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Darryl Hinds is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, best known as a cast member of Royal Canadian Air Farce's annual New Year's Eve specials in the 2010s.

Early life

Hinds was born in Canada to Jamaican immigrants, with an Afro-Jamaican father and an Indo-Caribbean 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 The Second City 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 Barack Obama, 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 Toronto Symphony Orchestra 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 Combat Hospital, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rookie Blue, Odd Squad and Murdoch Mysteries, and a starring role in the 2021 family sitcom Overlord and the Underwoods. He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Overlord and the Underwoods.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Vicious Fun Doctor

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Crimes of Fashion Video Director Television film
2005 Kevin Hill Jury Foreperson - A Episode: "Sacrificial Lambs"
2009–2011 Little Mosque on the Prairie Yousef 18 episodes
2011 She's the Mayor Joseph Episode: "Uncommon Courtesy"
2011 Almost Heroes Cop Episode: "Terry and Peter vs. Their Hero"
2011 Combat Hospital Captain Ray Ludford 2 episodes
2011 Dan for Mayor Reporter 5 episodes
2011 Being Erica Sebastian Episode: "Born This Way"
2012 I, Martin Short, Goes Home Indian #1 Television film
2012 Degrassi: The Next Generation Comedian Episode: "Hollaback Girl: Part 2"
2012 My Babysitter's a Vampire Vance Munce / Gabe 3 episodes
2012 Rookie Blue Officer Salvador Episode: "Every Man"
2013 Lost Girl Choga Episode: "Groundhog Fae"
2014 Working the Engels Desmond Episode: "Picture Night"
2014 Touring T.O. Saheed Episode: "A Bridge to Nowhere"
2014 Max & Shred Mr. Papadopulos Episode: "The Snow Day Variety Method"
2014–2016 Odd Squad Coach Roberts 6 episodes
2014–2019 Royal Canadian Air Farce Various
2016 Ice Girls Ben Television film
2016 Terrific Trucks Save Christmas Reginald Davies
2017 Murdoch Mysteries Sebastien Melrose Episode: "A Murdog Mystery"
2017 The Beaverton Dr. Thomas Braymore 2 episodes
2017 Saving Hope Howard Lee Episode: "La Famiglia"
2017 Jib & Jab on a Quest Farmer Hackle Television film
2018 Designated Survivor U.D. Agent Episode: "Original Sin"
2018 The Expanse Chief Episode: "Triple Point"
2018, 2019 Private Eyes Jeffrey Sanders 2 episodes
2019 The Ninth Kashvi 'Cash Money' Suthakar 8 episodes
2019 Good Witch Harold Bunker Episode: "The Road Trip"
2019 Christmas in Montana Stephen Television film
2019 Bit Playas Brown Actor Episode: "Auditions"
2020 The Crossword Mysteries Antiques Dealer Episode: "Abracadaver"
2020 Jann Bartender Episode: "Road Trippin'"
2020 Unlocking Christmas Jackson Television film
2021 Nurses Joel Episode: "Code Orange"
2021–2022 Overlord and the Underwoods Jim Underwood 20 episodes
2022 True Dating Stories Bob the Pilot Episode: "Allie"
2022 Fit for Christmas Jim CBS Original Film
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