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Danny Arroyo

Danny Arroyo

Born: 1981-01-29 • The Bronx, New York, United States

Danny Arroyo is an actor/writer/producer/director with a Bachelor's Degree in film production and script writing, and has over 80 film/TV/commercial credits. He has won four "Best Actor" awards at various film festivals. Loves to meditate daily (has not missed a day in almost 8 straight years), reading books (especially comic books), working out, writing (screenplays and journals), playing fantasy football, video games, and seeing classic Hollywood films on the big screen.

Arroyo is a series regular on the Amazon series Sangre Negra... Black Blood (2022), for which he won the "Best Actor" award at the Vive Latino America Awards Show for playing Detective Christian Santos. Sangre Negra... Black Blood also stars veteran actors Erik Estrada and Eric Roberts.

Arroyo is the lead actor in five feature films. Main lead role in an action thriller titled Day Labor (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a Western themed suspense thriller titled The Stolen Valley (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a suspense action thriller titled The Charisma Killers (2024) coming soon, the main lead role in an Amazon Prime romantic comedy film titled Switched at Love (2022), the main lead role in a suspense cop drama thriller titled Nobody's Angel (2022), and a lead role in an Amazon Prime and Tubi teen drama titled Adolescents of Chymera (2022). Arroyo plays Rico Fisher, the main lead character in the true life story film The Last Smile, available on Amazon Prime, Tubi and iTunes, for which he won Best Actor at the Silicon Valley Film Festival and was nominated at the Burbank International Film Festival. Arroyo is the producer, co-writer, and actor on TV show pilot, The Detective starring Michael Madsen.

Arroyo wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the comedy short film Bite! (2018), available on Amazon Prime, winner of 10 film festival awards (4 "Best Comedy" awards, 2 "Best Actor" and 1 "Best Director"). It is based on a true story of when his home was invaded by bed bugs.

Arroyo has four screenplays in active development. His suspense mini-series titled Socio, the action video game dramedy thriller movie titled Gamers, the romantic comedy titled LONELY SATURDAY NIGHT SYNDROME, and the true story suspense feature film titled OUT OF CUBA.

Danny Arroyo is an advocate of the representation of Latino's in entertainment. He produced, wrote, and hosted the successful live event for the Television Academy of Arts & Science (Emmys) titled, "HOLA: THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF LATINO TV" which featured the Presidents/CEOs of various Latino TV stations and networks.

Filmography
The Charisma Killers poster
The Charisma Killers
2024 • Bobby Hughes
Day Labor poster
Day Labor
2024 • Derrick Reyes
The Stolen Valley poster
The Stolen Valley
2024 • Lito
Apocalypse Love poster
Apocalypse Love
2023 • Spencer (voice)
Nobody's Angels poster
Nobody's Angels
2022 • John Patrick
Switched at Love poster
Switched at Love
2021 • Jackson
Adolescents of Chymera poster
Adolescents of Chymera
2021 • Lucky
FanFobia poster
FanFobia
2021 • Duncan
The Extraordinary Ordinary poster
The Extraordinary Ordinary
2019 • Joshua
Body of Sin poster
Body of Sin
2018 • Purcell
A Moving Romance poster
A Moving Romance
2017 • Andrew
The Last Smile poster
The Last Smile
2016 • Rico Fisher
The Before Time poster
The Before Time
2014 • Miguel Sanchez
Five Thirteen poster
Five Thirteen
2014 • Walter Anderson
Jet Set poster
Jet Set
2013 • Louis
The Caterpillar's Kimono poster
The Caterpillar's Kimono
2013 • NBA Player #1
Hercules Saves Christmas poster
Hercules Saves Christmas
2011 • Rick Wilder
Kill Katie Malone poster
Kill Katie Malone
2010 • Professor Saldana
Groupie poster
Groupie
2010 • Chuck Stiles
Repo Chick poster
Repo Chick
2009 • 666
Spring Breakdown poster
Spring Breakdown
2009 • Juan Carlos
Street Warrior poster
Street Warrior
2008 • Santo
Hotel California poster
Hotel California
2008 • Danny
Richard III poster
Richard III
2007 • Lord Grey
Death Row poster
Death Row
2006 • Angel
White Rush poster
White Rush
2003 • Carlos Devon
The Velocity of Gary poster
The Velocity of Gary
1999 • Thug #1 on Street
Hard Time poster
Hard Time
1998 • Pepe
Lethal Weapon 4 poster
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 • Gomez
Let It Be Me poster
Let It Be Me
1995 • Hip Hop Dancer
Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre poster
Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre
— • Danny