Bio

D.J. Mausner is an award winning stand-up, sketch, and improv comedian. They performed in both the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and JFL42 in Toronto, winning the Homegrown Comics Competition and appearing in the New Faces Characters Showcase, as well as co-headlining their own show. Their solo sketch performance in the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival earned them a four N review, with NOW Magazine saying “[t]his is razor sharp, disturbing, relevant and cathartic satire from one of the most exciting young comics I've seen in years”, and resulted in their addition to the Best of the Fest showcase. CBC named D.J. one of fifteen Canadian Comedians to Watch and NOW Magazine Toronto named them one of their Breakthrough Toronto Stage Artists of the Year.

D.J. was awarded a Canadian Screen Award by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for their contributions to Season 4 Episode 1 of Baroness von Sketch Show.

Some of other TV shows D.J. has written for include This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Gary and His Demons, and Max and the Midknights on Nickelodeon. You can see D.J. on Prime Video in the Lionsgate/ Buzzfeed co-production, 1UP, or on Amazon Freevee in the romcom Puppy Love. They are one of twelve cast members of the 2023 CBS Showcase. Their debut feature film Prom Dates, a co-production from American High and Hartbeat Productions, is set to premiere on Hulu in 2024.

They currently reside in Los Angeles and spend most of their time being gay. D.J. is nonbinary and goes by any pronouns. You can follow them on instagram at djmausner or on tiktok at @djmausner.

Photo by Wade Hudson