Tom Green

Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper.

The 1990 show, originally a rap music show entitled The Rap Show, was followed by an electronic music show hosted by Glenn Humplik.

In the early 1990s, Green had a short-lived career as a rapper in a group called Organized Rhyme under the alias "MC Bones".

His fellow MCs included "Pin the Chameleon".

The single "Check The O.R."

Tom and Glenn became friends and joined forces to host The Midnight Caller Show, which lasted from 1993 to 1996.

The basic format of The Midnight Caller was to have listeners call-in with Tom and Glenn making fun of them (or "razzing" them) and soon after hanging-up on them.

was nominated for a Juno Award in 1993 for Best Rap Recording and won the MuchVibe Best Rap Video award in 1992.

After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted The Tom Green Show, which aired on Canadian television and later on MTV between 1994 and 2000.

The show became popular for its shock comedy, absurd pranks and Green's manic persona, and influenced later series such as Jackass and The Eric Andre Show.

The first incarnation of The Tom Green Show aired from September 1994 until 1996 as a one-hour no commercial public cable access program on Rogers Television 22 in the Ottawa region.

It had 50 episodes in two seasons.

The Tom Green Show was a variety show format, where he would have guests visit the studio and bands play before a live audience.

In 1996 he was hired by the CBC to do reports from the Atlanta Summer Olympic games.

During the road trip in his sweltering un-airconditioned Chrysler K car, Green solved the air conditioning problem by having the roof of the car sawed off, turning it into a permanent “convertible.”

These CBC feature reports gave him national exposure (in both Canada and the US) with his Jackass type pranks, antics and humor.

In October 1996, The Tom Green Show aired one time as a pilot on CBC.

The show was later picked up in Canada by The Comedy Network in 1997 and aired 26 episodes over the course of two seasons.

In 1998, he released Not the Green Tom Show as MC Face.

Green soon had his own non-paid television show on public-access television on cable TV.

The Tom Green Show was then picked up by MTV in January 1999, where he gained popularity in the United States and worldwide.

The format of the MTV version of the show was similar to his original show; it was hosted by Green and co-hosted by two of his long-time friends, Glenn Humplik, who occupied the couch, and Phil Giroux, who sat behind a window at the back of the set and became known as "the guy in the window" usually drinking cups of coffee.

Derek Harvie, who co-wrote the show with Green, occasionally appeared in the segments.

Many of the sketches were targeted at his parents, both of whom appear to be unimpressed and embarrassed by their son's antics.

The Tom Green Show frequently employed shock humor.

Some of Green's most notable skits include pretending to "hump" a dead moose (which was referenced by rapper Eminem in "The Real Slim Shady"), having an X-rated lesbian scene painted on his father's car (labeled the "Slut Mobile"), drinking milk by sucking on a cow's teat, and putting a cow head in his parents' bed while they slept because his father was a fan of The Godfather films.

Green also hung his own unauthorized piece of art in the National Gallery of Canada (which remained untouched for days) with the added twist of later coming back and vandalizing it to the horror of onlooking patrons.

In a segment, Green went to the press conference of Grey Owl where he serenaded and kissed Pierce Brosnan.

Brosnan, thinking Green was a journalist, advised him not to give up his day job.

Green has also appeared in the Hollywood films Road Trip (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), Stealing Harvard (2002), and Shred (2008).

Green additionally directed, co-wrote and starred in the cult film Freddy Got Fingered (2001).

He was briefly married to actress Drew Barrymore (2001–2002), who co-starred with him in Charlie's Angels and Freddy Got Fingered.

In 2003, Green hosted the short-lived MTV late-night talk show titled The New Tom Green Show.

From 2006 until 2011, he hosted an internet talk show, Tom Green's House Tonight, from his home, and returned to performing stand-up comedy in 2010.

From October 2013 to November 2014, Green hosted the weekly talk show Tom Green Live on American cable network AXS TV.

Michael Thomas Green was born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, the elder of two sons born to Mary Jane, a communications consultant, and Richard Green, a computer systems analyst and retired army captain.

He grew up in nearby Petawawa and later Gloucester (now a part of Ottawa) where he attended Henry Munro Middle School, Colonel By Secondary School and Cairine Wilson Secondary School.

Green studied television broadcasting at Algonquin College.

At age 15, Green started performing stand-up comedy at local clubs including Yuk Yuk's comedy club.

While attending Algonquin College as a member of the Sigma Pi Fraternity, Green hosted an overnight call-in show on the University of Ottawa's campus radio station, CHUO.