Joseph Motiki

Joseph "Joe" Frederick Motiki is a Canadian television host and performer.

Motiki was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario after his parents emigrated from their native South Africa to live in Canada. He grew up in the Borough of East York and attended high school at East York Collegiate Institute. He was an honours student who was active in athletics, and was president of the student government. Motiki enrolled at Ryerson University and graduated from their Radio and Television Arts program.

While attending school, he beat out 350 hopefuls to become the host of What, a late night phone-in show for youth on TVOntario. The pilot episode aired on May 30, 1994, and the show was broadcast live on Tuesday nights starting September 27, 1994, for one season. Dealing with issues related to current events and popular culture, What was nominated for the 1995 Gemini Award for Best Youth Program in Canada.

In March 1995, Motiki became co-host of The tvokids Crawlspace, TVOntario's after school block of children's programs, alongside Patty Sullivan and Kevin Brauch. Three months later Motiki officially replaced Brauch, who left to host other shows on TVO. Patty and Joe appeared in live interstitial breaks between shows such as Art Attack, Arthur (TV series), The Magic School Bus, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. During these segments they would read viewer mail, promote TV shows, and perform a wide array of original characters. Motiki spent four years on TVOKids, appearing at live events in Ontario and helping the show achieve its highest ratings ever or since. He retired from the Crawlspace on May 30, 1999.

Pursuing new projects, Motiki continued to host various programs and live events. He also started voice acting in numerous animated series. His first was Crashbox on HBO, playing the digitally enhanced stop motion character Professor Rocket, both on the show and in a cycle of shorts entitled Who Knew?. He then provided the voice of Rocky Canyon for the TV series Rescue Heroes, subsequently voicing Rocky Canyon for the Fisher-Price action figures and the 2003 film Rescue Heroes: The Movie. He voiced Metabee on the anime series Medabots which aired on FOX. He also played the part of South African data raider Ozubo Monduma/Conjureman, who is recruited alongside five other international beta testers to save Earth in the web series 7th Portal, produced by Stan Lee Media.

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