Rainbow Sun Francks (born 3 December 1979) is a Canadian actor known for his role as Lt.

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in the television show ''

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'', and his recurring roles on ''The Listener'', ''The Umbrella Academy'' and ''High Fidelity''.

Early life and family

Francks was born in

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, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Canadian actor and musician

Don Francks Don Harvey Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3, 2016), also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer. Career Don Harvey Francks was born on February 28, 1932, and was adopted shortly after his birth. H ...

and

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dancer Lili Red Eagle, who is originally from

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. He is an adopted member of the Plains

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. He is also the younger brother of Cree Summer.

Career

Francks was an on-air personality at

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, a Canadian music video and variety

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. He starred in ''

'' Season 1 as

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Lieutenant

. His role was reduced to that of a recurring character for Season 2, and was written out entirely for Season 3 and 4 (he made a brief cameo in a dream sequence in season 5). He played the role of Dev Clark on '' The Listener''. He produces a hip hop group known as The Oddities. Francks is also involved with a video game website,
Console Creatures
'.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

*
Console Creatures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Francks, Rainbow 1979 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Black Canadian male actors Canadian people of African-American descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian VJs (media personalities) Male actors from Toronto Much (TV channel) personalities Musicians from Toronto