Daniel Samonas
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2004–2012
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Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian American former actor best known for his roles as Dean Moriarty on Wizards of Waverly Place and as Toder on iCarly.
Background
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Samonas is of Greek, and Irish descent, and moved to Coral Springs, Florida with his family when he was 11. There he did print modeling and became active in film.{{cite news|url=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|title='LITTLE MEN'|date=March 4, 2005|publisher=Miami Herald|access-date=2009-06-22}} He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Career
After moving to Florida when he was 11,{{cite web|url=http://www.danielsamonas.com/|title=Official bio|work=danielsamonas.com|access-date=2009-06-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403055001/http://www.danielsamonas.com/|archive-date=2009-04-03}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7116|title=Development Update: March 21–22, Part 2: Dramas|date=March 22, 2006|publisher=The Futon Critic|access-date=2009-06-22}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lGASAAAAIBAJ&pg=2965,6275415&dq=daniel-samonas|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718073101/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lGASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2965,6275415&dq=daniel-samonas|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|title=Summer Keys On Adolescents|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=June 20, 2007|publisher=The Spokesman-Review|access-date=2009-06-22}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/arts/television/20last.html|title=Middle School Sounds Scary, and Summer Is No Picnic |last=Stewart|first=Susan |date=July 20, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=2009-06-22}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.twistmagazine.com/2009/01/spotted-selena-daniel-getting.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120200619/http://www.twistmagazine.com/2009/01/spotted-selena-daniel-getting.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 20, 2009|title=Spotted: Selena & Daniel Getting Close!|date=January 16, 2009|publisher=Twist Magazine|access-date=2009-06-22}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Johnny | Film |
| 2012
| Maqui | VG |
| 2011
| Fishers of Men | | Film |
| 2010
| VG; Voice Actor (English version) |
| 2009
| | |
| 2009
| Coach Shane | | |
| 2009
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | | TV |
| 2008
| The Least of These | | |
| 2007
| Nickelodeon: 'The Last Day of Summer' - Behind the Scenes | | TV |
| 2008 - 2010
| Dean Moriarty | TV; 9 episodes |
| 2007 - 2008
| | TV; 3 episodes |
| 2007
| iCarly |Doug Toder | Episode: "iFence" |
| 2008
| CSI: NY | | TV |
| 2008
| | TV |
| 2005 - 2008
| Teo | TV; Voice Actor; 4 episodes |
| 2007
| ER |Finn Andrews | TV |
| 2007
| Meat | TV |
| 2006
| Stronger Than Daylight | | |
| 2006
| Thanks to Gravity | | |
| 2006
| | |
| 2006
| Zoey 101 | Student | TV Episode:Broadcast Views |
| 2006 |
| 2006
| Josh | TV; season 1 episode 4 |
| 2006
| Enemies | | |
| 2005
| 3 the Hard Way | | |
| 2005
| Hitters Anonymous | | |
| 2005
| La migra | | |
| 2005
| | |
| 2004
| Pizza Palace | | |
| 2004
| Ephraim | | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1526223}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403055001/http://www.danielsamonas.com/ Official website]
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Category:American male child actors
Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States
Category:Canadian male child actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian people of Greek descent
Category:Canadian people of Irish descent
Category:Canadian male voice actors