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Peter Kelamis (c. 1967) is an Australian-born actor and comedian.

Born in Sydney, he has performed many characters to draw on. He lived with his grandparents in Greece, then moved to Canada. He had the talent to impersonate any kind of people. When ran out, he streamed upon slapstick. He did stand-up starting in his 4th grade class.

During the middle of the 1980s, Peter enrolled in the University of British Columbia. A comedy act race was coming up, and he decided to participate. He then excelled in the Vancouver Theatresports Company. It led him to a first showup at the Punchlines Comedy Club. He eventually opened up for such other comedians like Howie Mandel
and Dennis Miller
. He experienced the starshine to date: An improvisation challenge against Robin Williams
. After obtaining a new agent, he spanned his career into films and TV. He was top-numbered at the Montreal Comedy Festival and he also spanned a wild tour around Canada.

Some of his appearances on TV were in The Outer Limits, Sliders, The Sentinel, and 4 different episodes of The X-Files. Kelamis made a burning-hot hit on the television series Strange Luck, and the producer agreed on him. He currently voices Rolf on Ed, Edd n Eddy. He has also played Goku on the Ocean Group dubbed version of the second season of Dragon Ball Z and the first three DBZ movies.

Some film appearances were in Happy Gilmore
, Fear of Flying, I'll Be Home for Christmas
, Best in Show
, The Sport Pages: The Heidi Bowl, and Everything's Gone Green
. He had a recurring role in Beggars and Choosers.

;Quotes
  • "The breakthrough for me was watching Rich do puny impressions on his variety show. I don't know why, but that just fascinated me."
  • "So pretty soon I was doing his stuff and cracking people up even though I had no idea who the hell Richard Nixon was!
  • "I can't sing, but the music was really loud."
  • "The experience at UBC paid off. I hit the stage with about 15 minutes of material already in my back pocket."
  • "I got my first agent, got a few small parts, and was dropped like a sack of hammers."
  • "Robin came to me after the show and said I was funny."
  • "Lots of comics are doing straight roles these days, and I think it's because we lmow so much about timing, about reading an audience."
  • "There is no mercy in comedy. I mean, when you're a performer, silence is the loudest sound you could possibly hear."
  • "I totally give Wayne Specht and his wife credit for introducing stand-up on a regular basis for the second year in a row."
  • "Typically, the press in Canada is not very supportive at all as far as new entertainers and comedians."
  • "I earned my "comedy legs" in this city, but you'd better find a city that's more difficult than less difficult. I guess you'd be a more skilled performer. But I find the Vancouver crowds great."

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