Daniel Bonjour (born September 28, 1981) is a South Africa–born actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles in '' The Walking Dead'', ''

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Early life

Bonjour was born in

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. His father is South African commercial editor and director who worked under the name Trevor Hill and his mother is Swiss. He moved with his family to

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at the age of 5 and returned to South Africa at 8. At the age of 12 his family relocated to

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, Washington. He attended

Mercer Island High School Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a state school, public secondary education in the United States, high school located in Mercer Island, Washington, United States, as part of the Mercer Island School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, ...

and graduated from

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

Career

Daniel starred in his first movie when he was 12, but didn't continue his career until 2007 starring predominantly in indie films and landed his first role as series regular in the science fiction series ''

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'' for which he received the Best Actor Award from the International Academy of Web Television. In 2016 Daniel was cast as Daniel Lawrence in the CW series ''

'' opposite Peyton List and

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Daniel is the first ever winner of the

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for Male Actor in a Drama in 2013. ''

'' was the first project where he performed in his native South African accent. Daniel is also a writer and the grand prize winner of the Final Draft Screenwriting competition, having won the feature film category in 2015. He has worked on several award-winning video games including the ''

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''.

Personal life

Daniel is married to actress Jelly Howie. They have one child, a son named Brixton Riot Bonjour. Daniel has one brother named Pascal who lives in Seattle, as do both his parents. He was forced to leave his honeymoon with Jelly Howie in Thailand to fly to Atlanta to film ''The Walking Dead''. People magazine included Daniel as one of Hollywood's hottest up and comers in their

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'One's to Watch' category.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonjour, Daniel Living people 1981 births 21st-century South African male actors Boston College alumni Male actors from Johannesburg Mercer Island High School alumni South African male film actors South African male television actors South African male video game actors South African male voice actors