Kenny Hotz

Acting

Kenny Hotz

Born

1967-05-03 (59)

Place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Kenneth Joel "Kenny" Hotz (born May 3, 1967) is an international award winning Canadian producer and comedian. He is a former South Park staff writer, award-winning writer for Vice, creator/star of the Comedy Central television series Kenny vs. Spenny, creator and writer of the FX series Testees and Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will.

Known for

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster
7.3

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Kenny vs. Spenny poster
7.4

Kenny and Spenny are two best friends who compete against each other. Their competitions are ridiculous, immature and totally intense.

Kenny vs. Spenny

2003

Zack and Miri Make a Porno poster
6.3

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

2008

Testees poster
7.4

Testees is a Canadian television series, created by Kenny Hotz and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Thursdays at 10:30 PM EST on FX and ran from October 9, 2008 to December 18, 2008. and debuted on October 14, 2008 on Showcase in Canada. The show is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. Testees is now showing on FX in the UK, I.Sat in Brazil and Comedy Central in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. After one season, Testees was not renewed by FX.

Testees

2008

The Tom Green Farm poster
7.3

From his Ontario farmhouse, Tom Green hosts guests for farm adventures before relaxed, candid talks blending comedy, music and rural life.

The Tom Green Farm

2026

Filth City poster
4.5

When a mayor running for re-election is caught on video smoking crack, he'll do whatever it takes to keep it out of the wrong hands.

Filth City

2017

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster
7.3

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Kenny vs. Spenny poster
7.4

Kenny and Spenny are two best friends who compete against each other. Their competitions are ridiculous, immature and totally intense.

Kenny vs. Spenny

2003

Testees poster
7.4

Testees is a Canadian television series, created by Kenny Hotz and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Thursdays at 10:30 PM EST on FX and ran from October 9, 2008 to December 18, 2008. and debuted on October 14, 2008 on Showcase in Canada. The show is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. Testees is now showing on FX in the UK, I.Sat in Brazil and Comedy Central in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. After one season, Testees was not renewed by FX.

Testees

2008

The Tom Green Farm poster
7.3

From his Ontario farmhouse, Tom Green hosts guests for farm adventures before relaxed, candid talks blending comedy, music and rural life.

The Tom Green Farm

2026

Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will poster
5.1

In his all-new high-stakes series, Kenny Hotz is finished with trivial tit-for-tat competitions and is ready to conquer the world. Each episode of Kenny Hotz’s Triumph of the Will finds Kenny taking on nearly impossible missions with a Dateline approach, like proving that pigs are too smart to be eaten and trying to find love for his widowed mother. Although he is driven by a personal and higher moral agenda, viewers can expect his tactics to be unconventional and unpredictable.

Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will

2011

Behind the camera

Kenny vs. Spenny: Christmas Special poster
NR

The boys compete to see who could stay within the branches of a Christmas tree the longest, intermingled with sketches and other surprises.

Kenny vs. Spenny: Christmas Special

2010

Pitch poster
6.5

A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film idea, titled "The Dawn", concerns a Mafia don who goes for a hernia operation but gets a sex change instead. During the 1996 Toronto Fest, they approach Roger Ebert, Norman Jewison (at a packed press conference), Eric Stoltz (leaving a limo), Al Pacino, and others without much success. On a roll, they leave Toronto for Hollywood, getting advice from Arthur Hiller and Neil Simon and finding an agent who expresses interest in their pitch.

Pitch

1997

The Papal Chase poster
5.7

The Papal Chase is a guerrilla documentary feature that captures one man's obsession to meet the Pope in order to win a $1000 bet. With appearances by The Rolling Stones and Pope John Paul II.

The Papal Chase

2004

The Papal Chase poster
5.7

The Papal Chase is a guerrilla documentary feature that captures one man's obsession to meet the Pope in order to win a $1000 bet. With appearances by The Rolling Stones and Pope John Paul II.

The Papal Chase

2004

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5.0

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning 1994 is an award winning documentary film directed by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice. The film is about the life of a homeless man, known only as "'Shorty' Gordy", who was a beloved but drunken, potty-mouthed panhandler, which was filmed over three years, covering Gordy's life and death. The movie premiered at Palm Springs Film Festival, Cinéfest, the Worldwide Short Film Festival and won best short at the Hot Docs Film Festival.

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning

1994

No artwork available
5.0

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning 1994 is an award winning documentary film directed by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice. The film is about the life of a homeless man, known only as "'Shorty' Gordy", who was a beloved but drunken, potty-mouthed panhandler, which was filmed over three years, covering Gordy's life and death. The movie premiered at Palm Springs Film Festival, Cinéfest, the Worldwide Short Film Festival and won best short at the Hot Docs Film Festival.

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning

1994

No artwork available
5.0

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning 1994 is an award winning documentary film directed by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice. The film is about the life of a homeless man, known only as "'Shorty' Gordy", who was a beloved but drunken, potty-mouthed panhandler, which was filmed over three years, covering Gordy's life and death. The movie premiered at Palm Springs Film Festival, Cinéfest, the Worldwide Short Film Festival and won best short at the Hot Docs Film Festival.

It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning

1994