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