Daniel Galo
Daniel Galo (3 January 1984) is a Mexican actor from Leon, Monterrey who lives in Los Angeles. Galo has worked in various cinema-related fields, such as dubbing and performance. Galo has made feature films and short films. His most recent feature film, Death Strokes, is expected to premiere in Mexican cinemas during October 2015.
Galo owes his fame to his participation in Big Brother PM, in which he played Daniel "El Dandy" Villarreal. Galo made the casting personified of this character: "[...] It was a very hard work it required of a lot of preparation. Also I suffered, because they infiltrated me from the beginning, since the 'casting'; people of the production did not know that I was an actor. It was a surprise for all" when being accepted in the reality was put to work as infiltrated with the only mission to cause chaos between the inhabitants and fulfil the orders of the public, unfortunately, he had to go out during the day 11 because, the public decided that he went out and that, in his place will go in Eduardo "El Chile" Miranda. To less than a day afterwards the public commented his disapproval in Twitter creating several tendencies commenting that the show was a fraud and that the votation never had existed and, wanted that Galo went back to go in again. Galo, in the moment to go out catalog the experience like a big challenge and commented: "This was the biggest challenge of my career"
Work
Galo is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he was prepared to become an actor. Galo went the first resident of Baja California in travelling to Cannes to show his short "Esperame" in which he participated as a director and screenwriter. This short film won a prize during the Latin Los Angeles International Film Festival. Galo also participated in the documentary film Flores Para el Soldado as co-director and co-producer. This won an Ariel Award for best documentary film.
He was the main actor in the film Levantamuertos, which is waiting to premiere in Mexican cinemas. Galo, participated during the fourth EDition of Big Brother (Mexico) like an actor infiltrated taking the paper of Daniel "The Danddy" Villanueva, which was a graphic designer of Texas. The Danddy and Galo went out during the day 11 due to the fact that, in words of Adela Micha: "Him had deal with Big Brother that it has to fulfil"
Filmography
As an actor
Year |
Role |
Work |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
Marco |
Un diluvio |
Film |
2008 |
Alberto |
La mejor lucha |
Film |
Felipe |
Tango |
Short film |
|
2009 |
Chinese |
Esperanza Beach |
Short film |
Hector |
Being Jason |
Short film |
|
Marco |
Black And Blue |
Film |
|
2010 |
Miguel (young) |
Mariela |
Video |
Dorian Quetzal |
Dulcinea |
Short film |
|
2012 |
Shades of Julia |
Film |
|
Esteban (young) |
Los traficantes |
Film |
|
Humberto |
Petty ofense |
Series of Television |
|
Jesus |
Jesus and the Military |
Short film |
|
2013 |
Ivan Castro |
Levantamuertos |
Film |
2015 |
Daniel Villanueva |
Big Brother PM |
Participant, forced out the day 11. |
As a voice actor
Year |
Role |
Work |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
2012 |
Fox McCloud |
Star Fox 64 3D |
Video game |
Brewster |
Chuggington |
Series of television of Disney Channel |
|
2013 |
Peter Parker |
Marvel Super Heroes |
Video game |
Liam Cooper |
Belleza y Poder |
Series of Television |
|
J.R Godfrey |
Hemlock Grove |
Original series of Netflix |
As a director
Year |
Work |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
2008 |
Flores para el soldado |
co-Director |
2011 |
Esperame |
|
2015 |
One minute to leave |
co-Director |
As a writer
Year |
Work |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
2006 |
Celos |
|
2008 |
The best fight |
Based in an original history of Gonzalo Martinez |
2011 |
Esperame |
|
Producing
Year |
Work |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
2006 |
Celos |
|
2008 |
Flores for the soldier |
In Coproduction with Iván García Hernández |
Prizes and nominations
Year |
Premiación |
Category |
Work |
Resulted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
Prize Ariel |
Best documentary feature film |
Flores para el soldado |
|
2011 |
Latin Los Angeles Film Festival |
Prize of the audience |
Esperame |
|
2014 |
Prize Ariel |
Best adapted screenplay |
Death Strokes |