1. Daniel Joshua Gillies was born on March 14,1976 and is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor, film producer, director and screenwriter.
15 Facts About Daniel Gillies
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Daniel Gillies played Elijah Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off, The Originals; Dr Joel Goran on Saving Hope.
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Daniel Gillies wrote and directed the 2012 film, Broken Kingdom.
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Daniel Gillies began his career starring in several Auckland Theatre Company productions, before landing a two-season lead role in the television drama Street Legal.
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Daniel Gillies then moved to Los Angeles and was cast in the movies Bride and Prejudice and Spider-Man 2.
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Since 2002, Daniel Gillies has worked in North American film and television productions.
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Daniel Gillies's recurring part as Elijah from The Vampire Diaries became a lead part in The Originals.
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In 2012, Daniel Gillies wrote, directed and starred with then wife Rachael Leigh Cook in Broken Kingdom.
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From 2019 to 2022, Daniel Gillies portrayed the role of Mark Monroe in the Netflix 2019 romantic drama television series Virgin River.
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In January 2021, Daniel Gillies starred in the psychological thriller film Coming Home in the Dark, based on a 1995 short-story of the same name by Owen Marshall.
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In 2022, Daniel Gillies was cast as Charlie Tate in the second season of the ABC series The Newsreader.
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Daniel Gillies married American actress Rachael Leigh Cook on 8 August 2004.
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On 13 June 2019, both Cook and Daniel Gillies announced on Instagram that they mutually decided to separate and they said that they wanted it to be as discreet as possible for the sake of their kids.
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On 10 July 2020 Daniel Gillies filed for divorce from Cook.
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Since 2021, Daniel Gillies has been in a relationship with cellist Julia Misaki.