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name: "D.J. Cotrona"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/d-j-cotrona"
fi1m_id: "d-j-cotrona"
imdb_id: "nm1366616"
tmdb_id: 51976
wikidata_id: "Q4236307"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 May 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T12:56:00.078834+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# D.J. Cotrona

## Identity

D.J. Cotrona

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/d-j-cotrona
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** d-j-cotrona
- **IMDb ID:** nm1366616
- **TMDB ID:** 51976
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4236307
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Cotrona, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4236307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1366616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51976

Actor. Born 23 May 1980 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 May 1980, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Donald Joseph Cotrona
- **Average Fi1m score:** 50, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 48 (1), 2020s 53 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Cotrona, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4236307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1366616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51976

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shazam! Fury of the Gods*](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) (53), [*G.I. Joe: Retaliation*](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md) (48)

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## Biography

D.J. Cotrona, also credited as Donald Joseph Cotrona, is an American actor. Born on 23 May 1980 in New Haven, Connecticut, he began studying law at Northeastern University in Boston before switching to acting and moving to Los Angeles.

Cotrona first gained attention with guest roles and a lead in the short-lived Fox series *Skin* (2003). He is known for playing Flint in *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Seth Gecko in the television series *From Dusk till Dawn* (2014–2016), and Super Hero Pedro in *Shazam!* (2019) and its sequel *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023). Other credits include *Dear John* (2010) and *L.A.'s Finest* (2019–2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), Fi1m 53, as Super Hero Pedro — [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Fi1m 48, as Dashiell Faireborn / Flint — [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fight or Flight* (2025), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Spy Kids: Armageddon* (2023), as Devlin
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), as Super Hero Pedro — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *L.A.'s Finest* (2019), series, as Luca Verone
- *Shazam!* (2019), as Super Hero Pedro
- *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within The Cartel* (2017), as Ricky Sandoval
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014), series, as Seth Gecko
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season* (2014), Actor
- *Gravity - Trentemøller* (2014), Thanks
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), as Dashiell Faireborn / Flint — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Detroit 1-8-7* (2010), series, as Det. John Stone
- *Dear John* (2010), as Noodles
- *Love Is the Drug* (2006), as Lucas Mitchell
- *Windfall* (2006), series, as Sean Mathers
- *Venom* (2005), as Sean
- *Skin* (2003), series, Actor
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Donovan Alvarez

## Gallery

- ![D.J. Cotrona](https://film.one/media/person/21495/gallery-92b6d45515b6.jpg) D.J. Cotrona — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/D.J._Cotrona_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![G.I. JOE: RETALIATION - Red carpet movie premiere tonight, Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia - 14th March 2013... With Dwayne Johnson aka 'The Rock' (WWE Champio](https://film.one/media/person/21495/gallery-e47d7a2673bd.jpg) G.I. JOE: RETALIATION - Red carpet movie premiere tonight, Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia - 14th March 2013... With Dwayne Johnson aka 'The Rock' (WWE Champio — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/D.J._Cotrona_in_Sydney%2C_Australia%2C_on_14th_March_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L to R: Director w:Jon M. Chu, w:Adrianne Palicki, w:D.J. Cotrona and w:Byung-Hun Lee at the w:G.I. Joe: Retaliation red carpet movie premiere, Event Cinemas, S (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/21495/gallery-4a22008b973b.jpg) L to R: Director w:Jon M. Chu, w:Adrianne Palicki, w:D.J. Cotrona and w:Byung-Hun Lee at the w:G.I. Joe: Retaliation red carpet movie premiere, Event Cinemas, S (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/G.I._Joe_Australian_Premiere_%288557345624%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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