Dayo Okeniyi

Dayo Okeniyi Biography

Oladayo A. "Dayo" Okeniyi (born June 14, 1988) is a Nigerian American actor, popularly known for playing the role of Thresh in The Hunger Games and Danny Dyson in Terminator Genisys.

Life and career

Dayo was born in Jos and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings. His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a literature teacher from Kenya. In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana, United States, from Nigeria and later moved to California. He earned a bachelor's degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009.

Prior to being cast in The Hunger Games, Okeniyi worked in local theatre and in film shorts. Okeniyi starred 2014 in the drama film Endless Love, also portrayed Danny Dyson in the 2015 film Terminator Genisys and starred in the NBC series Shades of Blue.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Eyes to See	Unknown role	Short film
2011	Lions Among Men	Tau	Short film
2012	The Hunger Games	Thresh
2012	The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games	Himself
2013	The Spectacular Now	Marcus
2013	Runner, Runner	Perdeep
2013	Cavemen	Andre
2013	Revolution	Alec	TV show
2014	Endless Love	Mace
2015	Terminator Genisys	Danny Dyson
2016	Good Kids	Conch
2016-present	Shades of Blue	Michael Loman	Series regular

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