Roman Danylo


Roman Danylo is a Canadian comedian, improviser and actor based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his starring role in the CTV Television Network show Comedy Inc.

Career

As a teen, Danylo ran a weekly sketch review show as a student at Sir Winston Churchill High School in Calgary.
Roman then went on to study with Keith Johnstone at the Loose Moose Theatre in Calgary. He also worked in several local comedy clubs with friends Oldring, Albert Howell and Graeme Davies and performed with Theatre Calgary. He participated in various CBC Radio dramas as well.
He has performed at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado and Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival and also starred in the UPN series Off Limits with Aisha Tyler. Danylo has been featured on NBC's Late Friday, Jeremiah, The Outer Limits and Sliders.
However, Roman is best known in Canada and has appeared in several Canadian series, including CBC's Comics, These Arms of Mine, Made in Canada with Rick Mercer, the Just For Laughs Improv Championships, Slightly Bent on The Comedy Network and Corner Gas on CTV with Brent Butt.
In 2002, Danylo joined fellow comedians Jessica Holmes and Kurt Smeaton as a writer and cast member on The Holmes Show. Following the show's cancellation, he was offered a starring role in Comedy Inc. while he was in Los Angeles during pilot season.
Some of his recurring characters include "Vlad, the Russian Romantic", "Tantric Sex Master" and "Ken Shawn of WFTO-TV News".
Co-stars on Comedy Inc. include Aurora Browne, Jen Goodhue, Terry McGurrin, Winston Spear, Jenn Robertson, Gavin Stephens, Ian Sirota and Albert Howell. The series recently won the Gold Medal Award for "Best TV Variety Program" at the New York Festivals for the second year in a row and was picked up by the U.S. cable network Spike TV in April 2005. Comedy Inc. was also nominated for a 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for best writing in a television series.
In 2012 he hosted a gag-comedy show called the Funny Pit with Ryan Steele and Amy Goodmurphy, which was produced by Thunderbird Films.
For his performance in CBC's Western Alienation Comedy Hour, Roman won a Leo Award in 2004 for excellence in British Columbia film and television. That same year, he was nominated for a Gemini for his work on Comedy Inc..
Danylo also performs with the Canadian improv troupe Urban Improv in Vancouver.

Selected filmography

TitleYearTypeCharacter
The Funny Pit2012TV seriesHost
Comedy Inc.2002 to 2007TV seriesVarious
The Holmes Show2002TV seriesVarious
Seeking Winonas2001FilmSmart Guy
Improv Comedy Games2000TV mini-seriesHost
Duets2000FilmAlbuquerque Desk Clerk
Happy Birthday2000FilmThe Boyfriend
10,000 Delusions1999Short filmJehovah's Witness
Babette's Feet1999Short filmMan Eating Sushi
The Improv Comedy Olympics1998TV specialComedian
1997FilmPizza Kid
Super Dave's All Stars1997TV seriesCheerleader
The Inner Voice1995FilmSy
The Omen1995TV pilotBob