Daniel Beirne (born August 12, 1982) is a

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actor. He is most noted for his performance as

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in the 2019 film ''

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'', for which he won the

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award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the

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and was a

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nominee for

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at the

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'', '' Suck It Up'', and ''

I Like Movies ''I Like Movies'' is a 2022 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Chandler Levack. Set in the early 2000s, the film stars Isaiah Lehtinen as Lawrence, a socially inept 17-year-old cinephile who gets a job at a video store, where h ...

''. He has had television roles as Sonny Greer in '' Fargo'', Gary Goldman in ''

Workin' Moms ''Workin' Moms'' is a Canadian television sitcom that premiered on CBC Television on January 10, 2017. The show stars Catherine Reitman, Jessalyn Wanlim, Dani Kind, Enuka Okuma, and Juno Rinaldi Ginny and Georgia ''Ginny & Georgia'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sarah Lampert that was released on Netflix on February 24, 2021. In April 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 5, 2023. In May 2 ...

'', Tommy in ''

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'', and the Drive-Thru Guy in ''

Humour Resources ''Humour Resources'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian television comedy series, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2021.Kelly Townsend"CBC recruits Jon Dore, Just for Laughs to Humour Resources" ''Playback (magazine), Playback'', Octo ...

'', and appeared in the web series '' Space Riders: Division Earth'', ''The Bitter End'',Miranda Campbell, ''Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013. . pp. 142-147. ''Dad Drives'', ''

Ghost BFF ''Ghost BFF'' is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2018 on WhoHaha. Using humor to combat the stigma around mental illness, the series centres on Amy (Vanessa Matsui), a woman whose life is turned upside down when her friend Tara ( ...

'' and ''

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''. He won a

in 2015 as a co-creator and producer of ''Space Riders: Division Earth'', and has won two

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as a writer and creator of ''Dad Drives'' and ''Space Riders: Division Earth''. He has also previously been a music writer and editor of the blog

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, selected by ''

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'' magazine as one of the 25 best blogs in the world in 2009.

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