Portrait of Daniel Margotta

Daniel Margotta

Acting

Biography

Daniel was born and raised in the New York New Jersey Metropolitan area. Throughout all of his life Daniel showed great abilities in both sport and art. Daniel began his show business career while in collage as a Disc Jockey in various night clubs in New York City airing live dance music on Hot 97 & WBLS. In the early 1990s he expanded his horizons by studying acting at prominent acting schools in New York City, i.e. "HB Studios & The Lee Strasberg Institute of Acting". Through out the 1990s he landed principal roles in film and television working his way up to leading roles in The Stand-In (1999), Wannabes (2000), _Jesus, Mary and Joey (2003)_ and others. Daniel has enjoyed the accolades of his career by winning a Clio for his very popular "Got Milk" commercial & recently winning Best Supporting Actor in the NY Film & Video Festival May 2003 for his role as "Cheech" in I Am Woody (2003).

Filmography

2017
The Eyes

as Val

2016
2001
Double Whammy

as Truck Driver

2000
Wannabes

as Pete

1999
The Stand-In

as Paulie Benadetto

1993
Carlito's Way

as Monchin (uncredited)

1991
The Super

as Pool Shooter #1