Dylan Playfair Biography

Dylan Playfair is a Canadian actor who rose to prominence with his role as Reilly in the comedy series, Letterkenny. Letterkenny premiered in February 2016 and will air its twelfth and final season on December 25, 2023.

Dylan Playfair Career

Playfair graduated from Vancouver Acting School and began his career in children’s film and television. Since 2014, he played the role of Knox in YTV’s Some Assembly Required for 3 seasons till the show was cancelled. In 2017, he started starring in the role of Gil the Pirate in Disney’s Descendants franchise.

Frequently, Playfair has played roles that involve hockey because of his skating skills. In 2013, he starred in the role of Marty Howe in Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story. He started appearing in Crave’s Letterkenny as Reilly. Playfair joined The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers cast starring as Coach T. Before pursuing an acting career, he played hockey for the Merritt Centennials of the BCHL.

Dylan Playfair Age

Playfair was born on June 19, 1992, in Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada. He is 31 years old as of 2023. Playfair celebrates his birthday every June 19th.

Dylan Playfair Height

Playfair stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 10½ inches

Dylan Playfair Family

Playfair comes from a hockey family. He was born to Roxanne and Jim Playfair. Aside from Playfair, they had two other sons, Jackson and Austyn. The siblings grew up playing hockey and traveled around the United States and Canada due to their father’s coaching duties. Further, he worked in various sawmills in Fort St. James, British Columbia. Also, he worked on his cousins’ farm where his family has a summer home.

Roxanne worked as an entrepreneur and stay-at-home mom while Jim previously played hockey in the NHL and was an ice hockey coach. Also, his uncle, Larry was a professional ice hockey player. Larry played for the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings in the NHL. Since retiring in 1990, he has worked as a color analyst for Sabres television broadcasts.

Dylan Playfair Father

Playfair was born to Roxanne and Jim Playfair. Jim previously played hockey in the NHL and was an ice hockey coach. He worked as head coach of the Calgary Flames. From 2011 to 2017, he worked as an associate coach for the Arizona Coyotes for the Edmonton Oilers from 2019 to 2022.

Dylan Playfair Wife

Playfair married Jen Araki on August 18, 2022. On August 18, 2023, he posted a wedding picture of them and wished her a happy 1st anniversary. He shared news of their engagement in January 2019.

Dylan Playfair Gay

Playfair has not commented about his sexuality. However, he is not gay as suggested by his marital status as he is a married man with a wife.

Dylan Playfair Net Worth

Playfair has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being an actor.

Dylan Playfair Letterkenny

Since 2016, Playfair has played the role of Reilly in the sitcom, Letterkenny. It follows the rural Irish-Canadian community living in Letterkenny, a fictional town in Ontario. Reilly is a hockey player and best friend of Jones. They do everything together and are commonly known as “Jonesy.”

Jones and Reilly are in a polyamorous relationship with Katy until he breaks off the relationship when Katy wants a monogamous relationship with him. Playfair toured North America as part of the Letterkenny Live! tour. Also, he has starred in the role of Reilly in the Letterkenny web series.

Letterkenny premiered in February 2016 and will air its twelfth and final season on December 25, 2023. The film was founded on a YouTube web series called Letterkenny Problems. Both the series and sketches are shot in Sudbury, Ontario. Wilson stars in Letterkenny alongside Jared Keeso, Michelle Mylett, K. Trevor Wilson, and Tyler Johnston.

Dylan Playfair Descendants

Playfair starred in the role of Gil the Pirate in Disney’s Descendants franchise, Descendants 2 in 2017 and Descendants 3 in 2019. Gil is the third youngest of Gaston and younger brother of Gaston Jr and Gaston the third. He is committed to Uma’s pirate gang. With a thick-headed personality, he acts before he thinks. Just like his father and brothers, he is cocky and arrogant but differs from them because of his concern for the well-being of others.

Dylan Playfair Mighty Ducks

From 2021 to 2022, Playfair starred in the role of Coach T in the sports comedy-drama series, Mighty Ducks for 9 episodes. Coach T is a condescending head coach of the Mighty Ducks. He cuts Evan from the team before he unsuccessfully tries to bring him back. Regularly, he pokes fun at the Don’t Bothers and calls them a “bunch of clowns.”

Dylan Playfair Some Assembly Required 

From 2014 to 2016, Playfair starred in the role of Malcolm “Knox” Knoxford III in YTV’s Some Assembly Required for 56 episodes. Knox is an unprofessional extreme sports risk-taker who has a friendly and outgoing personality. However, he lacks intelligence and is hired as the product safety tester and human crash test dummy.

Dylan Playfair Hockey

Frequently, Playfair has played roles that involve hockey because of his skating skills. While growing up, Playfair and his brother played hockey and traveled around the United States and Canada due to their father’s coaching duties. He played junior hockey from 2010 to 2011 with the Merritt Centennials (BCHL).

Dylan Playfair Movies and TV Shows

Playfair has starred in a number of films and TV shows during his career such as

• Grave Encounters 2
• Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story
• If I Had Wings
• It Stains the Sands Red
• The Hollow
• Some Assembly Required
• Travellers
• Descendants 2 and 3
• Sinners
• The Order
• Summerland
• The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
• Animal Control