Stand-up comedian

Alex Nussbaum

Who Alex Nussbaum is

Alex Nussbaum is a Canadian stand-up comedian who grew up in North York, Toronto, and has been nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award as Best Male Stand-Up. Nussbaum has been featured on CTV's Comedy Now!, with an hour-long special in February 2003, and on CBC's Just for Laughs, with a second Just for Laughs television taping in 2013, and has guested on CBC's The Seán Cullen Show. The album Absolutely Free!* is played regularly on SiriusXM, a live stand-up show was named Best Comedy Show of the Year by Toronto's NOW Magazine, and the 2013 Toronto Fringe show Alex Nussbaum's Handbook to the Future mixed monologue, sketch and audio-visual pieces about technology.

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At a glance

From
North York
Albums
Absolutely Free!*
On screen
Comedy Now!, Just for Laughs and The Seán Cullen Show

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Last checked 11 October 2026.

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Career timeline

  1. 2003Comedy Now! (CTV, 2003) On screen
  2. 2003The Seán Cullen Show (CBC, guest, 2003) On screen

Questions and answers

Where is Alex Nussbaum performing next?

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What TV shows and films are they in?

Comedy Now! (CTV, 2003), Just for Laughs (CBC) and The Seán Cullen Show (CBC, guest, 2003).

Where is Alex Nussbaum from?

They grew up in North York.

Who are some comedians like them?

Adam Growe (also in Comedy Now!), Kristeen von Hagen (also in Comedy Now!), Russell Peters (also in Comedy Now!), Seán Cullen (also in The Seán Cullen Show) and Brent Butt (also in Comedy Now!).

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Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026