Daniel Samonas

Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian American actor.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Samonas is of Greek and Irish descent, and moved to Coral Springs, Florida with his family when he was 11. There he did print modeling and became involved in theater. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

After moving to Florida when he was 11, Samonas became involved in print modeling and local theater. His first lead role was in Ephraim, after which he served in several more films until his first television spot in Everybody Hates Chris. He returned to film and in 2006 was cast in the ABC pilot Enemies. This was followed by appearances in Zoey 101, Hannah Montana as Josh and repeated appearances as the voice of 'Teo" in Avatar:The Last Airbender. In 2006 he was cast as 'Meat' in The Last Day of Summer. In 2008, Samonas made an appearance on iCarly as Freddie's fencing rival Doug Toder and later appeared on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place as Alex's (Selena Gomez) boyfriend Dean.