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Daniel Maslany
Maslany at the 2018 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser
Born	Daniel Joseph Maslany (1988-09-17) September 17, 1988 (age 36) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, composer
Years active	2000–present
Known for	Four in the Morning Impulse Murdoch Mysteries
Spouse	Lucy Adele Hill
Relatives	Tatiana Maslany (sister) Brendan Hines (brother-in-law)

Daniel Joseph Maslany (born September 17, 1988) (/məˈslɑːni/) is a Canadian actor, producer and composer. He is known for playing Bondurant Smit in CBC's offbeat and absurd comedy series Four in the Morning, Llewellyn Watts in the series Murdoch Mysteries and Townes Linderman in the series Impulse on YouTube Premium.

Early life

Daniel Joseph Maslany was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, son of Daniel Maslany, a woodworker, and Renate (born Kratz), a French/English translator and interpreter. His older sister, Tatiana Maslany, is an actress, and his younger brother, Michael is an animator. He has Austrian, German, Polish, Romanian, and Ukrainian ancestry. As a child he participated in drawing, dance, acting, and film-making classes. He is a graduate of the Globe Theatre Conservatory.

Career

Theatre

The solo show, O.C. Dean, written and performed by Maslany, premiered at Globe Theatre in Regina in 2013 (Globe Theatre Shumiatcher Sandbox Series), then toured to Uno Fest in Victoria in 2014.

Maslany performed in the play Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner, and in particular for the Canadian premiere in 2013. He also produced the Video Trailer. He also worked as sound, music, projection designer and co-creator of A Date with the Night at Globe Theatre in 2015.

As an actor, Maslany has played parts in Robin Hood, Peter Pan, The Alice Nocturne, A Midsummer Night's Dream, George Dandin, and Pride and Prejudice at the Globe Theatre in Regina; Rage, The Alice Nocturne, and The Story of Mr. Wright in the Globe Theatre Shumiatcher Sandbox Series; as well as Wrecked, and The Secret Life of the Octopus, as part of the Persephone Youth Tour. He also directed The Fusion Project: By Candlelight for the Globe Theatre Shumiatcher Sandbox Series.

Maslany designed the sound and music for Robin Hood and Metamorphoses at the Globe Theatre, as well as Trout Stanley at The Storefront Theatre and Shannon 10:40 for Videofag.

Films/television

Maslany made his on-screen debut in the 2000 film Skipped Parts, playing character Petey Pierce. He later appeared in several television series and films, including Renegadepress.com, Corner Gas, and Chained.

In 2016 he played Bondurant in the short-lived Toronto series Four in the Morning.

Joining the cast of the series Murdoch Mysteries in 2017, Maslany took on the character of Llewellyn Watts, a police detective.

He played Townes Linderman in the YouTube Premium series Impulse.

Other works

Daniel Maslany worked as executive producer, second assistant director and composer for the short film, Shut Up (2019). He also composed the music of the short film, 90/91 (post-production).

Maslany has also been a Combat Improv performer.

Awards

Maslany won the Regina's Mayor's Arts & Business Award for Emerging Artist in 2008.

Personal life

Maslany lives in Toronto, Ontario with his wife, Lucy Adele Hill, actress and writer. He is allergic to almost all animals. During a game of broomball with his wife's family in Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Maslany injured his knee.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Mediacentre – Daniel Maslany". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
2. ^ Ahearn, Victoria (October 21, 2019). "Daniel Maslany met with autism specialist to craft Impulse character". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
3. Lee, Luaine (January 7, 2014). "Eight expectations". Yahoo! News. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
4. Sumi, Glenn (March 7, 2017). "Stupid Fucking Bird soars". NowToronto.com. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
5. "Stupid Fucking Bird (2017)". Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
6. David, Greg (November 5, 2018). "Murdoch Mysteries: Daniel Maslany on playing Detective Watts' and his dark backstory". TV,eh?.
7. Chan, Christopher (January 2, 2020). "DVD Review: Murdoch Mysteries, Seasons 11 & 12". The Strand Magazine.
8. Fienberg, Daniel (June 5, 2018). "'Impulse': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
9. Hwang, Florence (December 17, 2017). "Why Regina is becoming a hub for the 'pure unadulterated fun' of improv comedy". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
10. "Mayor's Arts & Business Award 2008" (PDF). Avram Events.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
11. The Mystery of: Twisted Traditions | Murdoch Mysteries. CBC. December 21, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via YouTube.

External links

• Daniel Maslany at IMDb 

• Living people
• Canadian male composers
• Canadian male web series actors
• Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
• Canadian people of Polish descent
• Canadian people of German descent
• Canadian people of Romanian descent
• Male actors from Regina, Saskatchewan
• Musicians from Regina, Saskatchewan
• Canadian people of Austrian descent
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male television actors
• Canadian male stage actors
• 21st-century Canadian male actors
• 21st-century Canadian composers
• 1988 births