Rainbow Sun Francks (born 3 December 1979) is a Canadian actor known for his role as Lt.

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in the television show ''

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'', and his recurring roles on ''The Listener'', ''The Umbrella Academy'' and ''High Fidelity''.

Early life and family

Francks was born in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Canadian actor and musician

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and Plains Cree-

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dancer Lili Red Eagle, who is originally from

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. He is an adopted honorary member of the

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, a First Nation of Canada. He is also the younger brother of

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Career

Francks was an on-air personality at

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, a Canadian music video and variety television channel. He starred in ''

'' Season 1 as

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Lieutenant

. His role was reduced to that of a recurring character for Season 2, and was written out entirely for Season 3 and 4 (he made a brief cameo in a dream sequence in season 5). He played the role of Dev Clark on '' The Listener''. He produces a

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group known as The Oddities.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Francks, Rainbow 1979 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Black Canadian male actors Canadian people of African-American descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian video jockeys

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Male actors from Toronto Much (TV channel) personalities Musicians from Toronto