Daniel Hayes is an actor, model and boxer. His professional career is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Early life Hayes was born in Trinidad and moved to Canada as a youth. From an early age, Daniel Hayes played soccer, basketball, football, amateur boxing, baseball, and swimming. Hayes later studied acting at The Second City and Groundlings, and trained at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio.
Acting career Hayes began his career as a print model in magazines and billboard ads for Gap, Guess, Nike, Sony, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Armani Exchange and Andrew Christian. A few years later he was in his first two commercials with And1 and Nike.
In 2016, Hayes worked with filmmaker KB Kutz on The Honey Badger, a 15-minute boxing documentary that closely follows the life of Hayes as he prepares for his professional bout in Mexico. The film was shown at North Hollywood CineFest and Canadian Film Fest.
Filmography + Film and television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Boot Camp Marine 2008 Between Love & Goodbye EricUncredited 2008 Criminal Suspect 2008 Essence Henry Toronto 48-Hour Film Challenge 2008, Nominated—Best Actor Award 2009 Modern Day Gladiator Dru Screened at the LA Film Festival2010Body LanguageBusboyTV series 2011 Going Down in LA-LA Land LucasSupporting Role2013Lucky 13BoTV series2013PlayedColt ThugTV series2013Open GymBorisShort film2014AmericanistanUzi GuardShort film2014Friend Inc.AlexShort film2016After the FightCaleb Ganz2016The Honey BadgerHimself upcoming Finding Larry Derek upcoming The Silver Chain Jason
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