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name: "Tyler Labine"
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# Tyler Labine

Actor. Born 29 April 1978 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 April 1978, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- **Also known as:** Tyler Sean Labine, Τάιλερ Λαμπίν, 泰勒・羅比尼, تایلر لابین

## Fi1m on Tyler Labine

> Tyler Labine is good at giving the comic sidekick feelings worth taking seriously. His warmth with Alan Tudyk in *Tucker and Dale vs. Evil* makes its bloody farce worth watching, even when the joke begins to wear thin.

Dale is trying to help, and the students are treating him as a killer. In *Tucker and Dale vs. Evil* (2010), Tyler Labine lets that confusion register without suggesting that Dale is in on the genre joke. We laughed because he and Alan Tudyk play the men’s bewilderment so plainly, even as the misunderstanding becomes ridiculous. Labine makes Dale’s sweetness bearable by letting him seem like an adult whose feelings can be hurt.

*Reaper* (2007–09) established him as Bert ‘Sock’ Wysocki, a slacker sidekick, before Dale gave him a leading part. His familiar combination of scruffiness, sweetness and self-absorption suits the supporting position, though casting him that way repeatedly can become a restriction. *Deadbeat* (2014–16) gave him another lead as Kevin in a supernatural comedy. *New Amsterdam* (2018) made more room for dramatic acting through Dr Iggy Frome, its head of psychiatry.

The useful lesson of *Tucker and Dale vs. Evil* is how much Labine can do when another actor is given equal weight. Tudyk’s Tucker worries about Dale, and Labine gives him someone worth worrying about. Their exchanges hold our attention even when nothing bloody is happening, because they seem to enjoy each other’s company. Labine does not need to make Dale sharper or more knowing to keep us interested. The film can then build its accidents around people we already want to spend time with.

That film’s central misunderstanding does wear thin, and the emphatic gore is enough to put off anyone expecting a gentle comedy. Their affection survives it, but the performances cannot keep the same joke fresh indefinitely. We would welcome more leading roles that give Labine someone to care about and enough room to be taken seriously. For a first encounter, choose Dale, provided extravagant bloodshed is acceptable.

## Biography

Tyler Labine is a Canadian actor born on 29 April 1978 in Brampton, Ontario. He grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and is the brother of actors Kyle Labine and Cameron Labine.

Labine began acting in the early 1990s and is known for television roles including Jimmy Farrell in *Breaker High* (1997–1998), appearances in *Invasion* and *Reaper*, the lead in *Deadbeat*, and Dr Iggy Frome in the NBC series *New Amsterdam* (2018–2022). His film credits include the role of Dale in the 2010 comedy horror *Tucker & Dale vs. Evil*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tucker and Dale vs. Evil* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Dale — [page](https://film.one/film/tucker-and-dale-vs-evil.md)

## Also known for

- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Robert Franklin
- *Monsters University* (2013), Greek Council VP (voice)
- *Escape Room* (2019), Mike Nolan
- *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008), Drunk Customer
- *Escape Room: Tournament of Champions* (2021), Mike Nolan
- *The Boss* (2016), Mike Beals
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), Shawn Dumont
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), Iggy Frome

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