Dane Robert DiLiegro (/dɪleɪɡroʊ/ di-LEH-grow; born August 6, 1988) is an American actor and former basketball player.

3, Sweet Home, and starred as the Predator in the film Prey; which currently holds the record for biggest movie or tv series premiere in Hulu history.

[3] As a four-year starter for the New Hampshire Wildcats from 2007 to 2011, DiLiegro found his place on the team through defense, rebounding, and outworking his opponents.

[4][5] DiLiegro made ESPN's Top Ten plays of the day on February 19, 2009, for a dunk.

[1][5] DiLiegro won a gold medal with Team USA as a basketball player at the 18th Maccabiah Games in 2009 in Israel.

Prior to filming, he lost 25 pounds and spent months training parkour, martial arts and strengthening his neck due to the new design of the Predator, which sat the 15 pound animatronic head on top of his head, forcing him to shoot every scene essentially blind.

"[17]Director Dan Trachtenberg on DiLiegro's performance: "Dane brought a lot to the performance... We're getting much more character, and storytelling, and fun little nuance-y bits from him as he interacts with what he's dealing with; and so much of what Dane brought to that character is what we embraced... but also, something I had not considered at all.

"[18]In 2022, Comic Book Resources named DiLiegro among the top ten monster actors of all time.

[20] DiLiegro will appear as a recurring character Badrag Knauss in the upcoming series Running Point, penned by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen, for Netflix.

[23] His father is of Italian descent, with roots in Gaeta and Canosa di Puglia, and his mother is Jewish.

[24] Starting in 2016, in his off time, DiLiegro served as an apprentice under famed Tuscan butcher Dario Cecchini for multiple years; they maintain a close friendship to this day.