Peter (Pete) Johansson (born November 6, 1973) is a Canadian comedian, writer and actor. He has a number of notable television appearances, including Comedy Centrals Premium Blend, CTV's Comedy Now, CBC's Comics! and CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. He has also appeared at the prestigious Just for Laughs festival and HBO's Aspen Comedy Arts festival. Pete has also appeared on the Show 'Russell Howard's Good News extra' series 3, episode 2. In 2009 his debut show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Naked Pictures of My Life", was nominated for the prestigious Best Newcomer Award. This was followed by a 2010 nomination for Chortle's Best Breakthrough Act award in the UK. In 2011 Pete returned to Canada to perform on two episodes of CBC Televisions The Debaters, where he argued with over which is better, Coffee or Tea. And in another episode with in favor of Men are inherently cheaters. He was nomiated for a Canadian Comedy award for writing for his Coffee vs Tea Debate. As well he performed on The Winnipeg Comedy Festival comedy gala taped for CBC, Do these Jokes Make me look Fat? Hosted by . He has appeared twice on "The Comedy Store" which is the best of the circuit in the UK, composed of regulars at London's most prestigious venue, The Comedy Store. And finally he was a featured comedian on the new Showtime special, Russell Peters presents Live from the Redlight District Comedy Special.
He is the brother of actor Paul Johansson, http://pauljohanssononline.com/ best known for his 10 Year role as Dan Scott on the CW's "One Tree Hill". And the son of hockey player Earl "Ching" Johnson, http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=11413 who was a member of the Stanley Cup Winning Detroit Red Wings in 53/54. His mother was Joanne Johansson, a painter and nurse in Western Canada.
He currently tours globally doing shows in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States.