Ennis
Ennis (Ennis Esmer) is James’ (Aaron Abrams) best friend and colleague. He can come across as callous and materialistic, but he truly loves his pal. Coming from a well-off family, Ennis has a privileged life. He still has to work, but barely tries. Single, Ennis uses all the dating apps and loves taking his dates to trendy restaurants. Ennis enjoys the finer things, dresses well, and has a beautiful condo. Every night, Ennis has something planned, and James lives vicariously through him. Ennis wants as few responsibilities as possible and, unlike James, has no interest in kids – he even goes as far as correcting James’ kids whenever they call him Uncle Ennis. He loves being childless. At work, Ennis barely gets any work done but somehow manages to avoid getting in trouble.
Ennis Esmer stars in the CTV Original comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING as Ennis, James’ (Aaron Abrams) best friend and colleague. He can come across as callous and materialistic, but he truly loves his pal. Coming from a well-off family, Ennis has a privileged life.
Esmer is a film and television actor well known for portraying billionaire criminal mastermind turned FBI consultant ‘Rich Dotcom’ on the hit NBC series BLINDSPOT. Most recently, he can be seen as ‘Bashir Malik’ in CW’s THE FLASH. Other notable roles include starring as ‘Dave Amari’ on DirecTV’s YOU ME HER, ‘Nash’ on the Amazon series RED OAKS, ‘Kurtis Mazhari’ on Global’s PRIVATE EYES, ‘Edwin Scantage’ on MURDOCH MYSTERIES for Acorn TV, ‘Richie Lugo’ on CityTV’s HUDSON & REX, and ‘Oz Bey’ on CTV’s THE LISTENER. His work on the latter earned him an ACTRA Award nomination and multiple Canadian Comedy Award nominations.
Esmer’s other television credits include a recurring role on the fifth season of the Emmy Award-winning CBS/Pop TV series SCHITT’S CREEK and a series regular role on THE LA COMPLEX, which aired on the CW in the United States. He has recurred and guest starred on numerous series including SyFy’s DARK MATTER, FXX’s MAN SEEKING WOMAN, SyFy’s LOST GIRL, USA’s COVERT AFFAIRS, CBC’s REPUBLIC OF DOYLE, CW’s NIKITA, and TNT’s THE TRANSPORTER, among others. Esmer also currently serves as the host of ROAST BATTLE CANADA, as well as the co-host of the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards, the Canadian edition of WIPEOUT, and the Gemini Awards (Canada’s version of the Emmy Awards) two years in a row.
On the silver screen, Esmer starred opposite Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams in the indie CLARA, which screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Other independent film credits include NOSE TO TAIL, directed by Jesse Zigelstein, HOW TO PLAN AN ORGY IN A SMALL TOWN, directed by Jeremy LaLonde, BIG NEWS FROM GRAND ROCK, directed by Daniel Perlmutter, DIRTY SINGLES, directed by Alex Pugsley, SEX AFTER KIDS, directed by Jeremy LaLonde, and the breakout hit YOUNG PEOPLE F*CKING, directed by Martin Gero.
Esmer originally came to Toronto from Ankara, Turkey at the age of 3. He trained at Second City while attending the fine arts high school Earl Haig. He made it through three years of theatre training at York University before getting the boot, while spending much of the early 2000s working on standup, sketch (with Mustered & Relished) and musical comedy (as front man of Calcu-Lator & The Oral Presentation) at clubs around Toronto.
