He was on the Canadian TV show Mr. D with Gerry Dee Torrens was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

[3] Torrens's past work includes co-hosting CBC Television's teen-oriented consumer affairs series Street Cents from 1989 until 1996.

In 1999, he hosted and narrated a 33-minute docudrama on the consequences of impaired driving for the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) called When Choices Collide.

In 2001 he played Tony Moressa on the show Pit Pony and had two appearances on Royal Canadian Air Farce as 'The Clean Cut Keen SportsNet Guy'.

In 2003, Torrens played the role of Shane McKay, Emma Nelson's biological father, in a two-part episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation, a revival of the teen drama Degrassi Junior High, as original actor Bill Parrott declined to reprise the role.

[2] As of 2010, Torrens is one of the co-hosts of the reality television series Wipeout Canada, which also airs on TVtropolis that ended after 13 episodes.

[10][11] On March 21, 2013, it was confirmed on Facebook that Torrens had gained forty pounds to reprise his role as J-Roc in the third Trailer Park Boys film, Don't Legalize It.

[15] In 2022, he began a recurring role on the show Shoresy as Remy Nadeau and appeared as the father of the main characters in the movie Kids vs. Aliens.