Daniel Hayes is an actor, model and boxer. His professional career is based in

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, Ontario, Canada.

Early life

Hayes was born in Trinidad and moved to Canada as a youth. From an early age, Daniel Hayes played soccer, basketball, football, amateur boxing, baseball, and swimming. Hayes later studied acting at

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and Groundlings, and trained at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio.

Acting career

Hayes began his career as a print model in magazines and billboard ads for Gap,

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, Nike,

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, Hugo Boss,

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and

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. A few years later he was in his first two commercials with

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and Nike. In 2016, Hayes worked with filmmaker KB Kutz on ''

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'', a 15-minute boxing documentary that closely follows the life of Hayes as he prepares for his professional bout in Mexico. The film was shown at North Hollywood CineFest and Canadian Film Fest.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Daniel Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male models Year of birth missing (living people)