Darrell Dennis

At the age of 17, Darrell Dennis walked into his first professional audition and walked out with the lead role of Brian Potter on the hit CBC drama "Northwood". Since then, Darrell has become a multi- faceted Native American (First Nations) actor, writer, and comedian. As an actor, Darrell has gone from classic theater productions in Shaw's "Arms and the Man", Strindberg's "Miss Julie", and Pinter's "Deceived", to film and television roles in "Leaving Normal" opposite Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti; to the hit TV series "Degrassi"; and as Shania Twain's slick and wealthy lover in "Shania: A life in Eight Albums". When Darrell won the lead role of Frank Fencepost on the CBC television series "The Rez" his comedy career exploded. Darrell received a scholarship to train at the world famous "Second City" and became the first Native American (First Nations) comedian to be hired as a performer in any of the Second City companies. He then co-founded the all- Native comedy troupe "Tonto's Neph