Daniel Samonas

Daniel Samonas
Born	Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 21) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Website
http://www.danielsamonas.com

Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian American actor.^[1][2]

Background

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Samonas moved to Coral Springs, Florida with his family when he was 11. There he did print modeling and became involved in theater.^[3] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Career

After moving to Florida when he was 11,^[2] Samonas became involved in print modeling and local theater. His first lead role was in Ephraim, after which he served in several more films until his first television spot in Everybody Hates Chris. He returned to film and in 2006 was cast in the ABC pilot Enemies.^[4] This was followed by appearances in Zoey 101, Hannah Montana as Josh and repeated appearances as the voice of 'Teo" in Avatar:The Last Airbender. In 2006 he was cast as 'Meat' in The Last Day of Summer.^[5][6] In 2008, Samonas made an appearance on iCarly as Freddie's fencing rival Doug Toder and later appeared on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place as Alex's (Selena Gomez) boyfriend Dean.^[7]

Filmography

• Final Fantasy XIII-2(2011)(VG) as Maqui
• Fishers of Men (2011) (Film)
• Final Fantasy XIII (2010) (VG) (voice: English version) as Maqui
• Downstream (2009)
• Coach Shane (2009)
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009 (2009) (TV)
• The Least of These (2008)
• Nickelodeon: 'The Last Day of Summer' - Behind the Scenes (2007) (TV)
• Wizards of Waverly Place (9 episodes, 2008-2010) (TV) as Dean Moriarty
• Entourage (3 episodes, 2007-2008) (TV)
• iCarly (2008) (TV)
• CSI: NY (2008) (TV)
• Without a Trace (2008) (TV)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (4 episodes, 2005-2007) (TV) (voice) as Teo
• ER (2007) (TV)
• The Last Day of Summer (2007) (TV)
• Stronger Than Daylight (2006)
• Thanks to Gravity (2006)
• My Struggle (2006)
• Hannah Montana (2006) (TV) as Josh
• Zoey 101 (2006) (TV)
• Enemies (2006)
• 3 the Hard Way (2005) (TV)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005) (TV)
• Hitters Anonymous (2005)
• La migra (2005)
• Little Men (2005)
• Pizza Palace (2004)
• Ephraim (2004)

References

1. ^ Steinberg, Lisa. "Daniel Samonas: Magical". Starry Constellation Magazine. http://www.starrymag.com/content.asp?ID=3986&CATEGORY=INTERVIEWS&PAGE=1. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Official bio". danielsamonas.com. http://www.danielsamonas.com/. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
3. ^ "`LITTLE MEN'". Miami Herald. March 4, 2005. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108A6045A59D7A6C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
4. ^ "Development Update: March 21-22, Part 2: Dramas". The Futon Critic. March 22, 2006. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7116. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
5. ^ McDonough, Kevin (June 20, 2007). "Summer Keys On Adolescents". The Spokesman-Review. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lGASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2965,6275415&dq=daniel-samonas. Retrieved 2009-06-22. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Stewart, Susan (July 20, 2007). "Middle School Sounds Scary, and Summer Is No Picnic". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/arts/television/20last.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
7. ^ "Spotted: Selena & Daniel Getting Close!". Twist Magazine. January 16, 2009. http://www.twistmagazine.com/2009/01/spotted-selena-daniel-getting.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 

External links

• Daniel Samonas at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

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Name	Samonas, Daniel
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Date of birth	March 7, 1990
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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