Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 12, 2022 11:14:14 GMT
Season 31
Age: 32
Known For: 2022’s Best Picture winner CODA; Freeform’s Switched at Birth; Broadway’s Spring Awakening revival
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Daniel Durant is a deaf actor who first made waves on the Freeform series "Switched at Birth" and later wowed audiences in the 2015 Broadway revival of "Spring Awakening." In 2022, he and the cast of "CODA" won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film went on to win the Academy Award for best picture.
"I love the stage, so I feel at home and I really am ready, but it's new, the dancing part," Durant said. "It's so weird, I've been on Broadway and done choreography, but you're not dancing with a partner."
Durant also got a message from "DWTS" alum Marlee Matlin, his "CODA" co-star, who told him, "Daniel, I'm so proud of you being on 'Dancing with the Stars.' You have my support 100 percent. Everyone else is going to support you too. Stand hard, dance hard and you're gonna have a lot of fun. And make sure to tell the judges and the audience when they vote for you, tell them to 'read my hips.' Good luck. I love you."