Andy Jones

Birth : 1948-01-15, St. John's

History

Andrew Jordan Jones (born January 15, 1948) is a Canadian comedian, and a former member of CODCO. Andy Jones was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He is the brother of comedienne Cathy Jones and filmmaker Michael Jones. Jones wrote for one season of The Kids in the Hall, and played a small role in their film Brain Candy. Jones also starred in, co-wrote, and co-directed the 1986 feature film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood. Jones played "Phonse" and starred with William Hurt in the 2001 film "Rare Birds". Since 1983 he has written, starred in and toured 5 one-man comedy shows. In July 2006 he opened an exhibit at "THE ROOMS" museum in St. John's called "The Spirit in the House". A part of the "Intangible Evidence" exhibit. Jones often writes children's books based on Newfoundland Folktales. His most recent, Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves, won the Winterset award in March 2013. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AndyJones(comedian)]

Movies

Grown in Darkness
Grown in Darkness
Henry lives alone growing rhubarb in the dark when his friend Emmanuel arrives to collect the harvest. Together, they tentatively explore the boundaries of their relationship community spaces in a tender and touching film about loneliness and longing.
How To Be Deadly
How To Be Deadly
Jeffy Reid
In Newfoundland, an unemployed minibike rider enters a minibike competition to win back his girlfriend.
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Dad
When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.
Rare Birds
Rare Birds
Phonse
A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
Paint Cans
Paint Cans
Neville Lewis
A Canadian take on The Player.