Daniel-Leon Kit (born June 14, 1998) is an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, and songwriter, best known as Vincent Ellis Ross, III in ''
Stretch: the Movie'', Walter Rat in the stage play of ''
Thumbelina
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'', and
Santa Claus
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in the musical of ''
Santa Dot Claus''.
He currently lives in
Warner Robins, Georgia
Warner Robins (typically ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in Houston and Peach counties in the central part of the state. It is currently Georgia's eleventh-largest incorporated city, with an estimated population of 80,308 in th ...
. Kit appeared in the 2012 family comedy ''
Parental Guidance''.
Personal life
Daniel-Leon Kit was born in
Warner Robins, Georgia
Warner Robins (typically ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in Houston and Peach counties in the central part of the state. It is currently Georgia's eleventh-largest incorporated city, with an estimated population of 80,308 in th ...
. He was born to Rev. Jeffery Walker and his wife. He is of African American and Cherokee Indian descent. Kit was born Daniel Leon Kit Walker, but he grew tired of people calling him Daniel Leon Walker or Daniel Kit Walker, so hyphenated his first two names to ensure both middle names were used. He subsequently changed his name again to Daniel-Leon Kit.
Career
Kit's first production was when he was five years old. He later started getting offers for bigger roles, but he still remained doing local talent shows. When Kit turned ten years-old, he was offered a minor role feature film movie to play Vincent Ellis Ross, III in the movie of Stretch, but filming for the movies has been delayed for several years due to most of the cast were high school students who were graduating.
Kit also writes music for himself and the hit group ''Kourtesy''. He considers himself the co-manager of the group, and also has written at least ten songs for the upcoming album.
Filmography
References
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1998 births
American male child actors
American male television actors
American male stage actors
21st-century American male actors
Living people
People from Warner Robins, Georgia
American male film actors