DARRIN ROSE
Star on the Comedy Network | Co-star on CBC’s Mr. D | Host, Match Game
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Darrin Rose
Darrin Rose is one of Canada’s most popular comedians. The host of Match Game on the Comedy Network, Darrin is also known as Bill the bartender on the CBC sitcom Mr. D. He has appeared twice on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS and has been called “one of the hottest comedians in Canada” by GQ magazine.
biography
Topic
A familiar face on television, Darrin Rose hosts Match Game on the Comedy Network, plays Bill on the CBC sitcom Mr. D, and is a regular cast member on MuchMusic’s Video On Trial.
A four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee – including Best Male Stand-Up in 2011 – he has appeared three times at the Just For Laughs festival. His half hour stand-up special on CTV was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award – the new Gemini’s – for Best Performance in a Variety/Comedy Series in 2013. He has appeared twice on CBC’s Halifax Comedy Festival and his one man show “What’s Potpourri?” was selected Best of the Fest and received four stars at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2010.
Darrin won a 2012 Canadian Screenwriting Award for comedy, following nominations in 2009 and 2010. He tours across Canada and the United Kingdom.
testimonials
"One of the hottest comics in Canada right now, who stormed the Just For Laughs festival"
GQ Magazine
"Clever, funny, and fast becoming one of Canada’s most popular comics"
Where Magazine, Ottawa
travels from:
Toronto, Ontario
stage experience
- Regular performer at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
- Tours internationally as a stand-up comedian and has played at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the Borgata in Atlantic City, and in Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
- Darrin regularly tours across the United States and Canada
past clients
- TD Bank
- Loblaws
- Fidelity Investments
- Host for Canadian Screen Awards
- Crystal Radio Awards
film / tv / broadcast credits
- Host of Match Game on the Comedy Network
- Casted as Bill the bartender in CBC sitcom Mr. D
- Appearances on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Last Comic Standing on NBC
- Casted as Doc on the hit show, Letterkenny
awards / nominations
- Canadian Comedy Award for Best Live Performance on Just for Laughs 2014
- Eight nominations, including for best stand-up comic
- CTV stand-up special was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Series