Daniel Zovatto is a Costa Rican actor who is best known for his work in movies such as Beneath (2013), Innocence (2013), It Follows (2014), Don’t Breathe (2016), Lady Bird (2017), Heavy (2020), and The Pope’s Exorcist (2023). Daniel is also well recognized for portraying characters such as Ramón in the drama TV series Here and Now (2018), Detective Tiago Vega in the historical dark fantasy TV series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2019), and Tyler Leander/The Prophet in the post-apocalyptic dystopian fiction TV miniseries Station Eleven (2021).
Born Name
Daniel Zovatto-Blanco
Nick Name
Danny
Daniel Zovatto as seen in an Instagram Post in February 2017 (Daniel Zovatto / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Cancer
Born Place
San José, Costa Rica
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
Occupation
Actor
Daniel Zovatto as seen in an Instagram Post in November 2018 (Daniel Zovatto / Instagram)
Family
Father – Daniel Zovatto Garetto (Politician, Bureaucrat, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental organization that works to support and strengthen democratic institutions and processes around the world)
Mother – Sylvia Elena Blanco Acuña (TV Presenter)
Others – Ana Ligia Acuña Solera (Maternal Grandmother), Steven Holt (Father-in-Law), Kristy Holt (Mother-in-Law), Trevor Holt (Brother-in-Law), Tyler Holt (Brother-in-Law), Kelly Holt (Sister-in-Law). He has 2 older half-sisters.
Build
Slim
Height
6 ft 1 in or 185.5 cm
Weight
73 kg or 161 lbs
Daniel Zovatto as seen in an Instagram Post in October 2016 (Daniel Zovatto / Instagram)
Girlfriend / Spouse
Daniel has dated –
Tara Holt (2017-Present) – Daniel Zovatto began dating American actress Tara Holt in 2017 and they got married in March 2023.
Race / Ethnicity
Hispanic
He is of Argentinian and Costa Rican descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Hazel
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Lanky frame
Ever-changing hairstyle
Affable smile
Sports a thick beard
Daniel Zovatto as seen in an Instagram Post in May 2017 (Daniel Zovatto / Instagram)
Daniel Zovatto Facts
Daniel developed an interest in acting at an early age after getting influenced by the atmosphere that he would experience on the sets of talk shows where he often used to accompany his mother, a TV presenter.
He is obsessed with horror films and this fascination started in his childhood when his father introduced him to the iconic 1980 psychological horror film titled The Shining. Daniel’s nickname, Danny, was taken from the child protagonist of that film – Danny Torrance.
Born in Costa Rica, he moved to New York City in his late teenage years and began working in the local theater scene. Daniel’s acting career began when he was cast in the short films titled 55 Days and The Return – both released in 2012. Thereafter, he moved to Los Angeles where he made his feature film debut in the 2013 independent horror film titled Beneath.
In February 2019, in light of his performances in the films Don’t Breathe (2016) and Lady Bird (2017), Daniel was included in the list of ’10 Latinxs to Watch’. The list was compiled by Variety, a weekly entertainment publication that broadly covers movies, TV, theater, music, and technology. ‘Latinx’ is a term used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States.
Later that year, Daniel was invited to Variety’s brunch that was held to celebrate the rising filmmakers and actors who were included in the aforementioned list. The event was held in partnership with the 36th edition of the Miami Film Festival, an annual showcase of independent American and international films (with a special focus on Ibero-American (a region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages) films) that is held in Miami, Florida.
