Derek Hagen was born in December 1977, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Derek trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is primarily a stage actor. He also attended the Lee Strasberg Institute and was a working observer at the Actor's Studio in New York. He began his career at Theatre Cambrian in his home town of Sudbury Ontario and left at the age of 18. He is most grateful to Judy Straugahan, Jamie Bourget and Irma Saundrey for his early interest in the profession.
