Daniel Doheny

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Daniel Doheny is a Canadian actor known for starring in the 2017 Canadian comedy film Adventures in Public School and the 2018 Netflix films Alex Strangelove, a coming-of-age story, and The Package, a raunchy comedy.

Early life and education

Doheny was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School in 2008.{{Cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/celebrity/vancouver-actor-daniel-doheny-gets-top-billing-in-new-netflix-coming-of-age-film|title=Vancouver actor Daniel Doheny gets top billing in new Netflix coming of age film|date=7 June 2018|work=Vancouver Sun|access-date=15 August 2018|language=en-US}} He then went on to attend Studio 58, a professional theatre training program at Langara College, where he graduated in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://langara.ca/studio-58/images/grads/2013/Daniel-Doheny.pdf|title=Daniel Doheny – Graduate (Acting 2012)|website=Studio 58 – Langara College|access-date=15 August 2018}}

Career

In 2013, Doheny played six roles in Hamlet and Twelfth Night during the summer season of Bard on the Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://bardonthebeach.org/news/2013/daniel-doheny-straight-school-stage/|title=Daniel Doheny: Straight From School to Stage – Bard on the Beach|website=bardonthebeach.org|language=en|access-date=15 August 2018}} He returned to the Bard stage in 2016 in The Merry Wives of Windsor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/life/778831/open-house-actor-daniel-dohenys-light-filled-crosstown-pad-rare-fairly-priced-rental|title=Open House: Actor Daniel Doheny's light-filled Crosstown pad a rare fairly-priced rental|date=11 September 2016|work=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|access-date=15 August 2018|language=en}}

Doheny is also part of the sketch comedy troupe HumanTown, who won the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's ComedyCoup competition in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/state-of-the-arts/state-of-the-arts-comedy-troupe-humantown-headed-for-cbc-1.1688094|title=State of the Arts: Comedy troupe HumanTown headed for CBC|last=Rossi|first=Cheryl|work=Vancouver Courier|access-date=15 August 2018}} As part of the prize, the troupe wrote, produced, and acted in a self-titled comedy special which aired on CBC Television in 2016.

Doheny won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021, for his performance in the film Drinkwater.Dana Gee, [https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/the-power-of-the-dog-named-years-best-international-feature "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle"]. Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.