Daniel DeSanto is a Canadian actor.
Early life
Raised in the
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
suburb of
Etobicoke
Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River (Ontario), Humber River, on the ...
, DeSanto made his acting debut at the age of 8 as the lead protagonist in ''Brown Bread Sandwiches'' (a.k.a. ''La famiglia Buonanotte''), a film about Italian immigrants in Toronto written and directed by
Carlo Liconti. Prior to his first screen role, DeSanto had been in a juice commercial with Canadian figure skating star
Elizabeth Manley, and was an avid hockey player.
He later attended
Martingrove Collegiate Institute and graduated in 1999. After attending MCI, he then attended
Ryerson University for Film Studies.
Career
DeSanto is best known for playing Tucker on ''
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' is a children's horror anthology television series created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel. The original series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from August 15, 1992 to February 3, 1996, and also o ...
'',
his 2004 role as Jason in ''
Mean Girls'',
The Assassin in ''
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day'',
Matt in ''
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon'', the TV show ''
The Magic School Bus'' in which he voices Carlos Ramon, and for voicing Ray on the ''
Beyblade''
series and voicing Blaine on ''
Totally Spies!''.
DeSanto also provided the voice of Dave in ''
Total Drama Pahkitew Island''.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Canadian male child actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian people of Italian descent
Male actors from Toronto
People from Etobicoke
Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Canadian male actors
21st-century Canadian male actors