Darrell Faria

Darrell Faria is a Canadian actor, director and comedian.[1] He is most noted as a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee, receiving nominations for Best Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for his comedy web series Chai-T,[2] and Best Host in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 as host of the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival's livestreamed awards presentation in 2021.[3]

A native of Mississauga, Ontario, he is a graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University,[1] and was an instructor at the Mississauga Youth Theatre.

Chai-T also earned him a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Male Performance in a Web Series at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards.[1]

He has appeared in the films White Night,[4] I Put a Hit on You and Don't Talk to Irene, and has directed the short film Apples and Oranges[5] and episodes of Bit Playas, True Dating Stories[6] and TallBoyz.

In 2020, after their planned wedding was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Faria and his fiancée Shannon made an internet comedy video in which they went around to various spots in Toronto to look for a new venue, before deciding to have an officiant marry them on the balcony of their own condo.[7] The video was set to a self-performed cover of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 2018 single "Apeshit".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rapper persona earns Mississauga native Canadian Screen Award nomination". Mississauga News, March 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Norman Wilner, "White Night is a fun experiment in multi-character storytelling" Archived 2022-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. Now, September 27, 2017.
  5. ^ Chris Clay, "Brothers present independent film festival". Mississauga News, July 8, 2008.
  6. ^ "Fuse Media acquires LaRue Ent’s “True Dating Stories” for the U.S.". RealScreen, July 30, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Tanja Saric, "Toronto couple makes elopement music video after their wedding was cancelled". BlogTO, October 27, 2020.


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