Andre Arruda

Andre Arruda is a stand-up and sketch comedien whose bold stage presence and cutting edge comic jabs belie his three-foot-four frame. Born and raised in Kitchener, Andre moved to Toronto in 2001 to attend the “Comedy: Writing and Performance” program at Humber College. That same year he made his stand up début by winning the Caps comedy championship.

His comedy can be best described as being filled with Lewis Black like rants blended with Bill Cosby like stories about his life as a physically disabled little person living in a world of giants.

Andre has performed sketch comedy for almost ten years, touring to various schools all over southern Ontario and at venues such as The Heart House, Tim Sims Play house, Second City Toronto, Laugh Resort, The Rivoli and as a regular at Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto.

No stranger to Television and Film, Andre has appeared on almost every major Canadian network including CTV, CBC, The Comedy Network, Global, and MTV Canada; and on Fox Sports as a series regular on Out of Bounds: With John Oakley. Andre was featured in: My Brother, My Keeper, which was awarded the winner of the Best Moc Doc Award at the 2006 World of Comedy Film Festival. Andre is also no stranger to the stage performing in many productions of playwrights such as Shakespeare, Molière, and Tennessee Williams. In 2006 Andre stared in Piccasso Pro’s Oops! at Summer Works, playing a disabled con artist/bank robber. The show won the Now Audience Choice Award.