Darrin Maharaj

Darrin Maharaj is a Canadian television host and reporter from Toronto who entered broadcasting at 19 as a community radio volunteer in Waterloo, Ontario, hosting The 2 Youts on CKWR 98.7 FM, a show that played hip-hop, reggae and electronic music and brought in guests including the Beastie Boys and Moby. He studied at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, then moved into general television reporting and became an entertainment videographer at The New VR in Barrie, Ontario, handling his own reporting, hosting, camera work, editing and producing. In 2002 he helped launch Citytv Vancouver as its entertainment specialist, and he later hosted Inside Jam! and co-hosted Canoe-Live at SunTV in Toronto. He went on to host and report for MZTV and to host for TELUS TV. On screen he has acted in the sci-fi show The Collector and in the feature The Exorcism of Emily Rose alongside Laura Linney, and he also did directing work on Shooter with Antoine Fuqua.