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Jacob Tierney
Tierney in 2007
Born (1979-09-26) September 26, 1979 (age 46)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1986–present
FatherKevin Tierney

Jacob Daniel Tierney (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is the co-creator, co-writer, director, and executive producer of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny (2016–2023), the executive producer and director of the first two seasons of its spinoff series, Shoresy (2022–present), and the creator, writer, director and executive producer of the sports romance series Heated Rivalry (2025–present).

He began his career as a child actor, most notably playing Eric in the horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–1992). He later began writing and directing, making his feature film debut with Twist (2003), followed by The Trotsky (2009), Good Neighbours (2011), and Preggoland (2014).

Early life

Tierney was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on September 26, 1979, to Terry (née Smiley) and Kevin Tierney.[1][2] His father was a screenwriter and film producer best known for co-writing and producing Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006), the most successful Canadian film at the domestic box office at the time.[1] Tierney is of Irish and Jewish descent.[3]

Career

Tierney began his career as a child actor, beginning at age six.[4] He made his directorial debut in 2002 with his short film, titled Dad.[4]

Since Dad, Tierney has written and directed the feature films Twist (2003),[4] for which he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay;[5] The Trotsky (2009),[4][6] which garnered him two Canadian Comedy Awards[7] and a Genie Award;[5] Good Neighbours (2010);[1] and Preggoland (2014).[8] He has also directed episodes of the television sitcom Mr. D and Gavin Crawford's comedy special Gavin Crawford's Wild West.[9][10] In 2012, Tierney participated in the jury of the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival.[11]

Tierney made his stage directing debut in 2015 with a production of Travesties by Tom Stoppard at the Segal Centre in Montreal.[12] In 2017, he returned to the Segal Centre to direct Noises Off by Michael Frayn.[13]

Tierney is the co-writer, director, and executive producer of the sitcom Letterkenny, in which he also stars as Pastor Glen.[14] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, Tierney won several awards for his work on the series, including the Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series.[15] In 2018, Tierney won the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Comedy Series, as well as Best Writing in a Comedy Series alongside Letterkenny creator and star Jared Keeso.

Tierney is the creator and writer-director-executive producer of the sports romance series Heated Rivalry, which premiered in November 2025 in Canada and internationally.[16]

Personal life

Tierney has one younger sister, Brigid, who is an actress.[17] He is gay.[18][19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1988 Horses in Winter Ben Waxman at age 9
Pin Leon, age 7
1989 Mindfield Mario
1990 Nathaël and the Seal Hunt (voice) Short film
1993 Josh and S.A.M. Joshua 'Josh' Whitney
1995 The Neon Bible David, age 15
Rainbow Steven Bailey
1998 Motel Young Tom
This Is My Father Jack
Dead End Adam Compton
1999 You Can Thank Me Later Simon Cooperberg
The Life Before This Justin
2000 Poor White Trash Lennie Lake
2002 Dad Dad/Edward Short film
Also writer and director
2003 Twist Writer and director
2004 Trouser Accidents Mark Short film
Blood Chris Terry
2007 Walk All Over Me Paul
2009 The Trotsky V.I. (Lenin) Writer and director
2010 Good Neighbours Jonah Writer and director
2011 Sorry, Rabbi Josh Short film
French Immersion Jonathan Hornstein
2012 Camion Jacob
2016 Lovesick Dash
2018 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Co-writer; with Xavier Dolan

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1988 Extra! Extra! Unknown episodes
1988 Hitting Home David Hughes TV movie
1990-91 Dracula: The Series Max Townsend 21 episodes
1992 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Eric 13 episodes
1991–92 Watatatow Greg 14 episodes
1992 A Bunch of Munsch (voice) Episode: "Angela's Airplane/The Fire Station"
1994 TekWar: TekJustice Eugene Leopold TV movie
1995–98 The Little Lulu Show Wilbur Van Snobbe (voice) (Snobby American accent) Unknown episodes
1997 Princess Sissi Prince Karl (voice) Unknown episodes
1997 Whiskers Jed Martin (21 years old) TV movie
1999 The Hunger Snake Episode: "Nunc Dimittis"
1999–2000 Big Wolf on Campus Brother Ambrose 2 episodes
2000 Touched by an Angel Max Episode: "Legacy"
2000 A Diva's Christmas Carol Guy Playing Charades TV movie
Uncredited
2003 Hey Joel Kevin Cornwallis (voice) 13 episodes
2005 Murder in the Hamptons Generosa's R.E. Coworker TV movie
2005 Slings and Arrows Scott 4 episodes
2005 The Many Trials of One Jane Doe Eric Golden TV movie
2007 St. Urbain's Horsemen Joey TV miniseries
2016–23 Letterkenny Pastor Glen Also co-creator, writer, director, executive producer
54 episodes
2021 The Moodys Director
4 episodes
2022–23 Shoresy Benoit "Benny" Brodeur Director, executive producer
2025 Heated Rivalry Assistant director Actor; episode: "Rookies"
Also creator, writer, director, executive producer (6 episodes)[20]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004 Genie Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Twist Nominated [5]
Achievement in Music – Original Song Won
2010 Canadian Comedy Awards Best Writing – Film The Trotsky Won [7]
Best Direction – Film Won
Genie Awards Best Original Screenplay Won [5]
2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Gavin Crawford's Wild West Nominated
Vancouver International Film Festival Awards Most Popular Canadian Feature Film Preggoland Won [21]
2015 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Best Direction – Feature Film Nominated [22]
Omaha Film Festival Awards Audience Choice Feature Film Won [23]
2016 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Mr D Nominated [5]
2017 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Letterkenny Won [24]
Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series (shared with Jared Keeso) Won
Best Comedy Series (shared with Mark Montefiore, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jared Keeso) Won
WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Script From a Rookie Series (shared with Jared Keeso) Nominated [25]
Best TV Comedy (shared with Jared Keeso) Won

References

  1. ^ a b c Hays, Matthew (September 13, 2010), "Jacob Tierney's unneighbourly conduct", The Globe and Mail
  2. ^ Schneller, Joanna (December 23, 2020), "Letterkenny co-creator Jacob Tierney has cracked the code of television", The Globe and Mail
  3. ^ "Jacob Tierney – Writer/Director".
  4. ^ a b c d "Exclusive Interview with "The Trotsky" Writer/Director Jacob Tierney » My Cinema | My Entertainment World". www.myentertainmentworld.ca. January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "awards database". academy.ca/. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Stevenson, Jane (September 16, 2009). "Canadian Baruchel channels Trotsky". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Canadian Comedy Awards". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. October 19, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "Jacob Tierney on his latest film, Preggoland". Montreal Gazette. April 30, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  9. ^ Knight, Chris. "VIFF: Director Jacob Tierney's latest labour follows fake pregnancy". www.nationalpost.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Thunderbird — The Canadian Screen Awards Nominations was today and here is the full list of television nominees..." thunderbird.tv. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "enRoute | The 2012 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival Jury". Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  12. ^ Burke, Jim (April 17, 2015), "Madcap wink at history in Stoppard's Travesties", Montreal Gazette
  13. ^ Burke, Jim (February 3, 2017), "When Noises Off hits the right tone, it's a miracle of calibrated chaos", Montreal Gazette
  14. ^ "Letterkenny's love affair with Sudbury". Sudbury Star. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  15. ^ Furdyk, Brent (March 12, 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are..." ET Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  16. ^ Tinoco, Armando (December 1, 2025). "Heated Rivalry Season 1 Release Schedule: Dates When Episodes Premiere On HBO Max". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 2, 20245.
  17. ^ Kelly, Brendan (March 13, 2010), "There's no drama for the Tierneys", Montreal Gazette
  18. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Letterkenny's Jacob Tierney "We might be at peak gay!"". The Queer Review. January 9, 2021.
  19. ^ Kurzius, Rachel (December 6, 2025). "What happens when your gay hockey smut becomes a global phenomenon?". The Washington Post.
  20. ^ "Jacob Tierney Adapting 'Heated Rivalry,' Gay Hockey Romance Novel for TV". www.hollywoodreporter.com/. June 5, 2025. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  21. ^ "The winners of the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival". www.theprovince.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  22. ^ "2015 nominees" (PDF). dgc.ca. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  23. ^ "» Winners Omaha Film Festival". omahafilmfestival.org. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  24. ^ "2017 TV Nominees - Academy.ca". Academy.ca. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  25. ^ "2017 WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists". www.wgc.ca. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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