Dan Beirne

Dan Beirne
Born (1982-08-12) August 12, 1982 (age 42)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Daniel Beirne (born August 12, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance as William Lyon Mackenzie King in the 2019 film The Twentieth Century,[1] for which he won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2019[2] and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

He also starred in the films Great Great Great,[4] Suck It Up,[5] and I Like Movies. He has had television roles as Sonny Greer in Fargo, Gary Goldman in Workin' Moms, Nick in Ginny and Georgia, Tommy in The Guest Book,[6] and the Drive-Thru Guy in Humour Resources, and appeared in the web series Space Riders: Division Earth,[7] The Bitter End,[8] Dad Drives,[9] Ghost BFF[10] and Detention Adventure.

He won a Canadian Screen Award in 2015 as a co-creator and producer of Space Riders: Division Earth, and has won two Canadian Comedy Awards as a writer and creator of Dad Drives[11] and Space Riders: Division Earth.

He has also previously been a music writer and editor of the blog Said the Gramophone, selected by Time magazine as one of the 25 best blogs in the world in 2009.[12][8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Who Is KK Downey? Charles
2009 The Trotsky Dan
2010 I Heart Doomsday Dr. Maximillian Von Max
2010 Peepers Stu
2011 The Future Is Now! Young man
2012 Beat Down Henry
2012 On the Road Newlywed man
2013 Three Night Stand Aaron
2014 We Were Wolves Paul
2017 Suck It Up Granvilles
2017 Great Great Great Tom Anderson
2018 The Dark Officer Nate Stevens
2019 American Hangman Tom
2019 The Twentieth Century William Lyon Mackenzie King
2019 White Lie Sam Blumenthal
2021 Awake Gregg
2022 I Like Movies Owen
2023 I Used to Be Funny Tim
2023 Priscilla Joe Esposito
2024 Paying for It Chester Brown

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Perfect Plan Evan Television film
2012 Life with Boys Zach Episode: "Double Trouble with Boys"
2012 Flashpoint Andrew Episode: "No Kind of Life"
2012 Willed to Kill Detective Manson Television film
2014 Apple Mortgage Cake Herman Flue Television film
2014–2023 Murdoch Mysteries Ian Vagle 3 episodes
2014 Odd Squad Beach man Episode: "Skip Day/The Great Grinaldi"
2015 Fargo Sonny Greer 5 episodes
2016–2017 The Beaverton Phil Paulson 2 episodes
2017–2023 Workin' Moms Gary Goldman 18 episodes
2017 Reign George Episode: "With Friends Like These..."
2017 The Handmaid's Tale Barista Episode: "Late"
2017 American Gods Ice cream vendor Episode: "A Prayer for Mad Sweeney"
2018 Carter Adam Episode: "The Flood"
2018 The Guest Book Tommy Main role (season 2)
2019 You're the Worst Tom 2 episodes
2019 The Bold Type Toby Episode: "The Deep End"
2019 Titans Jacob Finlay Episode: "Aqualad"
2020 Mrs. America Hamilton Jordan Episode: "Reagan"
2021 Humour Resources Drive-thru guy Main role; 4 episodes
2021–present Ginny & Georgia Nick Recurring role
2021 The Moodys Dustin Lundgren Season 2, episode 8
2021 Hudson & Rex Griffin Birch Episode: "Rex Marks the Spot"
2022 High School Mr. Gardner 2 episodes
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Deputy Davis Episode: "The Autopsy"
2022 Transplant Ezra / Liam Episode: "And So It Goes"
2023 Red Iron Road Marquise D'Urfe Episode: "VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak"
2023 Accused ADA Roger Doty Episode: "Jack's Story"
2023 Gen V Social Media Jeff Recurring role
2024 Davey & Jonesie's Locker Mr. Schneider Main role
2024 One More Time Wayne Main role

Web

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Bitter End Bernard Price 6 episodes
2012–2014 Dad Drives Malcolm 11 episodes
2015 The Plateaus Guille Episode: "The Badger Trip"
2014–2017 Space Riders: Division Earth Philip 23 episodes
2018 Ghost BFF Mitchell 7 episodes
2019 Detention Adventure Mr. Applebaum 6 episodes
2019 Bigfoot Mr. Ferret Episode: "Endangered"
2019 Bit Playas Casting director #2 Episode: "Auditions"
2020 The Amazing Gayl Pile Rick 5 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Review: The Twentieth Century is an absorbing visual delight". Now, December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'" Archived 2020-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Tri-City News, January 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Norman Wilner, "Great Great Great lives up to that title". Now, October 4, 2017.
  5. ^ Norman Wilner, "Suck It Up deals with pain and death but is weirdly charming". Now, November 30, 2017.
  6. ^ Whitney Friedlander, "With The Guest Book, Greg Garcia Embraces Peak TV's Latest Trend: The Passion Project". Paste, October 22, 2018.
  7. ^ Melita Kuburas, "Starz picks up iThentic’s Space Riders". Playback, September 30, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Miranda Campbell, Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780773588509. pp. 142-147.
  9. ^ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Dad Drives web series gets $10,000 Bite development deal". Playback, May 13, 2013.
  10. ^ Jordan Pinto, "Ghost BFF floats to KindaTV for season two". Playback, Ginny & Georgia, November 22, 2019.
  11. ^ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Goon, Awkward Sexual Adventure win at Canadian Comedy Awards". Playback, October 8, 2013.
  12. ^ "25 Best Blogs 2009". Time. 2009-02-13. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009.
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