# Darryl Hinds

Darryl Hinds is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, best known as a cast member of Royal Canadian Air Farce's annual New Year's Eve specials in the 2010s.

## Early life

Hinds was born in Canada to Jamaican immigrants, with an Afro-Jamaican father and an Indo-Caribbean mother.

## Career

He had stage acting roles in his early career, and was a member of the sketch comedy troupe Electric Boogaloo, before joining the Toronto company of The Second City in 2007 as a cast member in the revue Facebook of Revelations. He also starred in the 2008 revue Barack to the Future, in which he appeared in several sketches as Barack Obama, and in the 2009 shows 0% Down, 100% Screwed and Shut Up and Show Us Your Tweets.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Farce for a 2014 special, remaining with the troupe until their final special in 2019.
In 2020, he participated in Mass Hysterical: A Comedic Cantata, a webcast collaboration between Second City alumni and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra which presented a comedic history of the use of classical and liturgical music in the church.
As an actor, he has had recurring or guest roles in the television series Combat Hospital, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rookie Blue, Odd Squad and Murdoch Mysteries, and a starring role in the 2021 family sitcom Overlord and the Underwoods. He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Overlord and the Underwoods.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Vicious Fun | Doctor | |
| 2023 | Mother of All Shows | Alan | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Crimes of Fashion | Video Director | Television film |
| 2005 | Kevin Hill | Jury Foreperson - A | Episode: "Sacrificial Lambs" |
| 2009–2011 | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Yousef | 18 episodes |
| 2011 | She's the Mayor | Joseph | Episode: "Uncommon Courtesy" |
| 2011 | Almost Heroes | Cop | Episode: "Terry and Peter vs. Their Hero" |
| 2011 | Combat Hospital | Captain Ray Ludford | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Dan for Mayor | Reporter | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Being Erica | Sebastian | Episode: "Born This Way" |
| 2012 | I, Martin Short, Goes Home | Indian #1 | Television film |
| 2012 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Comedian | Episode: "Hollaback Girl: Part 2" |
| 2012 | My Babysitter's a Vampire | Vance Munce / Gabe | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Rookie Blue | Officer Salvador | Episode: "Every Man" |
| 2013 | Lost Girl | Choga | Episode: "Groundhog Fae" |
| 2014 | Working the Engels | Desmond | Episode: "Picture Night" |
| 2014 | Touring T.O. | Saheed | Episode: "A Bridge to Nowhere" |
| 2014 | Max & Shred | Mr. Papadopulos | Episode: "The Snow Day Variety Method" |
| 2014–2016 | Odd Squad | Coach Roberts | 6 episodes |
| 2014–2019 | Royal Canadian Air Farce | Various | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Ice Girls | Ben | Television film |
| 2016 | Terrific Trucks Save Christmas | Reginald Davies | Television film |
| 2017 | Murdoch Mysteries | Sebastien Melrose | Episode: "A Murdog Mystery" |
| 2017 | The Beaverton | Dr. Thomas Braymore | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Saving Hope | Howard Lee | Episode: "La Famiglia" |
| 2017 | Jib & Jab on a Quest | Farmer Hackle | Television film |
| 2018 | Designated Survivor | U.D. Agent | Episode: "Original Sin" |
| 2018 | The Expanse | Chief | Episode: "Triple Point" |
| 2018, 2019 | Private Eyes | Jeffrey Sanders | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Ninth | Kashvi 'Cash Money' Suthakar | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Good Witch | Harold Bunker | Episode: "The Road Trip" |
| 2019 | Christmas in Montana | Stephen | Television film |
| 2019 | Bit Playas | Brown Actor | Episode: "Auditions" |
| 2020 | The Crossword Mysteries | Antiques Dealer | Episode: "Abracadaver" |
| 2020 | Jann | Bartender | Episode: "Road Trippin'" |
| 2020 | Unlocking Christmas | Jackson | Television film |
| 2021 | Nurses | Joel | Episode: "Code Orange" |
| 2021–2022 | Overlord and the Underwoods | Jim Underwood | 20 episodes |
| 2022 | True Dating Stories | Bob the Pilot | Episode: "Allie" |
| 2022 | Fit for Christmas | Jim | CBS Original Film |