Denzel Irby (born December 30, 1992), known professionally as Denny Love, is an American actor.

His biggest roles are Barry on Empire (2016–2017) and Chip "The Colonel" Martin in the miniseries Looking for Alaska (2019).

[3] He attended Madison West High School,[3] then studied theater at DePaul University, graduating in 2015.

[5][3][6] Though Love was unfamiliar with John Green's work, he read the novel Looking for Alaska in preparation, and for his audition he recited a monologue from the book.

[1][7] Love appeared in all eight episodes of Looking for Alaska as Chip "The Colonel" Martin, a Black scholarship student at the fictional Culver Creek Academy.