Biography

Darren Anthony ( born May 24, 1985) is a playwright and screenwriter based in Toronto. His first critically acclaimed play, Secrets of Black Boy, launched with a sold-out run at the Music Hall. After touring around the United States, it's final run was presented on the main stage at Theatre Passe Muraille. Darren is also currently working to adapt Secrets of a Black Boy into a feature film.

This past summer, Darren won Telefilm Canada's New Voices Award, in partnership with the Toronto Screenwriters Conference, for his family sitcom, Dwayne Has Issues. More recently, Darren was selected as one of ReelWorld's Emerging 20 Filmmaker Fellows.
- IMDb mini biography by: Darren Anthony

Darren J. Anthony is a Toronto-based playwright, screenwriter and producer. He created the comedy series "Dwayne Has Issues", developed with CBC, and was named one of Playback's "10 to Watch." He recently served as Executive Story Editor and Writer on "Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story" (Paramount+, 2026), created by show runner Anthony Q. Farrell ("The Office").
- IMDb mini biography by: Darren Anthony