Andrew Younghusband
| Andrew Younghusband | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 14, 1970 Canberra, Australia |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian/Australian |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer, Journalist |
| Known for | Canada's Worst Driver, Canada's Worst Handyman, Tall Ship Chronicles, Don't Drive Here |
Andrew James Cameron Younghusband (born December 14, 1970) is a Canadian television personality, writer and journalist. He was born in Canberra, Australia while his father was attending university there. He moved to St. John’s, Newfoundland in Canada with his family at age 7. He is best known as the host of the reality shows Canada's Worst Driver, Canada's Worst Handyman, Don't Drive Here and Tougher Than It Looks? as well as the documentary series Tall Ship Chronicles.
Younghusband began his career at 15 as a stage actor in St. John's, Newfoundland. He then branched out into different media and different formats, including radio and television, filling roles in both writing positions and as an on-air personality. He has worked in serious and comedic roles, as well as documentary, reality, and news productions.
One of his comedic appearances was an on-stage and television appearance at the Halifax Comedy Festival. His early television writing duties were in comedic environments, but recently he has written for the two Canada's Worst reality series.
Toiling in limited roles through the 1990s, Younghusband made several guest appearances in television series as well as making modest film appearances, several of which placed him on the same sets "rubbing elbows" with notable Canadian (and fellow Newfoundland natives) personalities including Rick Mercer, Cathy Jones and Mary Walsh.
In 1999, he was co-creator, writer and actor in the short-lived Canadian series Dooley Gardens, playing the role of a homicidal ex-con Zamboni driver. Later that year, he began hosting and co-wrote a Salter Street production called Foodessence, which lasted 65 episodes. The Gemini award-winning Foodessence explored how, why, and what we eat through anthropology, social-science, history and science. The reality-based and historical aspects of the show seemed to signal the beginning of a change of direction for Younghusband's career.
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