Dickens is best known for his acting role and electrical work on the Canadian teen drama TV series Degrassi High.
Dickens continued to appear as Scott in background scenes throughout various episodes of the series, but did not appear in the 1992 television movie finale School's Out.
[3] Dickens is also credited with various camera and electrical work on a number of films and television shows, including Scott Pilgrim vs.
In August 1991, shortly following his role on Degrassi High, it was reported that Dickens was facing charges of sexual assault from three women, aged from 19 to 21, who alleged that he raped them in the Brampton and Toronto areas.
[8][10] During the first initial press release from the Toronto Police Service in August 2016, Child Exploitation Section Inspector Pauline Gray and Detective Mike Sabadin confirmed that Dickens was being held in prison without bail.
Sabadin, who gave the majority of the briefing, was asked by a reporter whether or not there were dozens or hundreds of pornographic images discovered in Dickens's possession, to which Sabadin replied, "thousands", adding that numerous digital devices including laptop computers, hard drives and cell phones had been seized in the investigation, confirming that Dickens was indeed the former Degrassi actor.
It was revealed that Dickens had recorded at least two videos of engaging in child molestation himself, while distributing them on the internet and visiting websites under the screen names "Retrodeviant", "Byrd-Dawg" and "Sir Dirk".