Daniel Maslany

Daniel Maslany (/məˈslɑːni/) is a Canadian film and television actor, theatre actor, producer and composer. He is known for playing Bondurant Smit in CBC’s offbeat and absurd comedy series Four in the Morning, Detective Llewelynn Watts in the series Murdoch Mysteries and Townes Linderman in series Impulse for YouTube Red (now known as YouTube Premium).

Daniel Maslany was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, son of Dan, a woodworker, and Renate, a French/English translator. His older sister, Tatiana, 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.

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 asTrout Stanley at The Storefront Theatre and Shannon 10:40 for Videofag. He was the video designer for The Glass Menagerie, stagedby The Howland Company, and assistant front of hmuse Manager for Tails from the City at Common Boots Theatre.

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 takes on the character of Llewelynn Watts, a police detective.

He also acted in the Youtube series Impulse, playing an autistic character.

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.

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

Maslany now lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is allergic to almost all animals.