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Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva

Actor

Born October 30, 1991 in Cardenas, Cuba

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Danell Leyva is a three-time Olympic medalist and has been acting since his retirement in 2016

Danell was born in Cardenas, Cuba on October 30th, 1991. After having severe asthma as a baby, his mother, Maria Gonzalez, fled from Cuba to find a better life for her children, Danell and his sister, Dayanis Mesa.

After a 20-year long career in gymnastics that saw Danell Johan Leyva win three Olympic medals, two silver medals during the 2016 Rio Olympics on Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar, and one bronze in the All-Around at the 2012 London Olympics, Danell moved to Los Angeles to pursue his passion in entertainment.

Since his arrival to Los Angeles, Danell has appeared in multiple short films and web-series, and appeared on two episodes of the Nickelodeon show Paradise Run. Most notably, he was cast in a lead role for the short film Stealth that premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. He has appeared on several nationwide commercials with companies such as Target, Diesel, Uber Eats etc.

Danell has also participated as a contestant on multiple unscripted shows such as the fifth season of the Univision show Mira Quien Baila where he finished in third place, and was featured on two episodes of season 11 of American Ninja Warrior on NBC. After the episode aired on September 2nd, 2019, Danell went viral. He was on the front page of Reddit as well as trending on Twitter.

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Cold Blows the Wind Poster

Cold Blows the Wind Feature Film2024Dean

Spark Feature Film2024Trevor

Clocked Feature Film2023Ramon Rivera

ADXM Short Film2022Roy

Lexi Feature Film2022Lexi Fan

Broke Luck Poster

Broke Luck Short Film2021Manny

Always Acting Up TV Series2020Self

DisGraced Poster

DisGraced TV Series2020Derek Dashen

Love, Victor Poster

Love, Victor TV Series2020Hank

Stealth Short Film2019Emmanuel

Hialeah TV Series2018Jean-Carlos Rodriguez

Sear Up Short Film2018Paolo

Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular TV Special2017Self

Fit Club Poster

Fit Club TV Series2016Self - Guest

Paradise Run Poster

Paradise Run TV Series2016Self - Contestant

Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad Poster

Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad Mini-Series2016

AT&T American Cup TV Special2013Self

Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular TV Movie2013Self

AT&T American Cup TV Special2012Self

London 2012: Games of the XXX Olympiad Poster

London 2012: Games of the XXX Olympiad Mini-Series2012

Hell's Kitchen Poster

Hell's Kitchen TV Series2005Self

American Latino TV Poster

American Latino TV TV Series2004Self - Guest

Weekend Today Poster

Weekend Today TV Series1987Self - Guest

Today TV Series1952Self

Please Don't Leave a Message Poster

Please Don't Leave a Message Short FilmMiguel

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