Glenn Wool is a Canadian stand-up comedian now living in England. He has released six albums, including 2020's Viva Forever, produced by Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records.
His father, who was Estonian, escaped a concentration camp in Sweden after World War II by helping steal a minesweeper and sailing it to Ireland. The family eventually emigrated to Canada, changing its name from the Estonian "Vool" to "Wool." Wool's father became a policeman in Toronto, where his investigation of a fraud case involving novelist Jeffrey Archer led Archer to base a character on Wool's father in his first book, Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less.
Wool grew up in various Canadian cities including Toronto and Vancouver, as well as the British Columbia cities of Langley and White Rock, where he went to Earl Marriott Secondary School. He discovered comedy at age 12 after seeing a Bill Cosby live stand-up appearance.
Wool's combination of intelligent political comedy and burly Canadian demeanour has been described as "hoser savant." He began his comedy career in Vancouver in 1995, at age 19. He moved to London at age 22, where he quickly established himself in the city's comedy scene. He has appeared on many British comedy and panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard's Good News, The John Bishop Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, Comedy Cuts, Comedy Central UK's "The Alternative Comedy Experience", and radio programs such as Political Animal as well as Live at Gotham and John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central and Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza.
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