Darrell Faria

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 Tanja Saric, "Toronto couple makes elopement music video after their wedding was cancelled". BlogTO, October 27, 2020.


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