Who plays Danny on Manifest?

Manifest has taken Netflix by storm since the series landed on the streamer in June 2021.

Between the show’s OG fans who’d been watching the series since it debuted on NBC in 2018 to its newly minted ones who discovered it on Netflix, the love for Manifest has been felt across the internet. So much so that the #SaveManifest movement’s campaign paid off and the series was picked up for a fourth and final season as a Netflix original for the platform.

With renewed interest in the series has come questions about the cast of Manifest from those that have starred in the first season and beyond to the adversaries the character Ben encounters in later seasons. One character who plays an interesting role in Manifest is that of Danny.

The premise of the series centers on Flight 828’s five and a half year disappearance before making its landing with none of its passengers aware that so much time had passed.

It’s a situation that proves challenging for them and their loved ones who’d grown and changed in that period of time. Some, like Ben’s wife Grace, had even moved on. After Ben and their son Cal disappeared, Grace met Danny at a support group for people that have lost their spouse.

Over time they grew closer and, by the time Flight 828 returns, they’re in a serious relationship which puts Grace, Danny, and the entire Stone family in a difficult position. Who plays the man Grace leaned on in her husband’s absence? Here’s what we know!

The actor who plays Danny on Manifest

Danny is played by Daniel Sunjata, an actor whose best known for his roles as firefighter Franco Rivera in Rescue Me and as FBI agent Paul Briggs in Graceland. His next role is Mecca, a main character in Power Book II: Ghost who’ll make his debut when season 2 premieres Sunday, Nov. 7.

Sunjata is also known for his work on the stage, he originated the role of Darren Lemming in the Broadway play Take Me Out which earned him  a Theater World award, Tony nomination, and a Drama Desk nomination in 2003. His latest play was a 2018 production of Saint Joan; Sunjata played Dunois, Bastard of Orleans.

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Manifest seasons 1-3 are available to stream now on Netflix.