Eka Darville – How Old Is The Australian Actor? Other Facts

Now 35 years old, Eka Darville is an Australian actor making waves outside the shores of his ancestral land. Though he professionally identifies as an Australian actor, which is where he was born, Darville is not originally from there. However, he has made a name in the Australian movie industry. The actor played a recurring character in the first season of the popular TV series Empire and some of his best roles so far can be seen in Power Rangers RPM, Jessica Jones, Her Smell, The Originals, and a lot more.

His personal life is another interesting part of the actor’s life. Darville is happily married and a proud father of two who takes every opportunity to flaunt his biracial family on social media. It gets more interesting with an insight into the Australian actor’s life and career.

35-year-old Eka Darville is of Jamaican-Canadian descent

His juvenile looks often make people wonder how old is Eka Darville? Well, the young actor is currently 35 years old and he has made the most of his years to build a robust career in the movie industry. While Darville is widely known as an Australian actor by virtue of his place of birth – Cairns, Queensland, Australia, he is actually of Jamaican-Canadian descent. His mother, Malaika MaVeena Darville, is from Canada while his father is Ray Darwin, a Jamaican reggae artist. This means that entertainment runs in his blood, though in Darville’s case he chose acting over music.

The kind of childhood the actor had is not public knowledge and there’s no fact to confirm if he shared those moments with his siblings. For his education, Darville has only revealed his high school as Byron Bay High School and it is not clear if he furthered his education after high school.

Eka Darville began acting in 2006

The Australian actor is more of a small screen performer. He has more roles in TV series with just a few on the big screen. His acting career began in 2006 with a small role in a TV film titled Answered by Fire as Sophie’s Boyfriend. His first big role on the small screen came in 2008, in three episodes of Blue Water High as Adam Bridge. He continued building his profile until 2008 when he landed the role of Scott Truman/Red Ranger in the popular Power Rangers RPM. This main role in a major TV series thrust him further into fame and more big roles started coming.

Subsequently, Eka Darville joined the cast of Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2011, in the recurring role of Pietros. He played another main role in The Elephant (season 2) as Taylor in 2011 and the same year, he reprised his role of Scott Truman/Red Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai. In 2013, Darville briefly joined the cast of The Vampire Diaries as Diego and also played the same character in a recurring role in The Originals (2013-2014), he followed it up with another recurring role in Empire in 2015. Two TV series – Jessica Jones and The Defenders saw him play the main role of Malcolm Ducasse at different times – 2015-2019 and 2017 respectively. His most recent role in a TV series is as Beau Morris, a prominent role in the second season of Tell Me A Story.

Though the bulk of his works is on the small screen, the big screen has also witnessed his talent. Darville has only appeared in four movies so far with the first being The Sapphires as Hendo (2012). Others include Mr. Pip as Pip (2012), Bernard and Huey as Conrad (2017), and Her Smell as Ya-ema (2018). Since then, no role has been credited to his name.

Highlights of Eka Darville’s movies and TV shows

TV series

• Answered by Fires as Sophie’s Boyfriend – 2006
• East of Everything as Skateboarder – 2008
• Blue Water High as Adam / Adam bridge – 2008
• Power Rangers R.P.M. as Scott Truman / Red Eagle RPM Ranger – 2009
• Spartacus as Pietros – 2010
• The Elephant Princess as Taylor – 2011
• Terra Nova as Max – 2011
• Power Rangers Samurai as RPM Red Ranger – 2011
• The Vampire Diaries as Diego – 2013
• The Originals as Diego – 2013-2014
• Empire as Ryan Morgan – 2015
• The Defenders as Malcolm Ducasse 2017
• Jessica Jones as Malcolm Ducasse – 2015-2019
• Tell Me a Story as Beau Morris 2019-2020

Movies

• The Sapphires as Hendo – 2012
• Mr. Pip as Pip – 2012
• Shelter (TV movie) as Bobby Repeta – 2012
• Blink (TV Movie) Fisher – 2013
• Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers – The Movie (Video) as RPM Red Ranger (voice) 2013
• Bernard and Huey as Conrad – 2017
• Just Kidding as Kevin – 2018
• Her Smell as Ya-ema – 2018
• The Talking Tree (short) as Man – 2019

Where’s the actor now?

He still resides in Byron Bay, New South Wales and though it seems he doesn’t have many projects going on, at least to the best of our knowledge, the Australian actor is still active in his acting career. Some of his best pastime activities include skating and surfing.

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Who is Eka Darville’s wife?

Some people have shipped him off as gay following his portrayal of gay characters in Empire and Spartacus: Blood and Sand but this is just an unfounded rumor. The actor is definitely not gay as he has a woman in his life and they are already building a family together.

Darville is married to Lila Darville whom he dated for a while before they made it official. They are parents to two kids (sons) and the happiness in their home is evident in the photos the actor shares online. The name of his second child is Zion Akua Darville and the proud father doesn’t hesitate to flaunt his lovely family on social media.

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