Danny Arroyo

Acting

Danny Arroyo

Born 1981-01-29 · The Bronx, New York, United States

Danny Arroyo is an actor/writer/producer/director with a Bachelor's Degree in film production and script writing, and has over 80 film/TV/commercial credits. He has won four "Best Actor" awards at various film festivals. Loves to meditate daily (has not missed a day in almost 8 straight years), reading books (especially comic books), working out, writing (screenplays and journals), playing fantasy football, video games, and seeing classic Hollywood films on the big screen. Arroyo is a series regular on the Amazon series Sangre Negra... Black Blood (2022), for which he won the "Best Actor" award at the Vive Latino America Awards Show for playing Detective Christian Santos. Sangre Negra... Black Blood also stars veteran actors Erik Estrada and Eric Roberts. Arroyo is the lead actor in five feature films. Main lead role in an action thriller titled Day Labor (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a Western themed suspense thriller titled The Stolen Valley (2024) coming soon, a lead role in a suspense action thriller titled The Charisma Killers (2024) coming soon, the main lead role in an Amazon Prime romantic comedy film titled Switched at Love (2022), the main lead role in a suspense cop drama thriller titled Nobody's Angel (2022), and a lead role in an Amazon Prime and Tubi teen drama titled Adolescents of Chymera (2022). Arroyo plays Rico Fisher, the main lead character in the true life story film The Last Smile, available on Amazon Prime, Tubi and iTunes, for which he won Best Actor at the Silicon Valley Film Festival and was nominated at the Burbank International Film Festival. Arroyo is the producer, co-writer, and actor on TV show pilot, The Detective starring Michael Madsen. Arroyo wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the comedy short film Bite! (2018), available on Amazon Prime, winner of 10 film festival awards (4 "Best Comedy" awards, 2 "Best Actor" and 1 "Best Director"). It is based on a true story of when his home was invaded by bed bugs. Arroyo has four screenplays in active development. His suspense mini-series titled Socio, the action video game dramedy thriller movie titled Gamers, the romantic comedy titled LONELY SATURDAY NIGHT SYNDROME, and the true story suspense feature film titled OUT OF CUBA. Danny Arroyo is an advocate of the representation of Latino's in entertainment. He produced, wrote, and hosted the successful live event for the Television Academy of Arts & Science (Emmys) titled, "HOLA: THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF LATINO TV" which featured the Presidents/CEOs of various Latino TV stations and networks.

Acting credits

Lethal Weapon 4 poster
6.6

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Lethal Weapon 4

1998

Spring Breakdown poster
5.4

Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Spring Break they never had.

Spring Breakdown

2009

Let It Be Me poster
5.4

Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

Let It Be Me

1995

Street Warrior poster
4.5

An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.

Street Warrior

2008

The Extraordinary Ordinary poster
5.0

Three college students find solace and healing in the arts, overcoming their personal history with mental health.

The Extraordinary Ordinary

2019

Five Thirteen poster
4.1

In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees to one last "delivery", attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever

Five Thirteen

2014

The Velocity of Gary poster
4.4

When bisexual porn star Valentino meets new-in-town hustler Gary, there is an immediate attraction between the two. Valentino helps get Gary a job at a phone-sex company, and they become fast friends and lovers, but tension threatens their relationship when Gary and Valentino's friend Mary becomes involved. When Valentino finds out he is dying and Mary is going to have his child, the three must work through hard times together.

The Velocity of Gary

1999

Body of Sin poster
4.3

Two women use seduction to steal from straying men. But when they discover one of their victims hiding millions in diamonds, the score of their lives becomes a run for their lives.

Body of Sin

2018

White Rush poster
5.1

A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.

White Rush

2003

Death Row poster
3.7

Haunted Prison - AKA Death Row - a horrifying live action film based on the short story by Kevin VanHook-takes place at Isla de la Roca Penitentiary. Rumor has it the Devil himself spat up the place out of the depths of hell, and man turned it into a prison for the most dangerous prisoners in the South. The monstrous building is steeped in the evil created by centuries of murder and injustice and is haunted by vengeful ghosts. Isla de la Roca was abandoned after being soaked in blood by a horrific massacre of inmates and guards. A gang of fugitives from a cop-killing robbery seek refuge within the razor wire of the prison walls at the same time as a documentary film crew arrives to tell the story of the penitentiary. When these groups cross paths within the cruel walls of Isla de la Roca, will anyone get out alive?

Death Row

2006

Repo Chick poster
3.6

As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles.

Repo Chick

2009

Groupie poster
3.3

When a mysterious groupie joins legendary cursed band, "The Dark Knights", a series of unexplained murders derails their comeback tour.

Groupie

2010

A Life of Sunshine poster
NR

Private investigator Sunshine "Sunny" LeBlanc is brutally murdered, triggering a shocking investigation. Her sudden death exposes a massive secret: she was leading a triple life, simultaneously married to a woman and two men who knew nothing about each other. Bound by grief and shared betrayal, the wife and two husbands must move into the same house for their own protection. Putting aside their shock and jealousy, the trio unites to avenge Sunny's death. Using her own detective files and tools, they hunt for her killer. As they dig deeper, they uncover a dangerous web of personal lies and high-level government corruption that puts all their lives in immediate danger.

A Life of Sunshine

2025

Nobody's Angels poster
1.0

When a detective gets romantically involved with a woman trained by a gang to be an assassin, he embarks on a risky plan to bring down her boss.

Nobody's Angels

2022

The Stolen Valley poster
5.9

To save her dying mother, a Mexican-Navajo mechanic bands together with an outlaw cowgirl to confront a corrupt landowner.

The Stolen Valley

2024

Hard Time poster
5.9

Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murder. Now he has to escape from a maximum security prison, and seek, on the deadly streets of a hot and dangerous Miami, for the man who wants him down...

Hard Time

1998

Day Labor poster
3.5

A Latino American veteran who seeks work as a day laborer in order to keep his family afloat. A regular day turns into a deadly game of survival when he is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in El Paso, Texas to be hunted for sport.

Day Labor

2024

The Charisma Killers poster
5.0

When the old mentor of 7 killers finds out he has terminal cancer, he gives them all an opportunity at his fortune to prove themselves for one night only to exact revenge.

The Charisma Killers

2024

Switched at Love poster
NR

Two couples discover they may not be have found "the one" after all, and whether they're ready to admit it or not, their friends will give them the push they need to find true love.

Switched at Love

2021

Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre poster
NR

To save their high school theatre, a Broadway hopeful and his brave little sister must enlist the help of a brilliantly quirky child detective and catch the crook.

Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre

A Moving Romance poster
6.2

Interior designer Olivia Wilson loses her job in New York. With newfound time on her hands she decides to head home to California to surprise her dad, Neil for the 25th anniversary of the family business, Wilson Family Movers. Upon arrival she meets the newest member of the Wilson team, Scott. With business coming to a halt, she and Scott work together to get things back on track. Just as the two begin to form a bond, Olivia is faced with a difficult decision when a worthwhile job opportunity pops up back in New York.

A Moving Romance

2017

Kill Katie Malone poster
4.2

College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle "Dixie" Canning, pool their cash to buy a "ghost" in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to examine their "treasure," they unleash the vengeful spirit of an Irish servant girl who has been wreaking havoc on her owners throughout the generations

Kill Katie Malone

2010

Richard III poster
2.0

Modern-day retelling of William Shakespeare's Richard III set in contemporary Hollywood.

Richard III

2007

Hotel California poster
6.3

When TROY turned on crime boss DMITRI DEBARTOLLA he was forced to leave Los Angeles and lay low in Miami. After two years, and the loss of his leg in a shootout with a Cuban crime syndicate, Troy returns to LA to reclaim what is rightfully his. A reunion with his former partners in a rundown hotel sets the stage for an explosive encounter where past and present collide.

Hotel California

2008