Daniel Gillies
Biography
Daniel Joshua Gillies was born on 14 March 1976 in Winnipeg, Canada, and moved to New Zealand at a young age.
Though born into a family of strong medical background (his father is a pediatrician, his mother a nurse, and his great-great-great-grandfather is the renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Gillies), he became interested in acting and studied at the Unitec School of Performing Arts.
Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in New Zealand, he moved to Sydney, Australia for six weeks in 2001, before returning to his native Canada for two months, where he worked as a waiter and dishwasher until he decided to move to Los Angeles, USA.
His ex-wife, Rachael Leigh Cook, gave birth to their first child, daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies, on September 28, 2013.
Is an accomplished stage actor - previous stage experiences include Toa Fraser's "Vs" at the SiLO Theatre's Tales of Phantasy festival in 1997.
His ex-wife, Rachael Leigh Cook, gave birth to their second child, son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, on April 4, 2015, at 5:00 a.m. in Los Angeles.
