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Andy Jones is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Canadien born on 15 january 1948 at St. John's (Canada)

Andy Jones

Andy Jones
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Nationality Canada
Birth 15 january 1948 (76 years) at St. John's (Canada)

Andrew Jordan Jones (born January 15, 1948) is a Canadian comedian, and a former member of CODCO.

Andy Jones was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He is the brother of comedienne Cathy Jones and filmmaker Michael Jones.

Jones wrote for one season of The Kids in the Hall, and played a small role in their film Brain Candy.

Jones also starred in, co-wrote, and co-directed the 1986 feature film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood.

Jones played "Phonse" and starred with William Hurt in the 2001 film Rare Birds.

Since 1983 he has written, starred in and toured 5 one-man comedy shows.

In July 2006 he opened an exhibit at "THE ROOMS" museum in St. John's called "The Spirit in the House". A part of the "Intangible Evidence" exhibit.

Jones often writes children's books based on Newfoundland Folktales. His book Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves won the Winterset Award in March 2013, and Jack, the King of Ashes was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.

Usually with

Mary Walsh
Mary Walsh
(5 films)
Greg Malone
Greg Malone
(2 films)
Robert Joy
Robert Joy
(1 films)
Brian Downey
Brian Downey
(1 films)
Cathy Jones
Cathy Jones
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Andy Jones (9 films)

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Actor

Grown Up Movie Star
Grown Up Movie Star (2009)
, 1h32
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Shawn Doyle, Tatiana Maslany, Jonny Harris, Mark O'Brien, Andy Jones, Mary Walsh
Roles Bill
Rating60% 3.0430853.0430853.0430853.0430853.043085
Ray is a former ice hockey player who is convicted of drug charges for smuggling drugs following his first game in the NHL. After he comes back to his Newfoundland home, his wife Lillian leaves to seek fame in Hollywood with another man. Ray is left with his daughters, high schooler Ruby and her 11-year-old sister Rose. Ray pursues a homosexual relationship with gym teacher James, while avoiding the advances of Jennifer. After Ruby catches her father with James, she explorers her sexuality with newly arrived American student Will, her best friend Laura, and Ray's best friend Stuart. Stuart is a paraplegic, shot in a hunting accident by Ray (causing Ray to import the drugs to help Stuart make money). The drama examines the dynamic of the strained and uncertain relationships of all parties.
Behind the Wall
Behind the Wall (2008)

Directed by Paul Schneider
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Lindy Booth, Lawrence Dane, Suzie Pollard, Andy Jones
Roles Ray Sanders
Rating37% 1.8943051.8943051.8943051.8943051.894305
For several generations the Parks family lived on a quiet hillside where Katelyn's grandfather and her father (Mike Daly) were keepers to the town's lighthouse. At the age of ten, Katelyn watched her mom enter the basement in their lighthouse home where minutes later she was brutally beaten and found dying on the floor. Her father, Christopher (Mike Daly), was arrested and convicted for the killing, and Katelyn placed in foster care out of town. The murder drove Christopher into madness and he was sentenced to a mental institution, where he later died. Katelyn never had a chance to speak to her father since that horrible night.
Young Triffie's Been Made Away With
Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2007)

Directed by Mary Walsh
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Fred Ewanuick, Rémy Girard, Andrea Martin, Colin Mochrie, Mary Walsh, Jonny Harris
Roles Pastor Wilfred Pottle
Rating55% 2.764232.764232.764232.764232.76423
En 1947 à Terre-Neuve, un malheureux garde forestier est envoyé dans le petit port isolé de Swyer’s Harbour pour enquêter sur une simple histoire de mutilation de mouton. Il se retrouve alors confronté de très près à un meurtre odieux qui le dépasse totalement.
Going the Distance
Going the Distance (2004)
, 1h33
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Christopher Jacot, Joanne Kelly, Shawn Roberts, Mayko Nguyen, Ryan Belleville, Katheryn Winnick
Roles Portly Customer
Rating55% 2.750612.750612.750612.750612.75061
Nick (Jacot), whose life seemed to be going perfectly, realizes he may lose his girlfriend to a famous music producer (Priestley). He sets out on a roadtrip from the west coast to go to the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, along with two buddies (Tyler and Dime), for the road trip of their lives.
The Straitjacket Lottery
The Straitjacket Lottery (2004)

Actors Andy Jones, David Huband, Richard Collins
Rating72% 3.61743.61743.61743.61743.6174
Boris (Andy Jones), a familiar blue collar worker, is issued his orders for a patient transfer: five mental health patients due at a maximum security facility by eleven o’clock. But when a patient with intense claustrophobia manages to overcome her illness by leading the way for the other patients to escape, Boris is confronted with an empty bus. With the clock ticking, he tries his best to recover the patients, but his attempts are foiled. So, in his compulsion to deliver, Boris decides to fill his quota by enticing some unsuspecting civilians onto the bus.
Behind the Red Door
Behind the Red Door (2003)
, 1h45
Directed by Matia Karrell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kyra Sedgwick, Kiefer Sutherland, Stockard Channing, Hannah Lochner, Philip Craig, Jason Carter
Roles Eddie
Rating63% 3.1957553.1957553.1957553.1957553.195755
Natalie Haddad (Kyra Sedgwick) is a talented photographer living in New York. She is undergoing a financial crisis. Her friend Julia (Stockard Channing) finds a two-day job in Boston for US$20,000.00, for her which Natalie had to accept. Upon her arrival at Boston, she finds that her arrogant gay brother Roy (Kiefer Sutherland), a successful designer, had hired her. Their relationship was broken 10 years earlier and since then they had not seen each other. When Natalie finishes her assignment, her brother Roy asks her to stay for the next day. He had organised a birthday party for himself. After the brthday Party Roy tells her that he is suffering from AIDS. Although Roy is insufferably snobbish and manipulative, he manages to exert a curious control over Natalie, forcing her to confront several disturbing, long-suppressed memories of her past (shown in black-and-white flashbacks). She agreed to stay with him and in due course of time their fraternal relationship develops again.
Rare Birds
Rare Birds (2001)
, 1h39
Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors William Hurt, Molly Parker, Andy Jones, Greg Malone, Sheila McCarthy
Roles Phonse
Rating62% 3.1455653.1455653.1455653.1455653.145565
Dave (Hurt) has had some bad luck recently. His wife (McCarthy) lives in Washington, DC, his restaurant, the Auk is not doing good business. Phonse (Jones) helps Dave by making up a story about a rare bird (Tasker’s Sulphureous) sighting which begins to help Dave's business. Phonse has been working on a prototype Recreational Submarine Vehicle (RSV) and is concerned that the Winnebago company is conducting industrial espionage and trying to steal his plans. Phonse also finds ten kilos of cocaine and tries to get rid of it with the help of Dave. Dave falls in love with Alice (Parker), Phonse's sister-in-law, a girl from Gull Tickle.

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