| Daniel Hayes | |
| Occupation: | Actor, model |
| Years Active: | 2002–present |
| Birth Place: | Trinidad |
Daniel Hayes is an actor, model and boxer.[1] His professional career is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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.[2] Hayes later studied acting at The Second City and Groundlings, and trained at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio.[3]
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.[4]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Boot Camp | Marine | ||
| 2008 | Between Love & Goodbye | Eric | Uncredited | |
| 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 Festival | |
| 2010 | Body Language | Busboy | TV series | |
| 2011 | Going Down in LA-LA Land | Lucas | Supporting Role | |
| 2013 | Lucky 13 | Bo | TV series | |
| 2013 | Played | Colt Thug | TV series | |
| 2013 | Open Gym | Boris | Short film | |
| 2014 | Americanistan | Uzi Guard | Short film | |
| 2014 | Friend Inc. | Alex | Short film | |
| 2016 | After the Fight | Caleb Ganz | ||
| 2016 | The Honey Badger | Himself | ||
| upcoming | Finding Larry | Derek | ||
| upcoming | The Silver Chain | Jason |