Dan Beirne
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Dan Beirne-Gallagher | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 12, 1982 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Daniel Beirne (born August 12, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance as 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[edit]
Film[edit]
| 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 | 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 |
Television[edit]
| 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; upcoming series |
Web[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Review: The Twentieth Century is an absorbing visual delight". Now, December 12, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Great Great Great lives up to that title". Now, October 4, 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Suck It Up deals with pain and death but is weirdly charming". Now, November 30, 2017.
- ^ Whitney Friedlander, "With The Guest Book, Greg Garcia Embraces Peak TV's Latest Trend: The Passion Project". Paste, October 22, 2018.
- ^ Melita Kuburas, "Starz picks up iThentic’s Space Riders". Playback, September 30, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Dad Drives web series gets $10,000 Bite development deal". Playback, May 13, 2013.
- ^ Jordan Pinto, "Ghost BFF floats to KindaTV for season two". Playback, Ginny & Georgia, November 22, 2019.
- ^ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Goon, Awkward Sexual Adventure win at Canadian Comedy Awards". Playback, October 8, 2013.
- ^ "25 Best Blogs 2009". Time. 2009-02-13. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Dan Beirne at IMDb