Darrell Dennis is an Indigenous Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and radio personality from the Secwepemc Nation in the interior of British Columbia.
Darrell’s acting career began at the age of 17 when he walked into his first professional audition and landed the lead role of Brian Potter on the hit CBC drama Northwood.
Darrell then co- founded the all- First Nations comedy troupe "Tonto’s Nephews" which toured North America.
His short stories have been published in periodicals across Canada and the U.S. His first play, "Trickster of Third Avenue East," was produced by Native Earth Performing Arts, which twice named Darrell their "Writer-in- Residence".
His semi-autobiographical one-man play, "Tales of an Urban Indian", in which he explored themes of growing up as an Indigenous First Nations Native American, was nominated for two Dora Awards (Best Original Play and Best Performance by an actor) and has been produced for multiple tours across Canada and the United States, including a French translation that was performed in Montreal.
In 2020, Dennis collaborated with Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn on Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience, a stage play about indigenous land claims which featured points at which the audience could vote on the direction the story would take, requiring the actors to be prepared for at least 50 different possible permutations of the performance.