Denny Love
Love in 2019
Born	Denzel Irby (1992-12-30)December 30, 1992 (age 33)[1] Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Education	DePaul University
Occupations	Actor, comedian
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Mayor of Kingstown Looking for Alaska

Denzel Irby (born December 30, 1992), known professionally asDenny Love, is an American actor and comedian. His biggest roles are Chip "The Colonel" Martin inLooking for Alaska (2019) and Kevin Jackson inMayor of Kingstown (2024–2025). He also had minor roles onChicago P.D. (2015),Empire (2016–2017), andLucifer (2019), and appeared in the 2020 filmUnpregnant.

Love is fromMadison, Wisconsin.^[1] He was raised by his grandmother,^[2] and belonged to theBoys and Girls Club ofDane County.^[3] He attendedMadison West High School,^[3] then studied theater atDePaul University, graduating in 2015.^[3][4]

Love appeared in three episodes ofEmpire as Barry.^[5][3][6]

Though Love was unfamiliar withJohn Green's work, he read the novelLooking for Alaska in preparation, and for his audition he recited a monologue from the book.^[7] He received a phone call of congratulations from him upon getting the role.^[1][7]

Love appeared in all eight episodes ofLooking for Alaska as Chip "The Colonel" Martin, a Black scholarship student at the fictional Culver Creek Academy.^[7] In the novel, the Colonel's race is not specified but is assumed to be white.^[8][9][10] Nasim Mansuri, writing forHypable, says, "In no part of the novel does it say that the Colonel is Black, and being Black doesn't particularly change his character… but [...] his race brings a lot more meaning to every interaction. It also makes the Colonel's rage a lot more understandable, even if his actions aren't always justified.^[8]

Love is a regular panelist on the Kevin Langue Show, a popular YouTube comedy show.

Denny Love is currently doing multiple comedic shows. He has done shows in Chicago, Texas, Arizona, Canada, Australia, and more.

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