Arroyo, Danny

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Arroyo, Danny

PERSONAL

Full name, Daniel Luis Arroyo; born January 29, in the Bronx, New York, NY. Education: Studied acting and voice. Avocational Interests: Fitness workouts, boxing, gymnastics, meditation, comic books, video games.

Addresses: Agent—Marilyn Szatmary, SMS Talent, Inc., 8730 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 440, West Hollywood, CA 90069; (commercials) Morgan Agency, 7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 1009, Hollywood, CA 90028. Manager—Central Artists, 3310 West Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505.

Career: Actor. Appeared in television and radio commercials and print advertisements. California Predators (semiprofessional football team), football player; also worked as a bartender, boxing coach, fitness trainer, and security guard.

Member: American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Slate Award, best actor, Northern California Independent Film and Video Festival, 2000, for Chimera House.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Scenes deleted) Brad, Bordello of Blood (also known as Dead Easy and Tales from the Crypt Presents: "Bordello of Blood"), Universal, 1996.

First thug on street, The Velocity of Gary, Next Millennium Films, 1998.

Gomez, Lethal Weapon 4 (also known as Lethal 4), Warner Bros., 1998.

Lucky, Chimera House, Dogstar Productions, 1999.

Carlos Devon, White Rush, Canon Films, 2003.

Lord Grey, Richard III, Basilisk Films, 2006.

Detention, FilmJack Productions, c. 2006.

Appeared in the independent film The Courier and the short film NYPD Jew.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hip hop dancer, Let It Be Me (also known as Love Dance), Starz!, 1995.

Pepe, Hard Time, TNT, 1998.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Pepe, Hard Time: The Premonition (also known as The Premonition), TNT, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

House of Buggin', Fox, 1995.

Chino Espinoza, "Sweet Sorrow," Moloney, CBS, 1996.

Cesar, "Tomas Alcantar," America's Most Wanted (also known as America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back and A.M.W.), Fox, 1997.

First student, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," Step by Step, CBS, 1997.

Carlos (El Killer Bee-O), "Leo Is a Pain in My Ass," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 2000.

Dr. Reid Mooney, "Start All Over Again," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2001.

Paco, "Val under Covers," V.I.P. (also known as V.I.P.—Die Bodyguards), syndicated, 2001.

Ralphie, "Secretos, Mentiras, y Expectativas," Resurrection Blvd., Showtime, 2001.

Smuggler, Spyder Games (also known as Spyder Web), MTV, 2001.

Guillermo "Memo" Ruiz, "Bait," Without a Trace (also known as Vanished), CBS, 2004.

Bad Boy Dan, "Day 4: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.," 24 (also known as 24 Hours), Fox, 2005.

Some sources cite additional appearances in Spyder Games (also known as Spyder Web), MTV.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Appeared in the pilot Times Square, Fox.

Television Appearances; Other:

Appeared as the host of The Funk Dance Show and Muscle Mania, both ESPN 2.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voices of MOS soldier, Mafia person, and other characters, Predator: Concrete Jungle, Vivendi Universal Games, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Author of the screenplay Gamers.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Danny Arroyo Official Site, http://www.dannyarroyo.com, January 14, 2006.