Darryl Hinds is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, best known as a cast member of Royal Canadian Air Farce's annual

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specials in the 2010s."Brampton's Darryl Hinds will add comedic excellence to Air Farce's New Year's eve special". ''

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'', December 21, 2016.

Early life

Hinds was born in Canada to

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n immigrants, with an

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father and an

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mother.

Career

He had stage acting roles in his early career, and was a member of the sketch comedy troupe Electric Boogaloo, before joining the Toronto company of

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in 2007 as a cast member in the revue ''Facebook of Revelations''. He also starred in the 2008 revue ''Barack to the Future'', in which he appeared in several sketches as

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, and in the 2009 shows ''0% Down, 100% Screwed'' and ''Shut Up and Show Us Your Tweets''. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Farce for a 2014 special, remaining with the troupe until their final special in 2019. In 2020, he participated in '' Mass Hysterical: A Comedic Cantata'', a webcast collaboration between Second City alumni and the

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which presented a comedic history of the use of classical and liturgical music in the church. As an actor, he has had recurring or guest roles in the television series ''

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'', '' Little Mosque on the Prairie'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and a starring role in the 2021 family sitcom '' Overlord and the Underwoods''. He received a

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nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series at the

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in 2022, for ''Overlord and the Underwoods''.Brent Furdyk
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'', February 15, 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinds, Darryl 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male comedians Canadian sketch comedians Comedians from Toronto Black Canadian male actors Black Canadian comedians Canadian male actors of Indian descent Canadian people of Jamaican descent Male actors from Toronto Living people Year of birth missing (living people)