Daryn Jones

Daryn Jones Bio

Daryn Jones (born January 3, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is an actor, comedian, and writer, best known for Buzz (2000), The Rick Mercer Report (2004), and Beauty and the Beast (2012).
He began his career in stand-up comedy clubs at the age of 17, receiving formal training in a private training school. He co-wrote and co-starred on the sketch comedy television show Buzz on the Toronto Community Access Channel in the mid-1990s with fellow comedian Morgan "Mista Mo" Smith.
In 1999, he co-hosted a morning show for contemporary hit radio station KISS 92 FM with Jay Michaels. Soon however, he left to focus on his television career after Buzz was picked up by The Comedy Network. In 2004, Jones was hired for the Rick Mercer Report, where he was a writer and an on-air correspondent. In 2006, he became the host of MTV Canada's flagship series MTV Live, alongside co-hosts Nicole Holness, Paul "The Intern" Lemieux, and Sheena Snively. In 2010, he was a correspondent with CTV for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.