Anders Yates was born in Montreal, Canada. He is an actor, writer, director, and improviser.Yates has spent several years touring North America and Europe performing improv and sketch comedy with his troupe Uncalled For, which he co-founded. With Uncalled For, Anders has been nominated for numerous Canadian Comedy Awards and has twice won the Best Comedy prize from Montreal's Just For Laughs for Fringe Festival shows he co-created. He has since improvised professionally with the Second City National Touring Company and Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto, Canada.