Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian American 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. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Career After moving to Florida when he was 11, 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. 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. 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.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2012 Destiny Road Johnny Film 2012 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Maqui VG 2011 Fishers of Men Film 2010 Final Fantasy XIII Maqui VG; Voice Actor (English version) 2009 Downstream 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 Wizards of Waverly Place Dean Moriarty TV; 9 episodes 2007–2008 Entourage TV; 3 episodes 2007 iCarlyDoug Toder Episode: "iFence" 2008 CSI: NY TV 2008 Without a Trace TV 2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Teo TV; Voice Actor; 4 episodes 2007 ERFinn Andrews TV 2007 The Last Day of Summer Meat TV 2006 Stronger Than Daylight 2006 Thanks to Gravity 2006 My Struggle 2006 Zoey 101 Student TV Episode:Broadcast Views 2006 Everybody Hates Chris Ernie D TV; Season 1, Episode 3 2006 Hannah Montana Josh TV; Season 1 Episode 4 2006 Enemies 2005 3 the Hard Way 2005 Hitters Anonymous 2005 La migra 2005 Little Men 2004 Pizza Palace 2004 Ephraim
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