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Dayo Okeniyi

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Dayo Okeniyi
Shades Of Blue: By Virtue Fall
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By Virtue Fall (2018)
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Dayo Okeniyi (Pronounced: Die-o Okay-nii-yii) began performing on the stage in elementary school. In 2003, Okeniyi, the youngest of five siblings, moved from Nigeria with his family to the The United States. His father, now a retired customs officer and mother, a British literature teacher, were adamant that their children receive an education in the United States. Dayo Okeniyi received a Bachelor's degree in visual communications design in 2009. After College, he decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting, his true passion.
BornJune 14, 1988
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Dayo Okeniyi
Emperor
Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo, Vincent Laresca, Santino Fontana, Hampton Fluker, and Dayo Okeniyi in Shades of Blue (2016)
Dayo Okeniyi
Jennifer Lopez and Dayo Okeniyi in Shades of Blue (2016)
Dayo Okeniyi at an event for Terminator Genisys (2015)
David Hewlett and Dayo Okeniyi in Heavy Hangs the Head (2022)
Dayo Okeniyi in Good Kids (2016)
Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo, Santino Fontana, Hampton Fluker, and Dayo Okeniyi in Shades of Blue (2016)
Dayo Okeniyi in Shades of Blue (2016)
Jennifer Lopez and Dayo Okeniyi in Shades of Blue (2016)
Courtney B. Vance, Jason Clarke, and Dayo Okeniyi in Terminator Genisys (2015)

Known for

Dark Matter
TV Series
  • Leighton Vance
Uche Agada in Rise (2022)
Rise
7.0
  • Charles Antetokounmpo
  • 2022
Dayo Okeniyi in Emperor (2020)
Emperor
5.8
  • Shields Green
  • 2020
Hypnotic
  • Actor
  • 2024

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Actor

  • Hypnotic
    • Post-production
  • Dark Matter
    • In Production
  • Jason Momoa in See (2019)
    See
  • Uche Agada in Rise (2022)
    Rise
  • Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Fresh (2022)
    Fresh
  • Vince Vaughn, Kristen Bell, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste in Queenpins (2021)
    Queenpins
  • Dayo Okeniyi in Emperor (2020)
    Emperor
  • The Left Right Game (2020)
    The Left Right Game
    • (voice)
  • Ella Balinska in Run Sweetheart Run (2020)
    Run Sweetheart Run
  • Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta in Shades of Blue (2016)
    Shades of Blue
  • Hajji
  • Nicholas Braun and Zoey Deutch in Good Kids (2016)
    Good Kids
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Emilia Clarke in Terminator Genisys (2015)
    Terminator Genisys
  • Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde in Endless Love (2014)
    Endless Love
  • David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
    Bones
  • Claire Dodin in American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire (2013)
    American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire
  • Chad Michael Murray, Kenny Wormald, Skylar Astin, and Dayo Okeniyi in Cavemen (2013)
    Cavemen

Producer

  • Hajji

Videos35

Dayo Okeniyi:  GOOD DAY LA
Demo Reel 7:37
Dayo Okeniyi: GOOD DAY LA
Trailer
Trailer 2:41
Trailer
Trailer #2
Trailer 2:32
Trailer #2
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:31
Official Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Trailer 0:15
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 2:22
Theatrical Trailer
Cavemen
Trailer 2:32
Cavemen
American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire
Trailer 1:32
American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire
Shades Of Blue: Season 1
Trailer 0:44
Shades Of Blue: Season 1
Shades Of Blue: Hampton Fluker 2
Trailer 2:00
Shades Of Blue: Hampton Fluker 2
Shades Of Blue: By Virtue Fall
Trailer 1:49
Shades Of Blue: By Virtue Fall
Shades Of Blue: Drea De Matteo 2
Trailer 1:00
Shades Of Blue: Drea De Matteo 2

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    • June 14, 1988
    • Lagos, Nigeria

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    Oladayo means "Our wealth has become joy.".

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