Mike Ward
Stand-up comedian

Mike Ward

Who Mike Ward is

Mike Ward is a Canadian stand-up comedian who performs in both French and English. His show Modeste sold 200,000 tickets in Quebec alone and set a Guinness World Record at Montreal's Bell Centre. He hosts Mike Ward Sous Ecoute, which his site bills as the number one French-language comedy podcast in the world, with more than eight million listens and views a month across full episodes and clips. In English he played Montreal's Just For Laughs festival in 2013, and his set from that year, Baby Named Larry, is on the festival's archive albums and was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in October 2022.

At a glance

Stand-up specials
Haïssable, Mike Ward s'eXpose, Mike Ward au Bordel and 2 more
Albums
Just for Laughs: The Archives, Vol. 17 and Vulgaire
Podcasts and radio
Mike Ward Sous Ecoute, 2 Drink Minimum, Les grandes gueules and 2 more
On screen
Just For Laughs, Testostérone, Le Mike Ward Show and 2 more
Official site
mikeward.ca ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: mikeward.ca ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts and radio

Their stand-up

Mike Ward has performed stand-up on television in 20 countries across Europe, Africa, Australia and North America. At Just for Laughs he won the Victor for breakout star of the festival in 2002 and for best set of the festival in 2012, and he won a Gemini Award for best comedy performance in 2006 and the Canadian Comedy Award for Comedic Artist of the Year in 2016.

He was named Comedian of the Year at Quebec's Olivier awards in 2016 and 2019, when he also took the Oliviers for show of the year and best writing for a stage show, and he won the Olivier for best podcast in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Career timeline

  1. 1996Les grandes gueules (radio, writer, 1996–1998) Podcast or book
  2. 2001Vulgaire (2001) Album
  3. 2001Les Mecs Comiques (radio, 2001–2002) Podcast or book
  4. 2002Testostérone (2002) On screen
  5. 2004Le Mike Ward Show (2004) On screen
  6. 2005L'Gros Show (2005–2006) On screen
  7. 2007Midi Morency (radio, 2007–2009) Podcast or book
  8. 2009Haïssable (2009) Special
  9. 2013Mike Ward s'eXpose (2013) Special
  10. 2013Just For Laughs (Montreal, 2013) On screen
  11. 2013Just for Laughs: The Archives, Vol. 17 (Baby Named Larry, JFL 2013; 2018) Album
  12. 2016The Comedian's Guide to Survival (film, 2016) On screen
  13. 2018Mike Ward au Bordel (Donkey Media, 2018) Special
  14. 2018Infamous (Donkey Media, 2018) Special
  15. 20182 Drink Minimum (co-host, with Pantelis, Compound Media, from 2018) Podcast or book
  16. 2023Noir (2023) Special

Questions and answers

Where is Mike Ward performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: mikeward.ca ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Haïssable, Mike Ward s'eXpose, Mike Ward au Bordel, Infamous and Noir.

What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?

Mike Ward Sous Ecoute, 2 Drink Minimum, Les grandes gueules, Les Mecs Comiques and Midi Morency.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Just For Laughs, Testostérone, Le Mike Ward Show, L'Gros Show and The Comedian's Guide to Survival.

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026