Daniel Lissing

If you watch Australian soaps and television series, Daniel Lissing would surely be known to you. Daniel Lissing happens to be a very famous and talented actor of Australian origin. A lot of Americans know his as well as he has acted in quite a few serials. He was born as Daniel Aaron Lissing on 4th of October in the year of 1981. Currently aged thirty five, his birthplace is the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia.


In his childhood, Daniel had decided to choose acting as his career. His initial breakthrough into the glittering industry of acting was however not much significant. In 2006, he was seen on the popular Australian Television series, 'home and away', where his appearance was of a fire fighter named Dave Elder. Since this guest appeared of his, he started getting even more offers to play various roles in several other television series. In the year of 2012, he was offered to join the casting crew of the famous television series of the time, 'Crownies'. On the particular series he was casted as 'Cornard Groot', who happened to be the ‘would be husband’ of the talented lawyer, Tatum Novak (played by the famous Indiana Evans). The series however soon ended. In the year of 2012 itself, he was casted in 'Entwined', an Australian movie in which he played ghetto role of 'Aiden'. That very year, he was offered a place in the cast of a popular American television series, 'Last Resort' (a military drama). In the series, his character was of James King, who was an officer of United States navy as well as a navy SEAL. His appearance in the TV series was along with many other talented actors of the time like Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher, Daisy Betts, Autumn Reeser etc.

The year of 2012 turned out to be a very successful year for Daniels career. Not only he bagged himself roles in several popular American and Australian television series, but also got himself a role in the globally famous movie, 'The Cure'. His character in the movie was of a research team member named Ryan Earl. After the successful year of 2012, he continued up the ladder of his success in coming years. In 2014, Lissing was casted in the movie 'When calls the heart'. His role in the film was of Jack Thornton.

Lissing is Australian and Dutch by nationality. In recent years, he was rumoured to be actively dating Erin Kraknow, herself an actress of American origin, who is most famous for her appearance in the famous television series, The Army Wives. Lissing and Krakow worked together on the set of 'When calls the heart'. It is rumoured that both fell in love with each other on the set of the series. Apart from being a very talented actor, Daniel is also a singer as well as an excellent guitarist. He has performed in various locations around Australia and even globally sometimes. Daniel is very active on social sites like Instagram where he has over 90,000 followers.

Last Modified: Mar 9, 2020


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