Shawn Hitchins

Shawn Hitchins is a gay Toronto-based comedian, author, and actor. He is known for his red hair and for sharing his experience as a sperm donor to a lesbian couple.

Early life Hitchins was born in Egypt, Ontario. In 2000, Hitchins briefly attended an acting program at George Brown College.

Career In 2005, Hitchins spent a summer performing in with the drag trio The B-Girlz in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

In 2010, Hitchins appeared as a panelist on MTV (Canada) 1 Girl 5 Gays.

In 2011, Hitchins debuted his first one-man show called Survival of the Fiercest at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he made an offhand joke about the need for redheads to have a "Ginger Pride Walk." In 2013, he returned to the UK to host the Ginger Pride Walk in Edinburgh, Scotland which gained international media attention on BBC News, The Guardian, CNN, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, The Globe and Mail.

In 2013, Hitchins debut his second one-man show called Ginger Nation at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show recounts Hitchins' experience donating sperm to a lesbian couple as well as memories from adolescence, brushes with celebrity, and pride in his ginger hair. It received unprecedented media coverage In 2015, Ginger Nation received top hit at the 25th Atlantic Fringe Festival. In 2016, Hitchins adapted the live show into a concert film, which screened at the 2017 InsideOut Film and Video Festival, the 2017 Cucalorus Film Festival, and the 2018 SF Indiefest. Huffington Post described the film as "vastly entertaining." published by ECW Press.

Personal life In 2012, Hitchins welcomed a daughter after becoming a sperm donor for two close lesbian friends.

Films 2010: The Con Artist - Metrosexual

Television TV Mini-Series 2008: The Trojan Horse - Bellboy

TV Series 2009-2010: 1 Girl 5 Gays - Himself 2004: Wild Card - The FedEd Guy