Meet the newest golden boy in town
Every so often, someone steps into the cultural frame and the air in the room shifts—this is one of those moments. There is a new name on everyone’s lips, and it belongs to a Toronto-raised Canadian with the kind of quiet magnetism that cameras can’t help but find. Stephen Kalyn is the next it man—and trust us, you’re going to want to know everything about him.
Here’s where to start.
Here’s everything you need to know about Stephen Kalyn:
He’s a Taurus
Stephen was born on 24 April 1998
He’s Canadian
He grew up in Toronto, Ontario
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He’s playing Dean DiLaurentis in “Off Campus”
The Canadian actor has stepped into one of the most talked-about roles of the moment: Dean DiLaurentis in the buzzed-about book adaptation, Off Campus. The show follows an elite ice hockey team at Briar University and the women in their lives as they navigate love, heartbreak and self-discovery.
Season 1 draws on the first book, The Deal, in which Garrett—Briar U’s star centre—enters into a tutoring arrangement with Hannah Wells, a music major with a complicated past, that quickly evolves into something neither of them saw coming. But the episodes will also showcase hints of Dean’s love story, based on Elle Kennedy’s book, The Score.
He plays hockey
He’s the only person in the show who has real hockey experience—having played the sport his whole life, which makes sense for the Canadian.
“Off Campus” isn’t his acting debut
Long before Dean DiLaurentis came calling, Stephen Kalyn acted as Chick Harris in Murdoch Mysteries, a recurring role as Young Lou in CBC’s Essex County (which earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination as part of the ensemble)—before catching the attention of a rather powerful streamer. A
mazon Prime Video has since become something of a second home: he appeared as Rourke, the brooding ex-boyfriend in the Cruel Intentions reboot; slipped into the past as a younger version of Ryan Phillippe’s Logan in Motorheads; charmed his way through Gen V Season 2 as Greg, the love interest who had audiences talking; and picked up a guest role on Accused and Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent along the way.
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Now, with eight episodes of Off Campus to his name and a second season already confirmed, the résumé has its crowning jewel—and something tells us the list is far from finished.
He’s a pet lover
He has a tortoiseshell cat that has a mix of black and dark brown colours woven together in a patchy pattern across the fur.
This story will be updated.
