Darren Barnet Age, Height, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Darren Barnet

• Is Darren Barnet a drinker? Yes, Darren Barnet reveals his favorite alcoholic beverage.

• Ever since he was five years old, Darren Barnet has harbored a deep desire to pursue a career in acting.

• Darren Barnet, the grandson of renowned American saxophonist Charlie Barnet

• He relocated to the suburbs of Orlando, Florida with his family when he was 12 years old. He attended Orlando’s Dr. Phillips High School, where he held the position of lacrosse team captain.

• During his high school years, he had no social life beyond academics and sports. Reflecting on this, he shared that his mother, a single parent struggling with limited income, insisted on him attending a better school. In order to make this possible, he took a test and was accepted into a magnet program at a distant school. As part of the program, he had to enroll in three college classes per semester and maintain a 3.5 GPA to keep his position. Consequently, he never had the chance to attend parties or engage in alcohol consumption. His entire life revolved around academics and sports because his mother stressed the importance of securing a full scholarship for college, as it was unaffordable otherwise. This placed an immense amount of pressure on him.
• During his time at Berry College, he engaged in college plays and took on minor acting roles, all the while venturing into the realm of filmmaking.

• Upon completing his studies at Berry College, he returned to Los Angeles with the intent of pursuing his acting aspirations. In the vibrant city, he found employment at SoulCycle, a renowned indoor cycling class center on Sunset Boulevard, where he took on the roles of a bike attendant and front desk associate, immersing himself in the beloved establishment embraced by a devoted following.

• Having nurtured a passion for poetry since childhood, he seamlessly evolved into penning lyrics. Moreover, he possesses the talents of a music composer and writer, crafting melodies under the pseudonym ‘Charlie Sound.’

• In addition, he appeared in the well-received TV series such as S.W.A.T (2017) and Criminal Minds (2017).

• Darren Barnet’s film titled “Glass” was screened at the Burbank International Film Festival in 2018, where it reached the semi-finals.

• ‘Hot Seth’ made his debut in the Facebook Watch series, Turnt, in 2018.

• He achieved his breakthrough in 2020 with the series “Never Have I Ever,” where he portrayed the main character, ‘Paxton Hall-Yoshida,’ the love interest of Devi, portrayed by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.

• In addition, he secured the main character position in the series Americal Pie Presents: Girl’s Rules (2020).

• He has held a Los Angeles real estate license since 2015.

• He possesses the ability to speak multiple languages, being fluent in conversational Spanish and having acquired knowledge of Japanese and French.

• Due to his mother’s influence, he originally aspired to pursue a career as a journalist.