# Dan Feuerriegel

Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel (born 29 October 1981) is an Australian actor who is based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has acted in a number of Australian television series and first came to international notice with his role as a gladiator recruit "Agron" in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. Since June 2021, he has appeared on the NBC/Peacock soap opera, Days of Our Lives as EJ DiMera.

## Biography

In 1998, Feuerriegel graduated from Villanova College, a Roman Catholic college located in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo. He studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He graduated in 2002.

## Career

* He featured in the 2005 controversial short Boys Grammar which also starred Jai Courtney and Adam J. Yeend.
* He also joined the cast of Small Claims: White Wedding in 2005.
* In 2006 he appeared in Burke & Wills and the short film True, the same year he starred as a recurring character on the hit series McLeod's Daughters where he played Leo Coombes for five episodes, and also appeared in the series Stupid Stupid Man where he played Kim in the episode "The Reunion".
* He joined the cast of Between the Flags (short film) in 2007.
* In 2008 he appeared in a recurring role on the hit series Home and Away where he played the journalist Gavin Johnson. the same year he guest starred in an episode of The Strip, along with Aaron Jeffery.
* In 2009 he played Brendan in the Australian series All Saints, earlier, in 2006 he played Cameron "Indy" Jones in the series.
* In 2010 he played Agron, a gladiator recruit, in the Starz hit series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Feuerriegel continued this role in 2012 through the third season of the show, entitled Spartacus: Vengeance, and the show's fourth and final season, entitled Spartacus: War of the Damned, in 2013.
* In 31 March 2021, it was reported that he would be taking over the role of EJ DiMera in NBC's Days of our Lives, and would make his debut in mid-2021. On 21 May it was confirmed that he was cast in the role, and would make his debut on 9 June.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Small Claims: White Wedding | Brendan Rigby | |
| 2005 | Boys Grammar | Ben | Short film |
| 2006 | Burke & Wills | Guy | |
| 2006 | True | Russell | Short film |
| 2007 | Between the Flags | First Guy | Short film |
| 2012 | Ruin | Fighter | Short film |
| 2014 | Cryptic | Jim Jonas | |
| 2015 | Vy Nguyen & Keith Jackson feat. Jason Chu, No Hero Now | Deathstalker | Short film |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim Uprising | Lieutenant Allan Gronetti | |
| 2021 | Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas | EJ DiMera | Peacock Original Movie |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | RAN: Remote Area Nurse | Ben | Episode "The Gardens of the Torres Strait" |
| 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Leo Coombes | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Stupid Stupid Man | Kim | Episode "The Reunion" |
| 2006, 2009 | All Saints | Cameron "Indy" Jones / Brendan | Episodes "Jaws of Death" & "Out of the Ashes" |
| 2008 | Home and Away | Gavin Johnson | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | The Strip | Rhys Roberts | Episode 1.5 |
| 2010 | Spartacus: Blood and Sand | Agron | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Spartacus: Vengeance | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Spartacus: War of the Damned | 10 episodes |
| 2015 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Spud | Episode "A Wanted (Inhu)man" |
| 2016 | Travel Boobs (web series) | Mark | Episodes "Stranded" &"The Proposal" |
| 2017 | Chicago Fire | Will Tucker | Episode "A Breaking Point" |
| 2018 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Angus Reeves | Episode "Outside the Lines" |
| 2021– | Days of Our Lives | EJ DiMera | Main Role |

## Theatre

| Year | Play | Role | Director | Theatre | Notes |
| 2004 | Sleeping Around | Greg | Katy Alexander | Belvoir Theatre | alongside Craig Brown Jacobie Gray & Charlotte Gregg |
| 2004 | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Ingham | Amos Szeps | Old Fitzroy Theatre | alongside Jacobie Gray & Ash Lyons |
| – | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Ray | Winston Cooper | New Theatre | – |
| – | Song of the Yellow Bittern | Vince | Moelisea Stafford | – | – |
| – | Pink Floyd's – The Wall | Ensemble | John O’Hare | – | – |
| – | The Jungle | Jimmy | Leonard Meenach | – | – |
| – | The Merchant of Venice | Prince of Arragon & Balthazar | Diane Eden & Peter Lavery | – | – |
| – | Histories | Ensemble | Gavin Robins | – | – |
| – | Rent | Benny | Deborah McCauslane | – | – |
| – | Three Sisters | Solyony | Jeffery Renn | – | – |
| – | Soiled | Ensemble | Deborah McCauslane | – | – |
| – | They Shoot Horses Don't They? | Ensemble | Leonard Meenach | – | – |
| – | Spurboard | Ensemble | David Lynch | – | – |