Born in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district of Montreal , Kelly grew up in Pierrefonds . He first began stage acting while attending John Rennie High School , where he met future collaborators Donovan King and Tetsuro Shigematsu . Electing to pursue health science at John Abbott College and then biology at Concordia University , Kelly continued performing , co-founding the Wahoo Family Theatre Company with Donovan King and with future sketch comedy partner Matthew Legault . Having completed his Bachelor of Science degree in 1995 , Kelly returned to Concordia in 1996 to begin his formal actor training in Theatre Performance , ( working alongside future singer-songwriters Pierre Gage and Martha Wainwright . ) While attending Concordia , he was invited by former classmate Tetsuro Shitematsu to play in his feature film '' Yellow Fellas '' . Kelly also appeared in '' Canada : A People 's History '' as a boisterous , Irish supporter of Daniel Tracey . In 1999 , Kelly was accepted into the Master of Fine Arts Acting program at York University , Toronto . There , he performed in a workshop production of Colleen Murphy 's '' The Piper '' ( with future film star Rachel McAdams ) and studied under David Rotenberg , David Smukler and Dean Gilmour , among others . As a second year thesis assignment , Kelly created a play that would eventually become '' The Anorak '' , his critically acclaimed one-man-show about the École Polytechnique massacre and the life and death of Marc Lépine
École Polytechnique massacre
École Polytechnique massacre
Adam Kelly