Daniel DiMaggio

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Daniel DiMaggio is an American actor. He played the role of Oliver Otto in the ABC sitcom American Housewife .

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Early life

DiMaggio was born to actor and writer Lou DiMaggio, and actress Loretta Fox. [1] In his personal time, he enjoys skateboarding, [2] running marathons [3] and baseball. [4]

Daniel participates in Disney's Magic of Storytelling campaign [5] aimed to encourage children to read. [6]

Career

DiMaggio's first started acting in commercials at the age of 8. [7] His first production role was in the short film Geisho in 2010. He guest starred on Burn Notice as a young Michael Westen. [8] He was also featured as a young Superman in the series Supergirl in 2016. [9] In 2017 he had a role in Daddy's Home 2 as Young Dusty. [1]

In 2016, DiMaggio was cast as Oliver Otto, the middle child on the ABC family sitcom American Housewife . The show debuted on October 11, 2016, and ran for five seasons. [10] He has listed "The Maze" as his favorite episode. [11] As part of his role as Oliver Otto, DiMaggio has been studying ballet since the show debuted. [12] With no previous training, he took several classes a week to build his ability to perform on the show. [13]

In 2019, DiMaggio appeared on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud , with his American Housewife co-stars, taking on the cast of Descendants 3 . [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014A Tiger's TailTom Murphy
2015 Tales of Halloween Mikey
2017 Daddy's Home 2 Young Dusty

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Burn Notice Young Michael WestenEpisode: "Psychological Warfare"
2014 Where the Bears Are Trick or Treater #2Episode: "Halloween Special"
2014 The Haunted Hathaways CorkyEpisode: "Haunted Secret"
2014Divide & ConquerKyle BallTelevision film
2014–2016 Clarence Brady4 episodes
2016 Supergirl Kal-El Episode: "For the Girl Who Has Everything"
2016–2021 American Housewife Oliver OttoMain role
2016, 2018 The Loud House Artie2 episodes
2017–2018 Vampirina Various voices
2022 NCIS Noah RichterEpisode: "The Brat Pack"
2023 The Neighborhood KieferEpisode: Welcome to the Next Big Thing

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