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Ennis Esmer came to Toronto from Ankara, Turkey at the age of three. He trained in theatre at York University and sketch/improv at Second City, while doing standup comedy at clubs in Toronto. His standup work led to a gig as host and creative consultant of The Toronto Show, an hour-long showcase of Canadian music and comedy. He is pictured above in his role of Osman ‘Oz’ Bey on the CTV series, The Listener. He is pictured as Detective Kurtis Mazhari from the TV series Private Eyes. He has played the role of Rich Dotcom on Blindspot since 2015.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
How to Deal (2003)
The Cheetah Girls (TV-2003)
The 8th Annual Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award (TV-2003)
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
Decoys (2004)
All You Got (2004)
Young People Fucking (2007)
Your Beautiful Cul de Sac Home (2007)
Snowglobe (TV-2007)
The Rocker (2008)
For the Love of Grace (TV-2008)
Unstable (TV-2009)
Do I Come on Too Strong? (2010, short)
Dave vs Death (2011, short)
Sex After Kids (2013)
Sunday Punch (2013, short)
Dirty Singles (2014)
The F Word (2014)
Bastards (2014, short)
You’ve Ruined My Life (2014, short)
Big News from Grand Rock (2014)
15 Minutes (2014, short)
How To Plan an Orgy in a Small Town (2015)
White Night (2016)
Miss Sloane (2016)
Clara (2018)
The Go-Getters (2018)
Nose to Tail (2018)
TV Series – Cast:
The Path to 9/11 (2006, mini-series)
Billable Hours (2006-2008)
The Listener (2009-2014)
The L.A.Complex (2012)
Red Oaks (2014-2017)
Blindspot (2015-)
Private Eyes (2016-)
You Me Her (2016-)
Little Big Awesome (voice, 2018)
Roast Battle Canada (Host, 2021-)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
Veritas: The Quest (2003)
Queer as Folk (2003)
Tilt (2005)
Kojak (2005)
Trapped (2007)
ReGenesis (2008)
Flashpoint (2008)
The Border (2009)
Murdoch Mysteries (2010)
Baxter (2010)
Lost Girl (2010)
Good Dog (2011)
Covert Affairs (2010, 2011)
The Casting Room (2011)
Transporter: The Series (2012)
Off2Kali Comedy (2013)
The Ron James Show (2013)
Nikita (2013)
Republic of Doyle (2013)
Man Seeking Woman (2015)
Lost Girl (2015)
Dark Matter (2015, 2017)
Baroness Von Sketch Show (2016)
Shoot the Messenger (2016)
My Kitchen Can Be Anything (2017)
Schitt’s Creek (2019)
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