---
name: "Daniel Tay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-tay"
fi1m_id: "daniel-tay"
imdb_id: "nm1307735"
tmdb_id: 27974
wikidata_id: "Q3701742"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:15:31.704031+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 Tay

## Identity

Daniel Tay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-tay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-tay
- **IMDb ID:** nm1307735
- **TMDB ID:** 27974
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3701742
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27974

Actor. Born 17 December 1991 in New York City, New York, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1991, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27974

## Biography

Daniel Tay is an American former actor. Born on 17 December 1991 in New York City, he is best known for playing Michael Hobbs in the 2003 film *Elf*.

Tay began acting in 2003 with roles in *Elf* and *American Splendor*, in which he played Young Harvey. His subsequent credits include *Beer League* (2006) as Max, *Doogal* (2006) voicing the title character, *Brooklyn Rules* (2007) as Young Bobby, and voice work as Pedro De La Hoya in the video game *Bully* (2006) and Bill Blue in *Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony* (2009).

Tay's acting career ended after 2009. He later graduated from Yale University with a degree in economics and has worked as an SAT instructor.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Elf* (2003), Fi1m 75, as Michael — [page](https://film.one/film/elf.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Brooklyn Rules* (2007), as Young Bobby
- *Beer League* (2006), as Max
- *Doogal* (2006), as Doogal (voice)
- *Elf* (2003), as Michael — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/elf.md)
- *American Splendor* (2003), as Young Harvey

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