Jesse Reynolds making a splash on the Ottawa comedy scene
Reynolds says he has wanted to be in entertainment for as long as he can remember. As a 17-year-old just out of high school he was determined to be an actor on Broadway, despite advice from every adult in his life. “Everybody would tell me: maybe you should have a back up career, or how about communications, Jesse,” he says. “But you can’t tell a 17-year-old anything.”
Reynolds ended up moving to Toronto and studying theatre at Humber College, which he says he really enjoyed. However, after graduating, he found there was a lot of competition the world of acting, especially as an 18-year-old living in Toronto. He decided to move back to Ottawa and got a typical nine-to-five job while doing community theatre on the side. “I did a lot of data entry, call centre, soul crushing type work,” he says. “I did community theatre, but it’s not much of a career, especially in Ottawa.”
Author: Hilary Thomson
Source: Ottawa Life Magazine
