Daniel Nicholas Patrick Samonas (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian American former actor best known for his roles as Dean Moriarty on Wizards of Waverly Place and as Toder on iCarly.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Samonas is of Greek, and Irish descent, and moved to Coral Springs, Florida with his family when he was 11.
After moving to Florida when he was 11,[2] Samonas became involved in print modeling and local theater.
His first lead role was in Ephraim, after which he served in several more films until his first television spot in Everybody Hates Chris.
[4][5] In 2008, Samonas made an appearance on iCarly as Freddie's fencing rival Doug Toder and later appeared on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place as Alex's (Selena Gomez) boyfriend Dean.