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name: "David Danipour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-danipour"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:29:59.334712+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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# David Danipour

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4793564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2521034

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)

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## Biography

David Danipour is an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles. He has appeared in guest roles as Benny in the HBO series *Westworld* (2020), Paltibaal in the NBC series *The Good Place* (2020), and Grad Student in the Hulu miniseries *The Dropout* (2022). He has also performed in CollegeHumor sketches and other comedy shorts.

Of mixed Guatemalan and Middle Eastern heritage, Danipour spent parts of his childhood in Los Angeles and Guatemala. He performs improvisation with the Upright Citizens Brigade and previously worked as a high school science and physics teacher.

*Sources: imdb.com, resumes.actorsaccess.com, ucbcomedy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Grad Student — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)

## Also known for

- *The Good Place* (2016), Paltibaal

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