Dave Lawrence was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and attended Saint Mary's High School.
Lawrence's character, Terry Cahill, was created and conceptualized before the film, in the mid-nineties[2] at the Loose Moose Theatre.
[3] In 2004, Lawrence won a Bessie Craft Award[4] for his work with the Nova Scotia government in an anti-smoking campaign.
[7] Lawrence is the co-creator of the television series FUBAR: Age of Computer[8] which aired on City TV and Viceland in 2017.
Lawrence recently played Terry on the Trailer Park Boys: Jail[9] which is aired through the streaming site Swearnet.