--- name: "Daniel Gillies" canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-gillies" fi1m_id: "daniel-gillies" imdb_id: "nm0319171" tmdb_id: 19154 wikidata_id: "Q512006" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 March 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-05T03:25:24.532126+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." --- # Daniel Gillies ## Identity Daniel Gillies - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-gillies - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** daniel-gillies - **IMDb ID:** nm0319171 - **TMDB ID:** 19154 - **Wikidata ID:** Q512006 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gillies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19154 Actor. Born 14 March 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 March 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - **Also known as:** Daniel Gilles, Daniel Joshua Gillies - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gillies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19154 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 2*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## 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. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Fi1m 85, as John Jameson — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Shaman* (2025), as Joel - *Sight Unseen* (2024), series, as Jake Campbell - *The Newsreader* (2021), series, as Charlie Tate - *Coming Home in the Dark* (2021), as Mandrake - *Occupation: Rainfall* (2020), as Hayes - *Virgin River* (2019), series, as Mark Monroe - *The Lost Wife of Robert Durst* (2017), as Robert Durst - *SEAL Team* (2017), series, as Nate Massey - *The Originals* (2013), series, as Elijah Mikaelson · Director - *Broken Kingdom* (2012), as Jason '80' · Director, Writer - *Saving Hope* (2012), series, as Dr. Joel Goran - *The Glades* (2010), series, as Dave Rollins - *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, as Elijah Mikaelson — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) - *True Blood* (2008), series, as Jon — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md) - *Uncross the Stars* (2008), as Troy - *Matters of Life and Death* (2007), as Jimmy - *Dream Cruise* (2007), as Jack Miller - *Captivity* (2007), as Gary Dexter - *The Sensation of Sight* (2006), as Dylan - *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, Actor - *Into the West* (2005), series, as Ethan Biggs - *Trespassing* (2004), as Mark - *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as John Jameson — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) - *Bride & Prejudice* (2004), as Johnny Wickham - *NCIS* (2003), series, as Peter Malloy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) - *Snow Queen* (2002), as Delfont Chalfont - *Various Positions* (2002), as Marcel - *No One Can Hear You* (2001), as Dirk Mettcalfe - *Street Legal* (2000), series, Actor - *Cleopatra 2525* (2000), series, as Cute Guy - *A Soldier's Sweetheart* (1998), as Medic (as Daniel J. Gillies) ## Gallery - ![Daniel GIllies, Vampire Diaries Convenetion NJ, 2014](https://film.one/media/person/3671046/gallery-b177a4f8b3d5.jpg) Daniel GIllies, Vampire Diaries Convenetion NJ, 2014 — Liz Swezey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Daniel.GIllies.Vampire.Diaries.Convenetion.NJ.2014_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Daniel.GIllies.Vampire.Diaries.Convenetion.NJ.2014_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Daniel Gillies](https://film.one/media/person/3671046/gallery-aa397ea3085f.jpg) Daniel Gillies — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Daniel_Gillies_at_PaleyFest_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Daniel Gillies](https://film.one/media/person/3671046/gallery-0f5c6826f636.jpg) Daniel Gillies — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year 1999: Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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