Y'lan Noel (born May 21, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for
portraying Daniel King in the HBO television series Insecure
(2016â€"present). He played the lead role in the 2018 horror film The
First Purge.Noel was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was further raised
in Queens until his family moved to Stone Mountain, Georgia. He is of
Panamanian descent. He began attending Morehouse College and
transferred to New York University. He continued through Tisch School
of Arts until he was called away to Los Angeles.In 2015, Noel landed
the role of Daniel King on Insecure. Noel described Daniel as being
the opposite of him, "I was nervous about playing Daniel. I love being
around women...but I’ve always felt a bit awkward, well, insecure,
around women I’ve had crushes on. Daniel doesn’t seem to have any
of that awkwardness... Daniel’s extremely confident and goes after
what he wants."In 2018, Noel played the lead role of Dmitri in The
First Purge, which he considered very challenging, having said, "I
feel like I started to actually physiologically relate to these
fictional characters and what they would have to experience if they
were to go about surviving the Purge."
portraying Daniel King in the HBO television series Insecure
(2016â€"present). He played the lead role in the 2018 horror film The
First Purge.Noel was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was further raised
in Queens until his family moved to Stone Mountain, Georgia. He is of
Panamanian descent. He began attending Morehouse College and
transferred to New York University. He continued through Tisch School
of Arts until he was called away to Los Angeles.In 2015, Noel landed
the role of Daniel King on Insecure. Noel described Daniel as being
the opposite of him, "I was nervous about playing Daniel. I love being
around women...but I’ve always felt a bit awkward, well, insecure,
around women I’ve had crushes on. Daniel doesn’t seem to have any
of that awkwardness... Daniel’s extremely confident and goes after
what he wants."In 2018, Noel played the lead role of Dmitri in The
First Purge, which he considered very challenging, having said, "I
feel like I started to actually physiologically relate to these
fictional characters and what they would have to experience if they
were to go about surviving the Purge."
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