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Ennis Esmer

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Like Sam Rockwell and his improvised dancing sequences in many of his films, Esmer has repeatedly managed to insert a fist bump explosion into multiple parts as part of his character's idiosyncrasies.
Improvising, adlibbing and riffing non-scripted bits and dialogue - even speaking to background actors who have no lines, and characters not present, which results in a more three-dimensional world.
Often gets creatively involved in behind-the-scenes bits and docs of things he appears in - interviewing, doing comedy bits, as well as through his own personal social media.

After failing to earn a callback audition for host of The Toronto Show (2003), Ennis was coincidentally booked to host a stand-up comedy show that featured a network showcase for potential series hosts. He was informed halfway through the evening that he was winning over the network heads, and he went on to land the gig, hosting 120 episodes of the late-night comedy and music series.
The part of Rich Dotcom from Blindspot (2015) was written especially for him.
Ennis's musical comedy group, Calcu-Lator and the Oral Presentation, were nominated for the prestigious Tim Sims Award in 2003.
Contributing writer for the humour web-zine www.somethingspace.com
Credits Owen Wilson in Tête brûlée (1996) and Vince Vaughn in Swingers (1996)for inspiring him into his career with their improvisational style in those films.

On often working multiple projects at the same time: I'm an absolutely manageably amount of busy. All these things are (for the most part) a blast to work on, and I try to never lose sight of the fact that busy is the thing I want to be more than anything. Busy is victory. I try to look at busy as a challenge and never as a struggle, because there's nothing else I'd rather be busy doing.
On Nash from Red Oaks (2014-2017) being a positive MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) character: It's fun to play a character who is a pretty decent representation of my ethnicity. (Nash's) ethnicity doesn't define the role, and he gets to be a full person aside from that, and in fact, because of that. It's fun to play someone that's just a solid representation of your people.
On influences or careers he admires: If you asked me 15-20 years ago, I'd say I wanted to be like Tom Hanks . He was the biggest star, and I've seen all his movies since I was a kid. But now, if you told me I could have the career of someone like Luis Guzmán I'd be ecstatic. There are so many incredible actors who have careers, working in supporting roles, working on sharp projects, occasionally creating their own work, that fame or any of the things that might have dazzled me as a kid don't matter at all. I just want to work on things that are fun to work on.