Dylan Playfair

Canadian actor (born 1992)

Dylan Playfair
Born	(1992-06-19) June 19, 1992 (age 32) Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Dylan Playfair (born June 19, 1992) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his starring role as Reilly in Letterkenny (2016–2023).^[1]

Early life

Playfair comes from a hockey family. Before becoming an actor, Playfair played hockey as a forward for the Merritt Centennials of the BCHL. He is the son of former NHL player Jim Playfair^[2] and nephew of Larry Playfair.^[1]

Career

Playfair started his acting his career in children's film and television. Beginning in 2014, he played Knox in the YTV series Some Assembly Required for all three seasons until the show was cancelled in 2016. In 2017, Playfair joined Disney's Descendants franchise playing the role of Gil, Gaston's son, in Descendants 2^[3] and Descendants 3.

Playfair has often acted in roles involving hockey, due in part to his skating skills.^[4] In 2013 he acted, alongside his future Letterkenny co-star Andrew Herr, in Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story as Gordie Howe's son Marty Howe. In 2016, Playfair started work on the hit Canadian show Letterkenny, as Reilly, one of the town's jocks. He has also toured North America as part of the Letterkenny Live! tour.^[5] Playfair had earlier played the same character in the Letterkenny web series. This 'typecasting' has continued, as he joined the cast of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers as Coach T.^[4]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Grave Encounters 2	Trevor Thompson
2013	If I Had Wings	Tyson
2014	Cheat	Receptionist
2016	It Stains the Sands Red	Robbie
2017	Still/Born	Robbie	Uncredited
2020	The Sinners	Kit Anderson
	Summerland	Shawn Walker
	Odd Man Rush	Dean Hunter
2022	Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders	Cameron Betts
2023	Buddy Games: Spring Awakening	Larry Lampshade

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story	Marty Howe	Television film
2014	Damaged	Dylan	Television film
2014–2016	Some Assembly Required	Knox	Main role
2015	The Hollow	Toby	Television film
2016	Haters Back Off	Owen	3 episodes
2016	Gorgeous Morons	AJ	Television film
2016–2018	Travellers	Kyle	6 episodes
2016–2023	Letterkenny	Reilly	Main role
2017	Descendants 2	Gil	Television film
2019	The Order	Clay Turner	3 episodes
2019	Descendants 3	Gil	Television film
2021–2022	The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers	Coach T	9 episodes
2023	Animal Control	Cole	Episode: "Unicorns and Mountain Lions"

References

^ ^a ^b "From 'Letterkenny' to 'The Mighty Ducks': B.C. native Dylan Playfair skating his way through the hockey roles". The Toronto Star. April 2, 2021. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
^ Cruickshank, Scott. "What it's really like to grow up the child of a pro hockey player or coach". The Athletic. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
^ "Dylan Playfair Dishes 'Descendants 2' Deets". teenplicity.com. July 14, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "'Mighty Ducks,' 'Letterkenny' star Dylan Playfair draws on hockey experience to become standout in front of the camera". sportingnews.com. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ "Five Thoughts: 'Letterkenny Live' at the Chelsea in Las Vegas, April 2 - Las Vegas Weekly". lasvegasweekly.com. April 7, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.