Dan Levy

Dan Levy is a gay Canadian writer, actor, and director who has said he has been out since he was 18 and spoke openly about being part of the LGBT community in a 2015 interview, becoming one of the most influential queer creators in contemporary television. Levy co-created and starred in Schitt's Creek (2015) alongside his father, Eugene Levy, playing David Rose — a pansexual man from a wealthy family who learns to love and be loved after his world collapses. The series, which Levy wrote and directed extensively, became a global phenomenon celebrated for its wholly positive, normalizing portrayal of queer identity: there is no coming-out crisis, no homophobia, no tragedy — just the full, complicated humanity of a queer man finding his place. David's wedding to Patrick Brewer (Noah Reid) in the series finale became one of the most watched television moments of the decade, and in 2020 the show swept all four major comedy acting Emmys, with Levy winning for acting, writing, directing, and producing. He went on to write, direct, and star in the Netflix film Good Grief (2023) and joined the fourth season of Sex Education (2019).