Mike Ward

Mike is not just a French Comedy Superstar, he’s a French Comedy Legend. He’s irreverent, offensive and downright impolite… and people love him for it.

S’eXpose, his latest one-man-show has already grossed over 2 million dollars in its first 3 months. He’s won multiple awards (Gemini, Victor, Olivier), produced two platinum-selling DVDs, and was ranked among the Top 25 French Comedians of All Time by the Festival Juste Pour Rire.

Internationally, he is ranked in the Top 10 Funniest Comedians by The-Top-Tens.com, and has more hits on his website, Mikeward.ca, than any other Québécois performer, more than Celine Dion, Simple Plan, even more than internet sensation Jon Lajoie.

He’s been headlining in French since the mid-nineties but is still fairly new to the world of English comedy. In fact he’s just been doing it since 2007.

In 2007, Mike tried his act at a Just for Laughs Best of the Fest show, and found his humor not only translated – it killed.

A year later he returned to the fest with the critically acclaimed French Comedy Bastards. The Montreal Gazette called it ‘an unmitigated blast’ and proclaimed it a ‘contender for show of the fest’.

In 2009 the Montreal comedy fest had him back for 23 shows, including the festival favorite Nasty Show alongside Jimmy Carr and Louis CK.

He’s played Paris, Dublin, Toronto, Los Angeles, Dubai, and worked in the UK as part of the ultra-competitive London scene.

He’s performed in front of our troops in Afghanistan, in the Olympic village at the 2010 Winter Games, and got a standing ovation when he opened for Bill Cosby (with a clean set), proving he can be funny even without the filth florin, florin filth.

Awards & Fun Facts

Mike is ranked 3rd funniest comedian in the world by The-Top-Tens.com.

Summer 2010, Mike opened for Bill Cosby.

Mike performed at 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in front of five thousand people screaming fans.

In 2009 Mike was THE breakout sensation of Paris Fait Sa Comédie which aired in 14 European and African countries.

In the same month Mike headlined The Comedy Store in L.A. and the Jamel Comedy Club in Paris.

More Canadians visit MikeWard.ca than any other comedian website in the world, more than ChrisRock.com, AdamSandler.com, even more than DaneCook.com.

Metro Montreal proclaimed him King of the Internet.

Millions have seen his French language videos on YouTube.

More than 500,000 people have seen his English language videos on YouTube.

He has over 60 thousand fans on Facebook.

He has more than 10 thousand followers on Twitter.

Haïssable, his first French one-man-show went gold in Québec, grossing over 3 million dollars.

s’eXpose, his second French one-man-show grossed 2 million dollars in its first 3 months.

His DVD “Haïssable” went platinum in Canada.

His DVD “L’Gros Show” went platinum in Canada, and was on the Dep.ca Top 5 Video list for over a year.

His remake of the classic 80’s hit “The Final Countdown” reached #1 on the MusiquePlus “Top 5 anglo” countdown, and was inducted into the “Ultime Combat des Clips” (Combat Zone) hall of fame, after 16 victories against artists such as Eminem, Sean Paul, Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé, and Madonna.

He was awarded an Olivier for “Performer of the year” at the Quebec comedy awards in 2005.

He won a Gemini Award for “Best Performance: Comedy (French)” in 2006.

He was part of “Les Grand Comiques”, the 25 greatest French comedians of all-time by Juste Pour Rire.

In 2008 he broke attendance records in Sherbrooke and Gatineau with his “Mike Ward and friends” (an outdoor show), performing 3 nights in front of more than 35,000 people.

The same summer he performed his one-man-show in Quebec City selling more than 7,000 tickets, two days later he headlined an English comedy show in Montreal with close to 9 tickets sold (there were 9 people in the audience, only 2 had actually paid).

Mike does comedy for all the right reasons, he loves it and he’s really, really good.