Biography
Daniel Gillies is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor, director and screenwriter. Born on 14 March 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to New Zealand at a young age and trained at the Unitec School of Performing Arts in Auckland. He began his career in New Zealand theatre with the Auckland Theatre Company and in the television series Street Legal (2000–03).
Gillies is known for his film role as John Jameson in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and as Johnny Wickham in Bride & Prejudice (2004). On television he played Elijah Mikaelson in The Vampire Diaries (2009–14) and its spin-off The Originals (2013–18), and Dr Joel Goran in Saving Hope (2012–15). He wrote and directed the film Broken Kingdom (2012).
He has also appeared in Captivity (2007), Virgin River (2019–22) and SEAL Team (2017), among other productions.
