Dylan Playfair is a Canadian actor from Fort St. James, British Columbia. He is most noted for his starring role as Reilly in Letterkenny.[1]
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]
Playfair started his acting his career in children's film and television. In 2014 he played Knox in the YTV series Some Assembly Required for all 3 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 teammate 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.[6] This 'typecasting' has continued, as he joined the cast of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers as Coach T.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Grave Encounters 2 | Trevor Thompson | |
| 2013 | Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story | Marty Howe | |
| 2013 | If I Had Wings | Tyson | |
| 2016 | It Stains the Sands Red | Robbie | |
| 2017 | Descendants 2 | Gil | |
| 2019 | Descendants 3 | Gil | |
| 2020 | Sinners | Kit Anderson | |
| 2020 | Summerland | Shawn Walker | |
| 2020 | Odd Man Rush | Dean Hunter |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-16 | Some Assembly Required | Knox | 56 episodes |
| 2016-18 | Travellers | Kyle | 6 episodes |
| 2016-22 | Letterkenny | Reilly | 68 episodes |
| 2019 | The Order | Clay Turner | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers | Coach T | 7 episodes |