Darrin Rose (born Darrin Rowsell) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He was host of the Canadian remake of ''

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'' in 2012–15, and played Bill the bartender on the sitcom Mr. D for eight seasons.

Early life

Born in Oshawa,Game-show host Darrin Rose is still a standup guy"
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'', May 8, 2013. Rose graduated from Concordia University."Darrin Rose: No, not that one"
''Oshawa Express'' He owned a software company and worked in marketing for Heinz before getting into comedy after his friend

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became successful on TSN.

Career

Rose started stand-up after watching the Jerry Seinfeld documentary Comedian. He had his own stand-up special on CTV, which earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Comedy/Variety Special. He did stand-up on The Late Late Show twice, and was on

Last Comic Standing ''Last Comic Standing'' was an American reality television talent competition show on NBC that aired from June 1, 2003, to August 9, 2010, then again in 2014 and 2015. The goal of the program was to select a comedian from an initially large group ...

. Rose got his first big break on TV when he became a regular on Much Music's '' Video on Trial,'' and its spin-off

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''.'' He later played Bill the Bartender on the CBC Television series ''

Mr. D ''Mr. D'' is a Canadian television series starring comedian Gerry Dee. The series follows the misadventures of an underqualified schoolteacher named Gerry Duncan, nicknamed Mr. D. It debuted on CBC on January 9, 2012 and concluded after eight s ...

,'' and was nominated for Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his role. He was the host of

on the

Comedy Network CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy and formerly known as The Comedy Network) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming. The channel first launched on Octo ...

, the Canadian version of the long-running American game show. He played Coach Malloy in the Disney movie The Swap and attended the premiere in Hollywood. He wrote on the CBS sitcom '' Happy Together'' starring Damon Wayans Jr. in Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the short film ''One Last Last Heist'', which played at many film festivals and was an Official Selection of the

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, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Darrin Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian game show hosts Canadian stand-up comedians Canadian male television actors Canadian male comedians Concordia University alumni Male actors from Oshawa Canadian Comedy Award winners