Born and raised in Toronto, Canada – Dave Martin has been a standup comedian for over two decades beginning in 1997.
Dave has performed at many comedy festivals including the Just for Laughs, NxNE Music & Comedy Festival and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.
In 2003 Dave was featured in the hour-long National Film Board of Canada documentary film series “The Next Big Thing”. The film followed several up-and-coming Toronto stand-up comics. The program appeared in both Canadian and American cable television markets.
For 4 years, starting in 2010, Dave co-hosted and produced “Anything Goes with Dave Martin & Darren Frost” on SIRIUS/XM Radio which was nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Radio Program (the only show to do this in the history of SiriusXM).
In 2013 while at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival he also recorded Season 7, episode 29 of CBC Radio’s “The Debaters” entitled “Government Pot & Leftovers”.
In 2014 Dave Martin performed at the New Years Eve Gala at the historic Toronto venue Massey Hall.
In 2008 Dave made it to the Toronto finals of the sixth season of Last Comic Standing on NBC.
Dave Martin is a regular at Canadian comedy clubs – coast to coast.