Sterling Jarvis

Sterling Jarvis
Born	Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada [1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1997–present

Sterling Jarvis is a Canadian actor and singer. ^[2] Originally from Nova Scotia, he currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2012 for Outstanding Performance by a Male (Musical) for his performance in Caroline, or Change . ^[3] He has also appeared on stage in productions of We Will Rock You , Of Mice and Men , The Lion King , Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park , ^[4] Matthew Lopez's The Whipping Man ^[2] and Lynn Nottage's Ruined , ^[5] for which he garnered a Dora nomination in 2011 for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play.

On television he has had guest roles in Undergrads , The West Wing , The Eleventh Hour , 'Til Death Do Us Part , The Border , The Bridge , InSecurity , Warehouse 13 , Covert Affairs , Suits , Lost Girl , Nikita , and Degrassi: Next Class .

Jarvis has also been an R&B songwriter and performer. With the group Spunkadelic, he cowrote the Juno Award-nominated 1990 single "Take Me Like I Am". He released a single, "Alone With You", on Canopy Records in 2011, and recorded the theme music for the television series Zoboomafoo .

Jarvis also provided the singing voice for Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country and for Ian Jones-Quartey's character Radicles in his Cartoon Network series, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Rad Likes Robots".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Sentinel	Post Agent #1
2014	Wolves	Principal

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1998	Donkey Kong Country	Donkey Kong (voice)	Singing Voice Uncredited 25 episodes
2001	Undergrads	Additional voices	Voice 2 episodes
2005	The West Wing	Secret Service Agent	Episode: "Freedonia"
	The Eleventh Hour		Episode: "Special Delivery"
	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure		Television film
2007	'Til Death Do Us Part	Officer Sears	Episode: "The Airplane Murder"
2009	The Border	Edouard Baseke	Episode: "Spoils of War"
2010	The Bridge	Ken	Episode: "Painted Ladies"
2011	InSecurity	Masud	Episode: "The Ligerian Candidate"
	Warehouse 13	Adam	Episode: "Trial" Pilot
	Covert Affairs	General Oubash	Episode: "Half a World Away"
	Suits	Daniel Vega	Episode: "Play the Man"
	Life with Boys	Coach Luther	Episode: "Disarmed with Boys"
2012	Lost Girl	Vice Principal Dickerson	Episode: "School’s Out"
	Nikita	Secret Service Supervisor	Episode: "The Sword’s Edge"
2014	Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B	Michael Haughton	Television film
2016	Degrassi: Next Class	Mr. Powers	2 episodes
2017	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Rad (voice)	Singing Voice Episode: "Rad Likes Robots"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	South Park: The Fractured but Whole	Additional voices

References

1. The Book Of Mormon’s Sterling Jarvis talks about the biggest fans Archived 2024-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Toronto Guardian
2. "On the town with Sterling Jarvis: Song and chance". National Post , March 20, 2013.
3. "‘Crash,’ ‘Caroline, or Change’ big winners at Dora Mavor Moore theatre awards". Canadian Press, June 25, 2012.
4. "Clybourne Park: Two generations of race, class and real estate angst" Archived 2018-06-22 at the Wayback Machine . The Globe and Mail , April 6, 2012.
5. "Ruined: An earthquake of acting that will shake you". The Globe and Mail , January 21, 2011.

External links

• Sterling Jarvis at IMDb