Sterling Jarvis

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Sterling Jarvis
Born
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1997–present
Website site.sterlingjarvis.com

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

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997–1998 Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Singing Voice
Uncredited
25 Episodes
2001 Undergrads Voice
2 Episodes
2005 The West Wing Secret Service AgentEpisode: "Freedonia"
The Eleventh Hour Episode: "Special Delivery"
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure Television film
2006 The Sentinel Post Agent #1
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part Officer SearsEpisode: "The Airplane Murder"
2009 The Border Edouard BasekeEpisode: "Spoils of War"
2010 The Bridge KenEpisode: "Painted Ladies"
2011 InSecurity MasudEpisode: "The Ligerian Candidate"
Warehouse 13 AdamEpisode: "Trial"
Pilot
Covert Affairs General OubashEpisode: "Half a World Away"
Suits Daniel VegaEpisode: "Play the Man"
Life with Boys Coach LutherEpisode: "Disarmed with Boys"
2012 Lost Girl Vice Principal DickersonEpisode: "School’s Out"
Nikita Secret Service SupervisorEpisode: "The Sword’s Edge"
2014 Wolves Principal
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Michael HaughtonTelevision film
2016 Degrassi: Next Class Mr. Powers2 Episodes
2017 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Rad Singing Voice
Episode: "Rad Likes Robots"
South Park: The Fractured but Whole Additional voices Video game

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