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I started my acting career where I started my life, the City of Brotherly love, Philadelphia, PA. Professionally, I started playing in small community theater plays like Son of a Preacher Man and Night of the Iguana but I’ve actually been acting since I was in high school in my own home productions shot on… wait for it… VHS cassettes.
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Hit the Mark

I moved to Los Angeles after a series of unfortunate events prompted me to seek a change of venue. I had visited LA previously and fell in love with its progressive, laid back attitude and weather. I fell into background acting as a way to make ends meet while I followed my dream of directing feature films. I had done BG sporadically in Philly (You may remember me from my Oscar winning performance as the guy that gets pushed by J-Law’s character in Silver Linings Playbook) so I knew how to get my foot in the door. Directing features proved to be much harder to break into. Less than a year and many police uniforms later I got my SAG-AFTRA card. It was very proud and financially wounding moment; but worth it.

The Martini

Currently, I have my fingers in a lot of pies. Still looking for that day player or network role I’m auditioning for commercials, theater, short films, you name it. I also keep very busy with free-lance editing and writing as well as BG. In my spare time I take acting classes and help my producer friends with their films in camera department, cuz yeah I do that too. Oh, and making web pages apparently.
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Daniel's Acting Resume

Resumé

Here is my resumé. Check it out. You can also check out some samples of my work here.