Occupation Actor Education York University Years active 2000–present Siblings Sarah Levy | Name Daniel Levy Uncles Fred Levy Role Television Personality | |
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Full Name Daniel Joseph Levy Born August 24, 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-08-24 ) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Parents Deborah Divine, Eugene Levy Movies and TV shows Schitt's Creek, Admission, A Very Harold & Kumar 3, Stage Fright Similar People Eugene Levy, Sarah Levy, Dan Levy, Colin Brunton, Paul Weitz Profiles | ||
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Daniel Joseph Levy (born August 9, 1983), also known professionally as Dan Levy, is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, TV personality and the son of comedian and actor Eugene Levy.
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- Eugene and daniel levy schitt s creek on sidewalks entertainment
- Early life
- 2000s Early television work with MTV
- 20112012 Transition into acting work
- 2013present Schitts Creek
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Levy was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1983, the son of Deborah Divine and Canadian actor Eugene Levy. He is the older brother of Sarah Levy.
2000s: Early television work with MTV
Levy got his breakthrough working as the former co-host of MTV Canada's program The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live After Show with co-host Jessi Cruickshank. Previously, he was one of the original seven co-hosts of MTV Canada's flagship series MTV Live, which is now no longer on air. Levy also wrote, produced, and starred in his own Christmas Special for MTV, Daniel Levy's Holi-Do's & Don'ts for MTV and co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet, the X-Factor pre-show, and national coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Games for CTV.
In 2008, he appeared on Canada's Next Top Model as a guest judge.
2011–2012: Transition into acting work
As an actor, he has appeared in a four-episode story arc of the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation, which premiered as a TV movie called Degrassi Goes Hollywood. In his Degrassi arc, Levy played a film producer who hires Paige Michalchuk as the lead in a new film directed by actor Jason Mewes. He has also appeared in the 2012 thriller Offline and in the 2013 film Admission starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd.
2013–present: Schitt's Creek
In 2013, Levy formed Not A Real Company Productions (with his father Eugene Levy and principals Andrew Barnsley and Fred Levy). Their first project was a television pilot with CBC, which resulted in Schitt's Creek. Levy also stars in the series alongside his father, sister, Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy, and Chris Elliott. It's the first television series produced by Not a Real Company Productions, the production company of Levy and his father. Levy has spoken publicly often about his character's portrayal of pansexuality, saying:
I think in certain parts of America, David’s sexual ambiguity was a big question mark. (But) it was issues like that that I find quite exciting.
For his work on Schitt's Creek, Levy has been nominated for numerous awards, including several Canadian Screen Awards for writing and acting, winning the awards for Best Comedy Series and Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series in 2016.
Personal life
Levy splits his time between Toronto and Los Angeles, though he has said that London is his "favourite city," after having lived there in 2005.
Levy identifies as gay and he has been out since he was 19.