Actor / Director Profile

Daniel, started his acting career before the age of six in late 1997. His first ventures were a series of commercials that include The Royal Canadian Mint, Bounce, General Mills, Hallmark Cards, Cottonelle, Oscar Mayer, Toys R Us and many more.In 1998 Daniel was cast in a HBO movie called "Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within". He began to learn his craft by working with Timothy Hutton. He gained further valuable experience by working with Shelley Long in "Vanished Without a Trace (NBC)", James Garner and Julie Andrews in "One Special Night (CBS)", Marcia Gay Harden in "Guilty Hearts (CBS)", and with Jennifer Lopez in "Angel Eyes".Daniel is mostly known for his role as "Edwin", Derek's younger brother in the family show "Life With Derek". The show started filming in 2004 and completed its run seventy episodes later in 2007. Filming of "Derek Goes On Vacation" was completed at the beginning of October, 2009 and will be released in early 2010. During his career Daniel has been featured on "Entertainment Tonight (Canada)", "Canada AM (CTV)" "Sky TV (Britain)" and "The Zone (YTV)".In 2003 Daniel was nominated in the Young Artist category for "Best Performance in a TV Movie", in a supporting role in Mom's on Strike. He was also nominated in 2006 for "Best Young Ensemble Performance" for Life With Derek and in 2008 for "Best Performance in a TV series" for his supporting role as Edwin Venturi.Upon completion of filming for "Derek Goes On Vacation" Daniel has returned to The University of British Columbia where he is resuming his studies. He is currently enrolled in an arts program with the hope of graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and a major in film making and directing.