Derrick Beckles

Derrick Beckles


in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Derrick Beckles is a Canadian writer, director, actor, and comedian. He is the creator and host of the Adult Swim television show Hot Package, creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations, and helped found Vice TV. He is from Scarborough, Ontario.

Beckles spent the majority of his teenage years in Toronto punk bands including Black Jello, who were well known for being banned from every possible live venue in Toronto. He began experimenting with film making with two high school friends, which included the filming of him visiting white supremacists in their home. These early filming endeavors led to him studying film at Concordia University. Soon after, Beckles began working with and shaping what was then a ten-page weekly called The Voice of Montreal, which grew into VICE Magazine.

Beckles became a familiar face on Canadian TV while occasionally doing stand-up in Toronto and New York. He produced and directed a hit festival documentary called Strip Club DJs and was a reporter on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.

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Movies for Derrick Beckles...

A Life on the Farm
Title: A Life on the Farm
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2023
Type: Movie
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
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Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Anton
Released: March 27, 2019
Type: TV
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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Title: Mostly 4 Millennials
Character: Himself - Host
Released: July 2, 2018
Type: TV
Millennial hero Derrick Beckles hosts the show millennials want to watch!
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Title: Hot Package
Character: Derrick Beckles
Released: September 3, 2013
Type: TV
Entertainment news set in a parallel universe and featuring clips of the dark alleyways of the television landscape.
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Title: Drunk History
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: July 9, 2013
Type: TV
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
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Totally for Teens
Title: Totally for Teens
Character: Himself
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: Movie
The television and studio audience of a teen-oriented variety show is taught questionable life lessons from its morally bankrupt host.