These paintings earned him a certain fame, to the point at which he co-led a docudrama called Mi Firma en las Paredes for the features programme Crónicas urbanas in 1990.

[6] Shortly afterwards, he headlined the cast of Eso (1997),[4] under the direction of Fernando Colomo, in which Daniel played Domingo, a man in his twenties obsessed over losing his virginity.

[7] His next complete film, Suerte, confirmed this profile, playing Toni, a character who robbed banks to start a new life with his girlfriend.

[8] In his television works in the series Menudo es mi padre (1997), he changed style, taking the role of an exemplary student.

[12] Daniel returned that year to television in the series Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000–2003) where he played Rafael, an undisciplined police officer who in his youth had trafficked drugs, and who was obligated to arrest his former friends until he was shot, leaving him paraplegic.