Danny Ramirez
{{short description|American actor}}
{{For|the baseball coach and player|Danny Ramirez (baseball)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|09|17}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2016–present
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Danny Ramirez (born September 17, 1992){{Cite web |last=St. Clair |first=Joshua |date=2021-04-26 |title=Danny Ramirez Has the Wings. Will Marvel Let Him Soar? |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a36192471/danny-ramirez-falcon-winter-soldier-interview/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}{{cite magazine |date=2022-06-17 |title=Danny Ramirez on Dream Jobs and Flow States |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/danny-ramirez-top-gun |magazine=Interview |quote=He's 29, born in Chicago, raised in Miami... |access-date=2025-02-20}} is an American actor.{{Cite web|title=Danny Ramirez is ready to take flight|url=https://theface.com/culture/danny-ramirez-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-top-gun-maverick-actor-interview-tom-cruise|access-date=2021-05-12|website=The Face|language=en-gb}} He is best known for his roles as Wes in The Gifted, Mario Martinez in On My Block, Joaquin Torres / Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Lt. Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia in Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Ramirez portrays Manny in The Last of Us (2025).
Early life
Ramirez was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is of Colombian and Mexican descent. He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High School. Growing up he wanted to be an athlete and he tried American football and soccer. He says that after encountering injuries it took him a year to realize he would need a new career.
Career
Danny Ramirez made his television debut on Showtime's The Affair followed by roles on NBC's Blindspot and the feature film, Rapid Eye Movement while attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.{{cite web |last1=Schutz |first1=Lauren |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Some hope for drama majors: Meet the NYU senior heading for the silver screen |url=https://thetab.com/us/nyu/2015/10/07/first-monologue-ever-memorized-tisch-audition-359 |website=The Tab |language=en-US |access-date=April 4, 2018}}
He played a recurring role as Wes on Fox's The Gifted and he was Mario Martinez on the hit Netflix series On My Block. He also guest-starred in Orange Is the New Black. His first notable film credits came shortly after graduating in Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation{{cite web |last1=Felperin |first1=Leslie |date=February 9, 2018 |title='Assassination Nation': Film Review Sundance 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/assassination-nation-review-1083340 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=April 4, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Nicholson |first1=Amy |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Sundance Film Review: 'Assassination Nation' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/assassination-nation-review-1202672940/ |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=April 4, 2018}} which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He was Chip shortly after that in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's remake of the musical Valley Girl.
Recently he has wrapped director Katharine O'Brien's Lost Transmissions (with Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, and Alexandra Daddario) which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019, Richard Bates Jr.'s Tone-Deaf which premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival in 2019 and David Raboy's The Giant, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019.{{Cite web |title=The Giant |url=https://tiff.net/events/the-giant |website=TIFF}}
In August 2018, it was announced Ramirez would be in Top Gun: Maverick, along with Tom Cruise.{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |date=August 22, 2018 |title='Top Gun: Maverick' Casts Up Flight School Saga Around Tom Cruise |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/top-gun-2-tom-cruise-thomasin-mckenzie-charles-parnell-jay-ellis-bashiresalahuddin-danny-ramirez-monica-barbaro-1202449761/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=November 30, 2023}}
In November 2018, Ramirez was presented the Third Annual NYU Stonestreet Granite Award, which was previously awarded to Miles Teller and Rachel Brosnahan.{{Cite web |title="Top Gun: Maverick" Danny Ramirez to Receive Third Annual Stonestreet Studio Granite Award |url=https://artvoice.com/2018/11/27/top-gun-maverick-danny-ramirez-to-receive-third-annual-stonestreet-studio-granite-award/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128112744/https://artvoice.com/2018/11/27/top-gun-maverick-danny-ramirez-to-receive-third-annual-stonestreet-studio-granite-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |website=ArtVoice |date=November 28, 2018 }}
In 2021, Ramirez played Joaquin Torres in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=October 16, 2020 |title='On My Block' Actor Danny Ramirez Joins 'Falcon & the Winter Soldier' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/on-my-block-actor-danny-ramirez-joins-falcon-the-winter-soldier-4078268/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=May 12, 2021}} In 2025, he reprised the role as Torres, who took on the mantle of Falcon, in the film Captain America: Brave New World.{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=September 10, 2022 |title='Captain America: New World Order' Casts Shira Haas as Sabra and Tim Blake Nelson as The Leader |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/captain-america-new-world-order-shira-haas-sabra-tim-blake-nelson-the-leader-1235363618/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910200738/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/captain-america-new-world-order-shira-haas-sabra-tim-blake-nelson-the-leader-1235363618/ |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=September 10, 2022}} In March 2025, it was confirmed that Ramirez will reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 26, 2025 |title=Marvel Confirming 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby & More…. |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326161401/https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |archive-date=March 26, 2025 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
He appeared in the 2022 movie Root Letter, based on a Japanese video game.{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Danny Ramirez to Star in Film Adaptation of 'Root Letter' Video Game (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/danny-ramirez-root-letter-japanese-game-movie-adaptation-1203341888/ |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=May 12, 2021}} In January 2022, Ramirez was cast in Stars at Noon directed by Claire Denis.{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=January 14, 2022 |title=Danny Ramirez Joins A24's 'Stars At Noon' From Claire Denis |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/danny-ramirez-claire-denis-stars-at-noon-a24-1234912914/ |work=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=November 30, 2023}} In February 2022, he starred in Hulu's thriller No Exit as Ash.
In March 2024, Ramirez was cast as Manny in the second season of the HBO series The Last of Us.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/last-of-us-season-2-cast-manny-danny-ramirez-mel-owen-1235927601/ |title=Last of Us Season 2 Casts Danny Ramirez, Tati Gabrielle, Ariela Barer, Spencer Lord |last=Otterson |first=Joe |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=March 1, 2024 |accessdate=March 1, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301173050/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/last-of-us-season-2-cast-manny-danny-ramirez-mel-owen-1235927601/ |archivedate=March 1, 2024 |url-status=live }}
Filmography
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= Television =
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Moving Kid | 1 episode | |
| Blindspot
| Panicked Student | Episode: "In the Comet of Us" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Paolo | Episode: "Tied to the Tracks" | |
| The Gifted
| Wes | 3 episodes | |
| 2018-2019
| Mario Martinez | 4 episodes |
| 2021
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | 5 episodes |
| 2022
| Eric | Episode: "La Doña" | |
| 2023
| Hector | Episode: "Mazey Day" | |
| 2025
| Manny | 4 episodes (Season 2) | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6639989}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American people of Colombian descent
Category:American male actors of Mexican descent
Category:21st-century American male actors