Daniel da Silva (actor)

Daniel da Silva (born 1984) is an American actor and filmmaker.

Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Daniel da Silva trained at the American Conservatory Theater. Making his screen debut in director Rob Nilsson's MAELSTROM; da Silva played a Portuguese native who comes to America with his French girlfriend in search of her father. As a reluctant heir to his father's affluence, da Silva collaborated again with Nilsson in COLLAPSE - a vignette of the times in the world of the San Francisco Ballet Company during the economic crisis - and as a phone gambler in an uncredited role with Stacy Keach playing a bookie facing an identity crisis in IMBUED. da Silva appeared in Richard J. Bosner's award-winning directorial debut, FALLING UPHILL – a feature about twenty-somethings going through a quarter life crisis; and is in post-production of AMERICAN MONGREL, a film in which he co-wrote, produced and acted. American Mongrel is the story of three strangers who find themselves on the road confronting their past mistakes, rekindling love, and finding acceptance.