Danny Arroyo

Acting

Danny Arroyo

Born January 29, 1981The Bronx, New York, United States47 credits

Danny Arroyo is an actor/writer/producer/director with a Bachelor's Degree in film production and script writing, and has over 80 film/TV/commercial credits. He has won four "Best Actor" awards at various film festivals. Loves to meditate daily (has not missed a day in almost 8 straight years), reading books (especially comic books), working out, writing (screenplays and journals), playing fantasy football, video games, and seeing classic Hollywood films on the big screen. Arroyo is a series regular on the Amazon series Sangre Negra... Black Blood (2022), for which he won the "Best Actor" award at the Vive Latino America Awards Show for playing Detective Christian Santos. Sangre Negra... Black Blood also stars veteran actors Erik Estrada and Eric Roberts. Arroyo is the lead actor in five feature films. Main lead role in an action thriller titled Day Labor (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a Western themed suspense thriller titled The Stolen Valley (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a suspense action thriller titled The Charisma Killers (2024) coming soon, the main lead role in an Amazon Prime romantic comedy film titled Switched at Love (2022), the main lead role in a suspense cop drama thriller titled Nobody's Angel (2022), and a lead role in an Amazon Prime and Tubi teen drama titled Adolescents of Chymera (2022). Arroyo plays Rico Fisher, the main lead character in the true life story film The Last Smile, available on Amazon Prime, Tubi and iTunes, for which he won Best Actor at the Silicon Valley Film Festival and was nominated at the Burbank International Film Festival. Arroyo is the producer, co-writer, and actor on TV show pilot, The Detective starring Michael Madsen. Arroyo wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the comedy short film Bite! (2018), available on Amazon Prime, winner of 10 film festival awards (4 "Best Comedy" awards, 2 "Best Actor" and 1 "Best Director"). It is based on a true story of when his home was invaded by bed bugs. Arroyo has four screenplays in active development. His suspense mini-series titled Socio, the action video game dramedy thriller movie titled Gamers, the romantic comedy titled LONELY SATURDAY NIGHT SYNDROME, and the true story suspense feature film titled OUT OF CUBA. Danny Arroyo is an advocate of the representation of Latino's in entertainment. He produced, wrote, and hosted the successful live event for the Television Academy of Arts & Science (Emmys) titled, "HOLA: THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF LATINO TV" which featured the Presidents/CEOs of various Latino TV stations and networks.

Known For

Filmography

Pluribus
2025Pluribus
as Game Watcher #2TV
The Charisma Killers
2024The Charisma Killers
as Bobby HughesMovie
Day Labor
2024Day Labor
as Derrick ReyesMovie
Apocalypse Love
2023Apocalypse Love
as Spencer (voice)Movie
Nobody's Angels
2022Nobody's Angels
as John PatrickMovie
Nova Vita
2021Nova Vita
as Agent StevensonTV
Switched at Love
2021Switched at Love
as JacksonMovie
Wild West Chronicles
2021Wild West Chronicles
as Tiburcio VásquezTV
FanFobia
2021FanFobia
as DuncanMovie
Body of Sin
2018Body of Sin
as PurcellMovie
Sangre Negra
2017Sangre Negra
as Christian SantosTV
A Moving Romance
2017A Moving Romance
as AndrewMovie
The Last Smile
2016The Last Smile
as Rico FisherMovie
The Before Time
2014The Before Time
as Miguel SanchezMovie
Five Thirteen
2014Five Thirteen
as Walter AndersonMovie
Jet Set
2013Jet Set
as LouisMovie
The Caterpillar's Kimono
2013The Caterpillar's Kimono
as NBA Player #1Movie
Hercules Saves Christmas
2011Hercules Saves Christmas
as Rick WilderMovie
Kill Katie Malone
2010Kill Katie Malone
as Professor SaldanaMovie
Groupie
2010Groupie
as Chuck StilesMovie
Repo Chick
2009Repo Chick
as 666Movie
Spring Breakdown
2009Spring Breakdown
as Juan CarlosMovie
Street Warrior
2008Street Warrior
as SantoMovie
Richard III
2007Richard III
as Lord GreyMovie
Death Row
2006Death Row
as AngelMovie
White Rush
2003White Rush
as Carlos DevonMovie
Without a Trace
2002Without a Trace
as Guillermo RuizTV
24
200124
as DanTV
Shasta McNasty
1999Shasta McNasty
as Carlos / El Killer Bee-OTV
The Velocity of Gary
1999The Velocity of Gary
as Thug #1 on StreetMovie
Hard Time
1998Hard Time
as PepeMovie
V.I.P.
1998V.I.P.
as PacoTV
Lethal Weapon 4
1998Lethal Weapon 4
as GomezMovie
M
1996Moloney
as Chino EspinozaTV
Let It Be Me
1995Let It Be Me
as Hip Hop DancerMovie
ER
1994ER
as MooneyTV
Step by Step
1991Step by Step
as Student #1TV