Daniel DeSanto

Daniel DeSanto
DeSanto in 2012
Alma mater	Martingrove Collegiate Institute (1999) Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Daniel DeSanto is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Raised in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, 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?, 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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	La famiglia Buonanotte	Michaelangelo Buonanotte
1990	The Freshman	Mall Patron
1998	Half Baked	After School Son
2004	Mean Girls	Jason
2009	Gooby	Crane
2009	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Ottilio Panza
2011	Breakaway	Churchnick
2011	Havana 57	Officer Lino
2014	Dr. Cabbie	Robin Gilbert
2017	The Meaning of Life	Carlo
2018	Little Italy	Anthony

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Eric's World	Horace	TV series
1990	My Secret Identity	Young Kirk	Episode: "Seems Like Only Yesterday"
1991	Power Pack	Eddie	TV movie
1991	The Kids in the Hall	John Son	Episode: "2.19" Episode: "3.3"
1991	The Return of Elliot Ness	Newsboy #2	TV movie
1991	Street Legal	Paley Children	Episode: "Too Many Cooks"
1993	Gregory K	Jeremiah Kingsley	TV movie
1993	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	Dwight (voice)	Episode: "While the Cat's Away"
1993	The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon	Matt	TV series
1994	Due South	Jerry	Episodes: "Chicago Holiday: Part 1" and "Chicago Holiday: Part 2"
1994–1996, 1999–2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Tucker	65 episodes
1994–1997	The Magic School Bus	Carlos Ramon (voice)	52 episodes
1995	Prince for a Day	Carlo	TV movie
1995	Goosebumps	Gabe	Episode: "Return of the Mummy"
1996–1998	Stickin' Around	William (voice)	39 episodes
1997	The Don's Analyst	Young Vincent	TV movie
1998–1999	The Famous Jett Jackson	Hall Beale Jr.	3 episodes
1998–1999	Mythic Warriors	Iolas (voice)	2 episodes
1999	Rescue Heroes	Carter (voice)	Episode: "1.27"
1999-2003	Monster by Mistake	Billy Castleman (voice)	Recurring role
2000	Wind at My Back	Boy #1	Episode: "Coming of Age"
2000	Phantom of the Megaplex	Zeke	TV movie
2001–2004	Braceface	Brock Leighton	Main Role
2001–2009	Arthur	Alberto Molina	4 episodes
2002–2005	Beyblade	Ray Kon	Main Role
2003	Moville Mysteries	Dominic Esquito (voice)	Episode: "The Night and Day and Night of the Hunter"
2004	Beyblade: Fierce Battle	Ray (voice)	Video
2004–2005	Da Boom Crew	Additional voice
2005	Time Warp Trio	Temujin (voice)	Episode: "You Can't, but Genghis Khan"
2006, 2008, 2010	Totally Spies!	Blaine (voice)	6 episodes
2008	The Border	Rene Colone	Episode: "Normalizing Relations"
2008	XIII	T.A.	TV miniseries
2009	Being Erica	Lance	Episode: "What I Am Is What I Am"
2009	Deadliest Sea	Greenhorn	TV movie
2009	Aaron Stone	Harrison	4 episodes
2010	Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures	Steven Dizon	Episode: "Code Clock"
2010	The Dating Guy	Whitebread (voice)	Episode: "20,000 VJs Under the Sea"
2011	Mudpit	T.L.	Episode: "First Temptation of Mudpit"
2011	Combat Hospital	Major Glad Marin	6 episodes
2012	Whiskey Business	Joey Pipes	TV movie
2012	Republic of Doyle	Marco	Episode: "Con, Steal, Love"
2012	Rookie Blue	Paul Salenko	Episode: "Girls' Night Out"
2013	Lost Girl	Aussie	Episode: "SubterrFaenean"
2014	Total Drama Pahkitew Island	Dave	10 episodes
2015	Charming Christmas	Vince	TV movie
2016	Murdoch Mysteries	Alan Driscoll	Episode: "A Case of the Yips"
2016–2018	PAW Patrol	Daring Danny X (voice)	Recurring role
2017	Preshift	Casting director	Episode: "Re-writes"
2017	Man Seeking Woman	Mr. Martinez	Episode: "Bagel"
2017	The Indian Detective	Todd Johnson	4 episodes
2018	Dot.	Rick/Ro-Bo-BQ (voice)	Episode: "Dot's Birthday Wishlist"
2018	Wholesome Foods I Love You... Is That OK?	Marko	Lead role
2018	Imposters	Office Manager	Episode: "Fillion Bollar King"
2020	Mayday	Captain	Episode: "Impossible Pitch"
2022	Workin' Moms	Reggie	2 episodes

External links

• Daniel DeSanto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Daniel DeSanto at IMDb