
Danny Arroyo
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Lethal Weapon 4
as Gomez
1998

Death Row
as Angel
2006

Switched at Love
as Jackson
2021

Richard III
as Lord Grey
2007

Repo Chick
as 666
2009

Apocalypse Love
as Spencer (voice)
2023

The Charisma Killers
as Bobby Hughes
2024

The Before Time
as Miguel Sanchez
2014

Hercules Saves Christmas
as Rick Wilder
2011

Day Labor
as Derrick Reyes
2024

Kill Katie Malone
as Professor Saldana
2010

Body of Sin
as Purcell
2018

Five Thirteen
as Walter Anderson
2014

Nobody's Angels
as John Patrick
2022

A Moving Romance
as Andrew
2017

Groupie
as Chuck Stiles
2010

Spring Breakdown
as Juan Carlos
2009

The Velocity of Gary
as Thug #1 on Street
1999

Adolescents of Chymera
as Lucky
2021

Jet Set
as Louis
2013
TV Appearances

V.I.P.
as Paco
1998

ER
as Mooney
1994

Without a Trace
as Guillermo Ruiz
2002

The Resistance
as Cian
2010

Wild West Chronicles
as Tiburcio Vásquez
2021

Nova Vita
as Agent Stevenson
2021
Moloney
as Chino Espinoza
1996

Step by Step
as Student #1
1991

Shasta McNasty
as Carlos / El Killer Bee-O
1999

Resurrection Blvd.
as Ralphie
2000
Spyder Games
as Guy
2001
Spyder Games
as Smuggler
2001