Dan Feuerriegel

Dan Feuerriegel
Feuerriegel at the 2014 Florida SuperCon
Born
Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel

(1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 43)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other namesFury King
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel (born 29 October 1981)[1] is an Australian actor who is based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has acted in a number of Australian television series and first came to international notice with his role as a gladiator recruit "Agron" in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.[2] Since June 2021, he has appeared on the NBC Daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives as EJ DiMera.[3]

Biography

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In 1998, Feuerriegel graduated from Villanova College, a Roman Catholic college located in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo. He studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He graduated in 2002.[2]

Career

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  • He featured in the 2005 controversial short Boys Grammar which also starred Jai Courtney and Adam J. Yeend.[4]
  • He also joined the cast of Small Claims: White Wedding in 2005.
  • In 2006 he appeared in Burke & Wills and the short film True, the same year he starred as a recurring character on the hit series McLeod's Daughters where he played Leo Coombes for five episodes, and also appeared in the series Stupid Stupid Man where he played Kim in the episode "The Reunion".[2]
  • He joined the cast of Between the Flags (short film) in 2007.
  • In 2008 he appeared in a recurring role on the hit series Home and Away where he played the journalist Gavin Johnson. the same year he guest starred in an episode of The Strip, along with Aaron Jeffery.
  • In 2009 he played Brendan in the Australian series All Saints, earlier, in 2006 he played Cameron "Indy" Jones in the series.[2]
  • In 2010 he played Agron, a gladiator recruit, in the Starz hit series Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[5] Feuerriegel continued this role in 2012 through the third season of the show, entitled Spartacus: Vengeance, and the show's fourth and final season, entitled Spartacus: War of the Damned, in 2013.
  • In 31 March 2021, it was reported that he would be taking over the role of EJ DiMera in NBC's Days of our Lives, and would make his debut in mid-2021.[3] On 21 May it was confirmed that he was cast in the role, and would make his debut on 9 June.[6]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2005 Small Claims: White Wedding Brendan Rigby
2005 Boys Grammar Ben Short film
2006 Burke & Wills Guy
2006 True Russell Short film
2007 Between the Flags[7] First Guy Short film
2012 Ruin Fighter Short film
2014 Cryptic Jim Jonas
2015 Vy Nguyen & Keith Jackson feat. Jason Chu, No Hero Now Deathstalker Short film
2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Lieutenant Allan Gronetti
2021 Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas EJ DiMera Peacock Original Movie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 RAN: Remote Area Nurse Ben Episode "The Gardens of the Torres Strait"
2006 McLeod's Daughters Leo Coombes 5 episodes
2006 Stupid Stupid Man Kim Episode "The Reunion"
2006, 2009 All Saints[8] Cameron "Indy" Jones / Brendan Episodes "Jaws of Death" & "Out of the Ashes"
2008 Home and Away Gavin Johnson 9 episodes
2008 The Strip Rhys Roberts Episode 1.5
2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand Agron 5 episodes
2012 Spartacus: Vengeance 10 episodes
2013 Spartacus: War of the Damned 10 episodes
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spud Episode "A Wanted (Inhu)man"
2016 Travel Boobs (web series) Mark Episodes "Stranded" &"The Proposal"
2017 Chicago Fire Will Tucker Episode "A Breaking Point"
2018 NCIS: Los Angeles Angus Reeves Episode "Outside the Lines"
2021– Days of Our Lives EJ DiMera Main Role

Theatre

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Year Play Role Director Theatre Notes
2004 Sleeping Around[9] Greg Katy Alexander Belvoir Theatre alongside Craig Brown Jacobie Gray & Charlotte Gregg
2004 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs[10] Ingham Amos Szeps Old Fitzroy Theatre alongside Jacobie Gray & Ash Lyons
– The Beauty Queen of Leenane Ray Winston Cooper New Theatre –
– Song of the Yellow Bittern Vince Moelisea Stafford – –
– Pink Floyd's – The Wall Ensemble John O’Hare – –
– The Jungle Jimmy Leonard Meenach – –
– The Merchant of Venice Prince of Arragon & Balthazar Diane Eden & Peter Lavery – –
– Histories Ensemble Gavin Robins – –
– Rent Benny Deborah McCauslane – –
– Three Sisters Solyony Jeffery Renn – –
– Soiled Ensemble Deborah McCauslane – –
– They Shoot Horses Don't They? Ensemble Leonard Meenach – –
– Spurboard Ensemble David Lynch – –

References

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  1. ^ "Dan Feuerriegel - Photos". Facebook. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Daniel Feuerriegel". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, Errol (31 March 2021). "Report: Daniel Feuerriegel Cast as EJ DiMera on 'Days of our Lives'". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Boys Grammar" (PDF). Australian Film, Television and Radio School. February 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Spartacus". Starz. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (21 May 2021). "'Days Of Our Lives': Dan Feuerriegel To Play EJ DiMera on NBC Daytime Drama". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Customer Success Stories". Hyperdriven Australia. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ^ "All Saints: series 9 (2006)". Australian Television. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Sleeping Around" (PDF). Night Parrot/Panther Productions. 8 October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Past Seasons". Tamarama Rock Surfers. 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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