{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniel Samonas | image = | image_size = 220px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|03|07}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2004–present | spouse = | partner = | website = }} '''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
==Career== After moving to Florida when he was 11,<ref name="BIO">{{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}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2012 | ''Destiny Road'' | Johnny | Film |- | 2012 | ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' | Maqui | VG |- | 2011 | ''Fishers of Men'' | | Film |- | 2010 | ''Final Fantasy XIII'' | Maqui<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Daniel Samonas (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Daniel-Samonas/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref> | 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 | ''iCarly'' |Doug 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 | ''ER'' |Finn 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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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1526223}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403055001/http://www.danielsamonas.com/ Official website]
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