Darrell Dennis

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1. First role

   At 17, Darrell Dennis walked into his first professional audition and won the lead part of Brian Potter on the CBC drama Northwood, which is where his acting career started.

2. A first

   Dennis's comedy career started in 1998 with a scholarship to train at Second City. Two years later, he became the first Indigenous cast member hired by any Second City company when he joined the Second City National Touring Company.

3. Beyond film

   In 2009, Dennis performed his play Tales of an Urban Indian on a city bus that drove the streets of Barrie, Ontario.

4. Behind the camera

   Dennis's script Moccasin Flats was chosen for the Sundance Film Festival in 2003. The short film became a television series on the Showcase Network and APTN, and he wrote for it too.

5. Behind the camera

   Dennis hosted and produced ReVision Quest, a CBC Radio One documentary series that challenged stereotypes about North American Indigenous peoples. It ran four seasons and earned the New York Festival Award.

6. Behind the camera

   Dennis co-wrote the 2020 stage play Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience, in which the audience voted on the story's direction and actors had to prepare for at least 50 possible permutations.