The Biography

Dax Ravina was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he studied sociology and criminology at Saint Mary's University. He joined the university drama society and was cast in his first play-A Streetcar Named Desire playing the lead role of Stanley Kowalski. He then went on to study acting at the prestigious Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Dax was cast in his first feature film Wisegirls by director David Anspaugh (Rudy, Hoosiers). He was the lead in the award winning short film Backjumping which turned into a CBC pilot called Cheap Draft directed by Jay Dahl. Dax has been fortunate to work with Hollywood heavyweights Kurt Russell (The Art of The Steal) Tim Roth (The Padre) Taryn Manning (Weirdsville) Terrance Howard (Four Brothers) Matt Dillon (The Art of the Steal) and Ron Perlman (The Baker). He has appeared in 6 feature films produced by Los Angeles-Toronto based production company Darius Films (Nicholas Tabarrok ,Leah Jaunzems) two of those include The Retirement Plan starring Nicholas Cage and The Blue Iguana starring the late Bob Saget, filmed in Grand Cayman. He recently appeared in Shudder's hit resurrected franchise feature VHS94 and has a recurring role on the hit Netflix series Trailer Park Boys as Officer Gordon. Dax currently travels between Los Angeles and Toronto. He is represented by Nigel Mikoski with Connekt Creative Agency in Vancouver.