Daniel Armen Janjigian (Armenian: Դանիէլ Ջանջիգյան; born April 30, 1972) is an Armenian-American former bobsledder, former actor, and political candidate.
[6][7] He, along with Yorgo Alexandrou, competed in the two-man bobsleigh event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, for Armenia.
[7][8] They notably practiced on the streets of San Jose, California, on a bobsled fitted with wheels, which commentators noted was reminiscent of the famous Jamaican bobsledding team at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
His debut acting role, Janjigian was the roommate of the actor originally cast to play Mark, a man only identified as Dan (or Don, as director Tommy Wiseau mistakenly referred to him).
[10][14] In the 2017 movie adaptation of The Disaster Artist, a book by fellow actor Greg Sestero about the making of The Room, Janjigian is portrayed by Zac Efron.
He was campaigning to be the Democratic nominee against Republican incumbent John Carter to represent the 31st district, based in the Austin metro area.
Two of his other primary opponents, singer-songwriter Eric Hanke and Round Rock councilwoman Tammy Young, also endorsed Imam, who would go on to win the runoff and lose in the general election to Carter.