Letterkenny is a Canadian comedy television series created by Jared Keeso and developed by Keeso and Jacob Tierney. The series' first season premiered on CraveTV on February 7, 2016. [1] Throughout its run, the series has featured a variety of actors in both long-term lead roles and inconsistent supporting appearances. Fifteen cast members have appeared in every season.
The pilot episode opens with the text "Letterkenny consists of hicks, skids, hockey players and Christians. These are their problems." While the latter group was phased out early on, the structure of the show revolves around the other three subcultures.
| Actor | Character | Seasons | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Jared Keeso | Wayne | Main | |||||||||||
| Nathan Dales | Daryl | Main | |||||||||||
| Michelle Mylett | Katy | Main | |||||||||||
| K. Trevor Wilson | Squirrelly Dan | Main | |||||||||||
| Dylan Playfair | Reilly | Main | |||||||||||
| Andrew Herr | Jonesy | Main | |||||||||||
| Tyler Johnston | Stewart | Main | |||||||||||
| Alexander De Jordy | Devon | Main | |||||||||||
| Dan Petronijevic | McMurray | Main | |||||||||||
| Melanie Scrofano | Mrs. McMurray | Main | Main | Main | |||||||||
| Jacob Tierney | Glen | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||
| Lisa Codrington | Gail | Recurring | Main | Main | |||||||||
| Kaniehtiio Horn | Tanis | Recurring | Main | Main | |||||||||
| Evan Stern | Roald | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||
| Mark Forward | Coach | Recurring | Main | Guest | Main | ||||||||
| Sarah Gadon | Gae | Main | Guest | Main | |||||||||
| Magalie Lépine-Blondeau | Marie-Frédérique | Guest | Recurring | Main | Guest | ||||||||
| Clark Backo | Rosie | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Main | ||||||||
| James Daly | Ron | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||
| Gregory Waters | Dax | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||
| Tyler Hynes | Dierks | Main | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||
| Actor | Character | Seasons | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Kamilla Kowal | Bonnie McMurray | Recurring | |||||||||||
| Joël Roger Gagné | Joint Boy | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Jay Bertin | Tyson | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||
| Alex McCooeye | Jim Dickens | Recurring | |||||||||||
| Bradley Trudeau | Axe | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||
| Dylan Cook | Slash | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||
| Danny VanZandwyck | Darien | Recurring | |||||||||||
| Patrick McNeil | Connor | Recurring | |||||||||||
| Jeff McEnery | Alexander | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Kalinka Petrie | Angie | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||
| Alex Spencer | Barts | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Stephen Huszar | Yorkie | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Andrew Hinkson | Sholtzy | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Jordan Johnson-Hinds | Fisky | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Boomer Phillips | Boomtown | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Kim Cloutier | Anik | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||
| Ian Ronningen | Jivin' Pete | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||
| Jess Salgueiro | Mary-Anne | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
| Kelly McCormack | Betty-Anne | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Jay Baruchel | Hard Right Jay | Recurring | |||||||||||
| Sash Striga | Aly | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
| Nadine Bhabha | Bianca | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Cora Eckert | Charity Dyck | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
| Brooke Bruce | Lovina Dyck | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
| Olivia Colilli | Chastity Dyck | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
| Jonathan Torrens | Noah Dyck | Guest | Guest | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Sarah Wayne Callies | Anita Dyck | Guest | Guest | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Lauren Burch | Cassie | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Julia Burch | Tassie | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Vanessa Matsui | Emma | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||
| Daniel Harroch | Avi Goldstein | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||
| Elise Bauman | Lucy-Anne | Guest | |||||||||||
Wayne [a] (Jared Keeso) is the leader of the "Hicks", regarded as "toughest guy in Letterkenny." Wayne is protective of his sister and his best friends Daryl and Squirrelly Dan. As a "good old boy," he has a strict code of ethics and manners, but he often gets into fights to protect the community, his friends, and his farm. Even his fighting is strictly ethical: he keeps the fights at the end of the laneway, and he never fights dirty.
Wayne runs the small farm he and his sister live on, along with a produce stand on the property. He takes his work "chorin'" very seriously, sometimes too seriously to the concern of his friends. Wayne loves dogs and is not a fan of children.
Wayne's love life is a major arc in the series, as season 1 sees him getting over his breakup with his high school sweetie Angie, who convinced him to give up fighting. He has an on-off casual relationship with Tanis beginning in season 2, eventually entering into a long-term relationship with Gail's cousin Rosie after arranging for their dogs to mate. At the Great Day for Thunder Bay party celebrating a visit by the Bay brothers, Wayne resists an invitation from Tanis for a tryst in the barn, and instead drives over to Rosie's. She informs him, however, that she plans to move to Vancouver to work in pit bull rescue, and the couple part ways amicably. Although Wayne and Tanis try having a romantic relationship, they realize they are not compatible. Season 5 ends with Wayne being introduced to a Québécois woman named Marie-Fred who is similarly unlucky in love. Wayne intends to propose marriage to Marie-Fred at the end of season 6. The actual proposal never occurs on screen. Later, at the end of season 7, Wayne catches Marie-Fred cheating on him with a Québécois man, ending the relationship for good. Season 8 sees Wayne and Rosie rekindle their relationship and they steadily date from Season 9 to Series 12, until the second to last episode "Stuck" in which Wayne and Rosie are talking about moving away from Letterkenny. This conversation is present for the entirety of the episode as all the other characters talk about aging and feeling stuck in their life at Letterkenny. During the call, the phone connection begins to break up as Rosie is traveling during the final "grass is greener" conversation. Rosie is saying to Wayne that she is "breaking up cowboy" as the connection is getting worse, however it appears to Wayne as "we are breaking up" in the terms of the relationship because they both see a future in different locations.
Wayne is almost always seen in a tucked-in flannel shirt, jeans, and boots, always without a belt. He occasionally wears a turtleneck during the winter months, a clothing choice his companions consider questionable. He is usually seen with his arms crossed and eyes squinted, even when relaxing.
Daryl (Nathan Dales), often referred to as Dary, is a dairy farmer who has been best friends with Wayne since childhood. He is relatively taciturn, speaks in a monotone, and mispronounces words like "basket." Dary is almost constantly in his barn clothes (Though his casual wear consists of checkered shirts, jeans, and cowboy boots), and has trouble communicating with women, leading to most romantic prospects fizzling out. He is often the butt of his friends' jokes. Nevertheless, he is shown to be quick-witted and intellectually curious, with a large vocabulary he can hurl at verbal opponents.
Katy [a] (Michelle Mylett) is sister to Wayne. She is confident and well-respected in Letterkenny, although in early episodes she expresses disdain for Dan and especially Daryl. She likes to wear provocative clothing, explaining that covering up is "not my forte." Katy is bisexual and has had many partners throughout the series, including Reilly and Jonesy, and has shown interest in Bonnie McMurray and Mrs. McMurray.
Season 8 sees Katy falling for Dierks, a good-looking but enigmatic American. He accepts her proposal to remain exclusive, but is caught cheating in the season finale. In season 9, a broken-hearted Katy decides to go "scorched earth," dating as many people as possible, before coming to the conclusion that no one in Letterkenny is dateable.
"Squirrelly" Dan (K. Trevor Wilson) is the hicks' storyteller with a tendency to append "-s" to singular words as his trademark, e.g. "That's what I appreciates about yous Ms. Katys." Despite this vocal tic, Dan is very intelligent, at one point explaining that "sushi" and "sashimi" are irregular plurals when others mis-pluralize them. In addition, he is very modern and open-minded, taking a women's studies class at a local community college and being open to anal masturbation.
McMurray (Dan Petronijevic) is another member of the agricultural community in Letterkenny and president of the Agricultural Hall. McMurray is of Scottish and Serbian descent, and he is a stereotypical "man's man" full of big talk and sexual machismo, despite wanting to be forward-thinking. He can be called on for any fight the hicks get into that Wayne and friends cannot personally resolve, but while Wayne gets along with him reasonably well most of the Letterkenny residents view him with scorn. McMurray speaks generally with a clenched jaw, so many of his words sound jumbled or slurred.
Mrs. McMurray (Melanie Scrofano) is McMurray's wife and his secretary at the Agricultural Hall. She is bisexual and a swinger, along with her husband, and often drinks gin and tonics.
Gail (Lisa Codrington) is the owner of MoDean's (and later MoDean's II and MoD3ans). She is hypersexual and highly attracted to Wayne, regularly propositioning him to his mild discomfort. She is prone to occasional outbursts of swearing. She is the cousin of Rosie and Bradley.
Reilly (Dylan Playfair) and Jones, commonly known as "Jonesy" (Andrew Herr) are hockey players and best friends. They are inseparable, doing almost everything together, including sexual "takedowns". At the beginning of the series, they are both dating Katy, and when she decides she wants a monogamous relationship with Reilly, he ends up breaking it off rather than be separated from Jonesy.
At the start of the series, they are accused of being poseurs who enjoy the hockey lifestyle but do not take the game seriously. Through hard work, they become the top scorers on their team, although it still is not enough to keep the team from folding. In the following season, they become assistant coaches for the successful but hot-tempered Letterkenny Shamrockettes, leading them to the championship for the third time in a row. Later, they become top scorers for the Kerry County Eagles, and end up representing Ontario in the National Senior Hockey Championships. They are approached to be spokesmen for BroDude Energy, but fail to convince the company they are marketable.
Coach (Mark Forward) is the unnamed Letterkenny hockey teams' coach with anger management issues. He moves up through the local teams along with Reilly and Jonesy, often to their dismay. He is a widower, and his late spouse was named Barbara. He often romanticizes their life together in an explicit and uncomfortably sexual way. He has a tendency to kick a trash can when he gets upset, even taking one along when he's not in the locker room. In season 9, he joins a "beer league" amateur hockey team along with Reilly and Jonesy. His bursts of anger are usually punctuated by him screaming his catchphrase, "It's fucking embarrassing!"
Joint Boy (Joël Roger Gagné) is a gym rat who later becomes an ally to both the hockey players and the hicks. He first challenges Wayne's title as the toughest guy in Letterkenny, but they quickly become friends and Wayne often calls him in as back up when preparing for a fight. He is later recruited by Reilly and Jonesy as an enforcer for the Letterkenny Irish. His nickname, "Joint Boy," comes from how frequently he smokes joints.
Tyson (Jason Bertin) is another gym rat who later becomes an ally to both the hockey players and the hicks. He too challenges Wayne's title as the toughest guy in Letterkenny but fights dirty. After Wayne defeats him twice, they grow to become friends. He is later recruited with Joint Boy as an enforcer for the Letterkenny Irish.
Shore (Jared Keeso), commonly known as Shoresy, is a foul-mouthed hockey player with a high-pitched voice. Shoresy frequently insults Reilly and Jonesy, often alluding to his alleged sexual involvement with their mothers. He has played for the Letterkenny Shamrocks and the Irish, and he has served as a linesman for Shamrockette games. Shoresy is shown to be an extremely talented hockey player, often recruited by Coach when the team is in a tough spot. Within Letterkenny, Shoresy's face is never seen clearly; he is often seen in the shower with his back turned, in a toilet stall with the door closed, or wearing a tinted face shield on his helmet. In Shoresy , a spin-off in which Shoresy moves to Sudbury to continue playing hockey, his face is revealed and fully shown. Shoresy returns to Letterkenny in season 11 to referee beer league games, once again obscuring his face from the camera.
Barts (Alex Spencer), Yorkie (Stephen Huszar), Sholtzy (Andrew Hinkson), Fisky (Jordan Johnson-Hinds), and Boomtown (Boomer Phillips) are five hockey players on the Letterkenny Irish senior team. They always speak in sequence, calling on the next one by name, and becoming anxious when this order is not followed. Barts often completes sentences with "you little bitch," punctuated with Sholtzy adding "pussy." They first respond antagonistically to Reilly and Jonesy, but later the five grow to respect them after they start taking the game more seriously. Initially they are all happily married, but their wives leave them after they sleep with Angie. In season 7, it is revealed that they all have varying degrees of Native heritage as they play for the Kerry County Eagles.
Betty-Anne (Kelly McCormack) and Mary-Anne (Jess Salgueiro) are two hockey players on the Letterkenny Shamrockettes. They are both very combative and initially reject Reilly and Jonesy's coaching attempts. They enter conflict over their shared romantic interest in Shoresy, but they later appear to settle into a polyamorous relationship with him.
Ron (James Daly) and Dax (Gregory Waters) are gym rats who serve as gay counterparts to Jonesy and Reilly. Initially they frequently catcall the two, [2] but later befriend them, garnering the nicknames "Ronsy" and "Daxy." They make friends with other Letterkenny residents as well, eventually marrying in a ceremony attended by members of all of Letterkenny's social groups. [3] They later explain to Reilly and Jonesy that it is an open marriage of convenience done for tax purposes. [4]
Dierks Rensburg-van-Koeverdan (Tyler Hynes) is an American friend of Jake's who immediately gets under Wayne's skin due to his slimy and sexist nature. Katy ends up falling for him, and despite Wayne's misgivings, he does not attempt to intervene. Dierks accepts Katy's proposal to make their relationship exclusive, but is caught cheating by Wayne's old flame Marie-Fred, and later by Katy herself, prompting Wayne, Dary, Dan, McMurray, Stewart, Roald, Reilly and Jonesy to beat him up. He is revealed in the season 9 finale to be a new sponsored athlete for Bro-Dude energy drink, as well as Anik's new boyfriend.
Stewart (Tyler Johnston) is the dramatic leader of the skids with a passion for retro video games and electronic music. He is technically minded, has demonstrated his coding ability, and is considered an expert on methamphetamine production. He regularly dances with the rest of the skids in public, and he has performed as a disc jockey on several occasions. He is in love with Katy, much to the dismay of the other skids. They briefly date, but after he tries to use the silent treatment on Katy she breaks it off. He has a large penis which has been compared to a tube of tennis balls or a tall boy can of Red Bull, which Katy is dismayed to learn after breaking up with him without having sex.
Devon (Alexander De Jordy) is Stewart's right-hand man in the skids. When Stewart gets into a romantic relationship with Katy, Devon briefly takes over as the skids' leader, but Stewart wins the position back. Devon disappears without explanation before season 3.
Roald (Evan Stern) is a deeply insecure and openly gay member of the skids. After Devon's departure, Roald takes his place as Stewart's best friend, and second-in-command. He is somewhat in love with Stewart and is known for pronouncing his name in a monosyllabic squeak.
Gae (Sarah Gadon) is a later member of the skids, joining shortly after Devon's departure. She inspires the skids to perform acts of vandalism dressed as clowns, inspired by the 2016 clown sightings. She acts out in an attempt to be returned to her home in the city, which succeeds by the end of season 3. With her season 5 return, she aims to help Stewart sober up, and by season 6 their relationship turns romantic.
Glen (Jacob Tierney) is a flamboyant pastor. Despite having a girlfriend in early episodes (who he did not have sex with), the show hints that he is gay and he is barely able to hide his infatuation with Wayne. Not earning a full living as a preacher, he often takes up other odd jobs, including working at restaurants, at ice cream stores, and at MoDean's as a bartender. His accent suggests he is from the Southern United States.
Tanis (Kaniehtiio Horn) is the leader of the Native reservation's cigarette business. She admits it is not a "politically correct" market but justifies it as the proceeds go to improving the lives of people on the Rez.
Although she started out as antagonistic to the Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players, she is an occasional ally to all three groups. She and Wayne have an on-off relationship that resulted in her pregnancy before she got an abortion.
In Season 7, Tanis seeks a role in the management of the Kerry County Eagles, hoping it will be a good influence on her young relatives. In Season 9 she starts an energy drink company called NDN NRG (pronounced "Indian Energy") that is a blatant rip-off of BroDude.
Tanis also drives the zamboni at the hockey rink.
Anik (Kim Cloutier) is a member of the Québécois faction of hicks (French : ploucs) whom the Letterkenny group meet while ice fishing. Although she and Daryl have a connection, she becomes engaged to another man, Jean-Claude. She leaves Jean-Claude at their buck and doe party and begins a relationship with Daryl. Daryl becomes jealous of her racy Instagram posts, causing her to break it off with him. Jonesy and Reilly later recruit her to model with them for BroDude energy, but the company representative decides to sign Anik without the two of them. She later begins a relationship with Katy's ex Dierks.
Marie-Frédérique (Magalie Lépine-Blondeau), usually referred to as "Marie-Fred", is a Québécoise woman with whom Wayne begins a romantic relationship in season 6. She has a similar personality to Wayne. They are engaged in season 7 until Wayne catches her cheating on him with a French man. Despite this, Marie-Fred helps Wayne discover Dierks's true nature in season 8. In Season 10, Wayne returns the favor by helping Marie-Fred buy a car from an English dealer, proving that their relationship has grown amicable. However, it is clear she still has regretful feelings for her actions and causing her to lose him, as it references the "white whale" line used by the English dealer.