D'Arcy Browning

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D'Arcy Browning
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D'Arcy Browning
Born
D'Arcy D. Browning
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • singer
Years active1980–present

D'Arcy Browning is a Canadian actor born in Edmonton and raised in South Cooking Lake, Alberta.

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Career

In the early 2000s, he portrayed Jesus Christ in the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Drumheller. The CBC filmed the documentary The Cross and Bones [1] following Browning and the cast, paleontology experts from the Tyrell Museum and the bikers of the valley for the clash of science and religion every summer for the past dozen years. The film opened Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for the Toronto-based documentary film festival and travelled internationally.

Browning received his BTh, was with Fellowship of Christian Assemblies (FOCA) until he took a role on staff with Youth for Christ Calgary. He studied at Wheaton Illinois and took gang training in Chicago.[ citation needed ]

Browning attended the World Championships of Performing Arts in 2009 [2] in Hollywood, California and received 4 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 6 bronze medals for performances in competitions with international participants in the areas of acting, singing and modeling.

He has appeared before over a hundred thousand live on stage, television, and international films. He also was coro 4 seasons with Calgary Opera.

World Championships of Performing Arts 2009 results

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References

  1. The Cross and Bones
  2. "World Championships for Performing Arts". Archived from the original on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.