Dylan LaRay is an award-winning writer, director, and actor based in Queens, New York. ​Most recently, he completed his MFA in Film at the City College of New York where he produced his graduate thesis film, Like Strangers (2026), with support from BAFTA North America and the Ostrovsky Family Fund. The film will have its world premiere at the Flagstaff International Film Festival on August 2nd, 2026.

 

LaRay has also written, directed, edited, and produced over a dozen other narrative short films and documentaries. His short documentary, Voces Transcendentes (2025) won the LGBTQIA+ Image Award and was named Runner-Up for Best Graduate Documentary at the CUNY Film Festival and has since been licensed for public broadcast by CUNY TV. His narrative short film, Nocturne (2025) was an official selection of the Chain NYC Film Festival and his first-person documentary short, The Road with You (2025) was an official selection of the Vermillion Vortex Film Festival. He also wrote and produced the short horror comedy Bottom Feeder (2025) which was an official selection of the Queer Fear Film Festival and the East Village Queer Film Festival.

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As an actor, LaRay is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and he holds a BA in Theatre Arts. He is best known for his award-winning performance in the feature-length horror film, Fang (2022) for which he received multiple accolades including Best Performance at the Shawna Shea Film Festival and Best Actor at the Midwest Monster Film Festival. He is also a veteran stage performer with over 5o credits. His favorite roles include Rosencrantz in Hamlet, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Renfield in Dracula, and Charlie Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Most recently, he made his network episodic debut as a costar in HBO's miniseries, Task (2025).