Daniel Kanayo Daniel (born 22 May 1986) is a Nigerian television and
film actor, model, voice-over artiste and events compere. He is best
known for his portrayal of Bossman in the movie A Soldier's Story,
for which he won the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA)
and the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) awards for Best Actor, as
well as his roles in the period piece 76, which also starred Ramsey
Noah, Chidi Mokeme and Rita Dominic and the light-hearted Mummy
Dearest alongside veteran Nigerian actress Liz Benson.Daniel was born
at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno
State, in Northeastern Nigeria on 22 May 1986. While Daniel was a
toddler, his family relocated to Lagos State in Southwest Nigeria and
then to the Southeast State of Enugu, where he began his formal
education. Daniel is of Igbo descent and is a native of Nenwe in
Ani-Nri Local Government Area of Enugu State. He was brought up in a
Christian home. His father, Chris Daniel was an engineer and his
mother Kande Daniel is a Broadcast Journalist and former National
President of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, and currently
serves as the Special Adviser to the Nigerian Minister of Power on
Media Matters. He is the first of four children, one of whom is Chris
Daniel Jnr (Kris'D) a musician and performing artist.Daniel led the
drama and debating club of his primary school, Command Children
School. Almost always at the top of his class, he graduated into
secondary school in 1996. He enrolled in Command Day Secondary School
Enugu, and later transferred to Federal Government College Enugu in
1999 to complete his senior secondary education.Daniel had desired to
train as a pilot, having had three role model fighter pilots in his
family: his foster grandfather, former Chief of Air Staff, (Late) Air
Marshal Ibrahim Alfa, and his three uncles â€" Squadron Leader John
Chukwu, Air Vice-Marshal Chris Chukwu, and Shu'aibu Alfa (a civil
pilot). Daniel's hopes were dashed when he was diagnosed with myopia
(short sightedness) and was told it would be difficult to achieve his
dream with poor eyesight. At this time his father moved to Port
Harcourt, Rivers State in South-south Nigeria, while his mother moved
to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on separate national
assignments. He then got admission into the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka, Anambra State in 2004 to study Applied Biochemistry.
film actor, model, voice-over artiste and events compere. He is best
known for his portrayal of Bossman in the movie A Soldier's Story,
for which he won the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA)
and the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) awards for Best Actor, as
well as his roles in the period piece 76, which also starred Ramsey
Noah, Chidi Mokeme and Rita Dominic and the light-hearted Mummy
Dearest alongside veteran Nigerian actress Liz Benson.Daniel was born
at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno
State, in Northeastern Nigeria on 22 May 1986. While Daniel was a
toddler, his family relocated to Lagos State in Southwest Nigeria and
then to the Southeast State of Enugu, where he began his formal
education. Daniel is of Igbo descent and is a native of Nenwe in
Ani-Nri Local Government Area of Enugu State. He was brought up in a
Christian home. His father, Chris Daniel was an engineer and his
mother Kande Daniel is a Broadcast Journalist and former National
President of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, and currently
serves as the Special Adviser to the Nigerian Minister of Power on
Media Matters. He is the first of four children, one of whom is Chris
Daniel Jnr (Kris'D) a musician and performing artist.Daniel led the
drama and debating club of his primary school, Command Children
School. Almost always at the top of his class, he graduated into
secondary school in 1996. He enrolled in Command Day Secondary School
Enugu, and later transferred to Federal Government College Enugu in
1999 to complete his senior secondary education.Daniel had desired to
train as a pilot, having had three role model fighter pilots in his
family: his foster grandfather, former Chief of Air Staff, (Late) Air
Marshal Ibrahim Alfa, and his three uncles â€" Squadron Leader John
Chukwu, Air Vice-Marshal Chris Chukwu, and Shu'aibu Alfa (a civil
pilot). Daniel's hopes were dashed when he was diagnosed with myopia
(short sightedness) and was told it would be difficult to achieve his
dream with poor eyesight. At this time his father moved to Port
Harcourt, Rivers State in South-south Nigeria, while his mother moved
to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on separate national
assignments. He then got admission into the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka, Anambra State in 2004 to study Applied Biochemistry.
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