Dan Petronijevic
Daniel Petronijevic (born March 28, 1981) is a Canadian actor who has appeared in various feature films, including the American Pie franchise, and in TV shows such as 19-2, Playmakers, Cardinal, and Letterkenny. He also has extensive experience doing voice acting for numerous animated series.
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Born | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | March 28, 1981
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Children | 2 |
Early life
Petronijevic was born in Scarborough, Ontario, on March 28, 1981. He is of Serbian descent. He made his theatrical debut as a teenager in Port Perry, Ontario, where he was spotted by a talent agent.[1] He graduated from Port Perry High School.
Career
Petronijevic is best known for his role as the antagonistic Montreal Police Service Officer J.M. Brouillard in the English adaptation of the ensemble police drama 19-2. For that role, he was nominated "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series" at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.
Petronijevic also won the role of Thad Guerwitcz in ESPN's 2003 sports drama Playmakers. He played a closeted professional football player who is outed by his boyfriend.[2]
Petronijevic's other roles include Brody in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (TV series and film) and Ronald Stiviletto in Happy Town. He also worked on the shows PSI Factor,[3][4] Earth: Final Conflict,[5] Republic of Doyle,[6] Saving Hope,[7] and Rookie Blue.[8][1] Petronijevic played the role of Bull in the films American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and American Pie Presents: Beta House. Along with Malin Akerman, he co-starred in Cottage Country.[9][10] Other films he has appeared in include Angel Eyes with Jennifer Lopez and The Prince and Me with Julia Stiles respectively.[11][1]
Petronijevic has the recurring role of McMurray in the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny,[12] a series which was created by his fellow 19-2 actor Jared Keeso. He also co-stars in the second season of the crime drama Cardinal as the drug enforcer Leon.
Petronijevic is also a prolific voice actor, having worked on numerous animated television series. He voiced and sang as the character Geoff in Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour. He later reprised the role in the spin-off series Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. He voiced Adam Spitz in the cartoon series Braceface. He has also played several characters on the show Bakugan including those of Spectra, Julio Santana, and more recently, Jake Vallory. Other characters include Tarantula Boy on Growing Up Creepie, Corey on 6teen, GT on Turbo Dogs and most recently Trent Trotter on Corn & Peg.
Petronijevic also plays the role of Erik in Di-Gata Defenders. Furthermore, he is a voice actor in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, performing the roles of Blader DJ, Dynamis and Dashan Wang. He provided the voice over narration in Beyblade: Shogun Steel and BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz.
Since 2007, he is the official announcer of the Teletoon network.
Filmography
Features and TV
- 1995 To Save the Children (TV Movie)
- 1995 Are You Afraid of the Dark (TV Series)
- 1996 Ready or Not (TV Series)
- 1996 Goosebumps (TV Series)
- 1996 Night of the Twisters (TV Movie)
- 1996 Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (TV Movie)
- 1996 Hidden In America (TV Movie)
- 1997 Flash Forward (TV Series)
- 1997 In His Father's Shoes (TV Movie)
- 1998 Blind Faith (Feature)
- 1998 Dream House (TV Movie)
- 1999 Animorphs (TV Series)
- 1999 A Gift of Love : The Daniel Huffman Story (TV Movie)
- 1999 PSI Factor Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series)
- 2000 Power Play (TV Series)
- 2000 Wind at My Back (TV Series)
- 2001 Angel Eyes (Feature)
- 2001 High Explosive (Feature)
- 2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie (TV Movie)
- 2001 My Horrible Year! (TV Movie)
- 2001 Dangerous Child (TV Movie)
- 2002 The Circle[13] (Feature)
- 2002 Earth Final Conflict (TV Series)
- 2002 Witchblade (TV Series)
- 2002 Two Against Time (TV Movie)
- 2003 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)
- 2003 Soldiers Girl (TV Movie)
- 2003 Twelve Mile Road (TV Movie)
- 2003 Word of Honor (TV Movie)
- 2003 Playmakers (TV Series)
- 2004 The Prince and Me (Feature)
- 2005 Absolution (TV Movie)
- 2005 Code Breakers (TV Movie)
- 2005 Kojak (TV Series)
- 2005 Our Fathers (TV Movie)
- 2006 American Pie Presents The Naked Mile (Feature)
- 2007 'Til Death Do Us Part[14] (Mini Series)
- 2007 The Dresden Files (Mini Series)
- 2007 The Company (TV Mini Series)
- 2007 American Pie Presents: Beta House (Feature)
- 2008 Menace (TV Movie)
- 2008 M.V.P. (TV Series)
- 2008 For The Love of Grace (TV Movie)
- 2008 The Border (TV Series)
- 2009 Throwing Stones (TV Movie)
- 2009 Carny (TV Movie)
- 2009 The Line (TV Series)
- 2009 The Dating Guy (TV Series)
- 2010 Happy Town (TV Series)
- 2010 Harm's Way (Feature)
- 2011 Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)
- 2011 Falling Skies (TV Series)
- 2011 Against the Wall (TV Series)
- 2010-2012 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (TV Series)
- 2012 Rookie Blue (TV Series)
- 2012 Saving Hope (TV Series)
- 2012 Republic of Doyle (TV Series)
- 2013 Played (TV Series)
- 2013 Cottage Country (Feature)
- 2014 Bitten (TV Series)
- 2011-2015 19-2 (TV Series)
- 2015 He Never Died (Feature)
- 2016-2020 Letterkenny (TV Series)
- 2017 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (Feature)
- 2018 Cardinal (TV Series)
- 2020 Transplant Season 1 Episode 9 "Under Pressure", played Officer Brent
Animated Series
- 2001-2004 Braceface (Voice)
- 2002 Moville Mysteries (Voice)
- 2004 6teen (Voice)
- 2006 Growing Up Creepie (Voice)
- 2006-2007 Di-Gata Defenders (Voice)
- 2007 Bakugan Battle Brawlers (English Voice)
- 2007 Total Drama Island (Voice)
- 2007-2010 Magi-Nation (Voice)
- 2009 The Amazing Spiez (Voice)
- 2009 Total Drama Action (Voice)
- 2010 The Adventures of Chuck and Friends (Voice)
- 2010-2011 Turbo Dogs (Voice)
- 2012 Beyblade: Shogun Steel (English Voice)
- 2011-2012 Redakai (Voice)
- 2009 Beyblade: Metal Fusion (English Voice)
- 2010 Total Drama World Tour (Voice)
- 2013 Fish N Chips: The Movie (Voice)
- 2014-2017 Trucktown (Voice)
- 2015 Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race (Voice)
- 2018 Bakugan: Battle Planet (English Voice)
- 2019 Corn & Peg (Voice)
- 2019-present Norman Picklestripes (Voice)
References
- Whitnall, Catherine (January 27, 2014). "Little Britain actor likes being the bad guy". mykawartha.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- Rowe, Michael (October 14, 2003). "The Incredible Hunk". The Advocate. Here Publishing. p. 74. ISSN 0001-8996.
- ""PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" Y2K (TV Episode 1999)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal: Y2K". TV.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ""Earth: Final Conflict" Atavus High (TV Episode 2002)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ""Republic of Doyle" Con, Steal, Love (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ""Saving Hope" The Fight (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ""Rookie Blue" Cold Comforts (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "Casting Call: Malin Akerman and Tyler Labine in 'Cottage Country'; Johann Urb as Leon Kennedy in 'Resident Evil: Retribution'". Collider.com. September 29, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "Cottage Country". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "The Prince and Me (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "Season 2 of CraveTV original series Letterkenny to launch Christmas Day". TV-eh.com. November 28, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "The Circle". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "Love You to Death (TV Series 2006–2007)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
External links
- Dan Petronijevic at IMDb
- Dan Petronijevic on Facebook
- Dan Petronijevic on Twitter
- Dan Petronijevic at Anime News Network's encyclopedia