Danial Donai

Danial Donai is a writer, director, actor and stunt performer who played a prison guard in Season 3 of 24. His character restrained Ramon Salazar as Luis Annicon questioned the narcoterrorist.

Biography and career

Danial Donai was born in Brisbane, Australia. He started his film career as an action actor in Sydney in 1984 in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. He worked in the Australian film industry for four years before moving to Los Angeles. After working in Hollywood for over a decade, Donai returned to Australia in 2001 and transitioned to full-time screenwriting and directing. In 2011, Donai wrote, directed, and produced his first feature picture, "Bat Outta Hell". In 2016, he published the book "The Night Flyers". His latest thriller feature film, "Chiroptera", was shot and directed in 2019.

Donai continues to write and direct and has now completed more than a dozen scripts for feature films. He is currently working on converting his screenplays into novels.

24 credits

• "Day 3: 1:00pm-2:00pm" (uncredited)

Selected filmography

• Ultraviolet (2006)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• Swordfish (2001)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Money Talks (1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• The Fan (1996)
• Eraser (1996)
• Shadow Warriors (1995)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• Rebel (1985)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Television appearances

• The Lost World (1999-2002)
• Conan (1997)
• Babylon 5 (1993)
• Baywatch (1989)
• Spearfield's Daughter (1986)
• Land of Hope (1986)
• Sons and Daughters (1982)

External links

• Danial Donai at the Internet Movie Database