Jayden Daniels

Actor

Jayden Daniels

3 films

After graduating from drama school Toi Whakaari in 2014, Jayden Daniels hit the ground running with a recurring role on Shortland Street as Curtis Hannah. The character eventually became a fan favourite, as he journeyed from bad boy to cop. Following time on adventure series The New Legends of Monkey, Daniels co-starred in prime time drama Head High. Daniels played Mana Roberts, one of two brothers striving to make their mark in rugby at a low decile high school. Daniels won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 NZ TV Awards for the role. Next came roles in horror film Evil Dead Rise, and Whina, a biopic of Dame Whina Cooper.

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Evil Dead Rise posterFirst watchEvil Dead Rise20237.0as GabrielA supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of…View film

Filmography

3 films as actor
  1. TBAMother Knows Best
  2. 2023Evil Dead RiseGabriel
  3. 2022WhinaCyril