Dayo Okeniyi
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Born | Oladayo A. Okeniyi June 14, 1988 Lagos, Nigeria |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Oladayo A. "Dayo" Okeniyi (born June 14, 1988) is a Nigerian American actor,[1] popularly known for playing the role of Thresh in The Hunger Games[2] and Danny Dyson in Terminator Genisys.[3]
Life and career
Dayo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings.[4] His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a literature teacher from Kenya.[5] In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana, United States, from Nigeria and later moved to California.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009.[6]
Prior to being cast in The Hunger Games, Okeniyi worked in local theatre and in film shorts.[7] Okeniyi starred 2014 in the drama film Endless Love, also starred in a new series "Shades of blue" and portrayed Danny Dyson in Terminator Genisys (2015).[8]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Eyes to See | Unknown role | Short film |
2011 | Lions Among Men | Tau | Short film |
2012 | The Hunger Games | Thresh | |
2012 | The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Himself | |
2013 | The Spectacular Now | Marcus | |
2013 | Runner, Runner | Perdeep | |
2013 | Cavemen | Andre | |
2013 | Revolution | Alec | TV show |
2014 | Endless Love | Mace | |
2015 | Terminator Genisys | Danny Dyson | |
2016 | Good Kids | Conch | |
2016 | Shades of Blue | Michael Loman | TV show |
References
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- ↑ Dayo Okeniyi Archive - HG Girl On Fire
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- ↑ Dayo Okeniyi - IMDb
- ↑ Dayo Okeniyi - Biography
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- ↑ Dayo Okeniyi Plays ‘The Hunger Games’ As This Week’s Hump Day Hottie
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External links
- Dayo Okeniyi at the Internet Movie Database
- Dayo Okeniyi on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Living people
- Male actors from California
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