Bruce Ian McCulloch was born on May 12,1961 in Edmonton, Alberta and raised in Calgary as an only child. After high school, Bruce found jobs framing houses and driving a delivery truck before attending Mount Royal College in Calgary. At first he majored in business, but quickly switched to journalism and public relations.

Although he claims to have no comedy heroes, his goal was to write comedy, and he soon found his way to Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre Company. It was there that he met Mark McKinney, and together they formed the comedy troupe "The Audience." Later, they got together with Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald and their comedy troupe, Kids In the Hall, and were joined by Scott Thompson in 1985. Bruce, along with Mark, did some writing for Saturday Night Live in 1985-86, and returned for the 1994-1995 season, again as a writer.

In 1989, The Kids in the Hall became a regular TV show until 1994 when the Kids decided to pull the plug. Bruce was involved in the Kids' movie Brain Candy (1995), and also released his first comedy CD, Shame-Based Man, that same year. Slightly Bigger Cities, Bruce's one-man show, began touring all over Canada from 1997-1999. Bruce also began to focus on writing and directing for movies. He wrote, directed, and starred (along with Mark McKinny) in his 1998 debut film Dog Park. Since then, he has directed the comedies Superstar (1999) and Stealing Harvard (2002).

Currently, Bruce is in talks about directing a remake of All About Eve, and has just released a new CD entitled, The Drunk Baby Project, based on the material from Slightly Bigger Cities. He has also participated in the Kids in the Hall reunion tours in 2000 and 2002.

For Bruce's filmography at IMDB, click here.