James was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; his family later moved to Halifax during his youth. He attended Acadia University, studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher. who headed the theatre program, as a result of a course he was taking.

He later moved to Los Angeles during the early 1990s for three years After that show was cancelled, he made some guest appearances in TV shows (such as Get A Life and Wings) and an appearance in the movie Ernest Rides Again but mostly experienced rejection during this time and turned his experience in L.A. into a stage show in 1994 called Up & Down in Shaky Town: One Man's Journey through the California Dream, which was also shown as a special on The Comedy Network. Afterwards, he came across the work of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, whose style helped shape his own and received a Genie Award nomination for best supporting actor in the film Something About Love. He had his own CBC Television series, The Ron James Show, from 2009 to 2014.

James has appeared at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, as a headliner with his own show. A book by Ron James, titled All Over the Map: Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road was published by Doubleday Canada on September 28, 2021. It was an immediate national bestseller, entering the Canadian non-fiction list at number eight on the week of its release.