Daniel Bonjour

Daniel Bonjour (born September 28, 1981) is a South Africa–born actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles in The Walking Dead, Frequency, and iZombie.

Early life Bonjour was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His father is South African commercial editor and director who worked under the name Trevor Hill and his mother is Swiss. He moved with his family to Switzerland at the age of five and returned to South Africa at eight. At the age of 12, his family relocated to Seattle, Washington. He attended Mercer Island High School and graduated from Boston College.

Career Daniel starred in his first movie when he was 12, but did not continue his career until 2007, starring predominantly in indie films and landing his first role as series regular in the science-fiction series RCVR, for which he received the Best Actor Award from the International Academy of Web Television. In 2016, Daniel was cast as Daniel Lawrence in the CW series Frequency opposite Peyton List and Mekhi Phifer.

Daniel was the first winner of the International Academy of Web Television for Male Actor in a Drama in 2013.

Frequency was the first project in which he performed in his native South African accent.

Daniel is also a writer and the grand prize winner of the Final Draft Screenwriting competition, having won the feature-film category in 2015.

He has worked on several award-winning video games, including the Hitman series, Final Fantasy, and Life is Strange.

Personal life Daniel is married to actress Jelly Howie. They have two children, a son named Brixton Riot Bonjour and a daughter named Charli Rainbow Bonjour. Daniel has one brother named Pascal who lives in Seattle, as do both his parents. He was forced to leave his honeymoon with Jelly Howie in Thailand to fly to Atlanta to film The Walking Dead.

People included Daniel as one of Hollywood's hottest up-and-comers in their Ones to Watch category.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Director 2008 Midnight Movie Josh Jack Messit 2008 Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls Sir Henry Mark Atkins 2008 Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest German captain 2009 Dragonquest Arkadi 2013 Ambushed Frank Giorgio Serefino 2016 After the Rain Ryan Daniel Bonjour 2021 Venus as a Boy Johnny Ty Hodges

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 RCVR Webber Star 2011 CSI: NY Derby Chasen Episode: "Food for Thought" 2015 The Walking Dead Aiden Monroe Recurring cast (2 episodes) 2015 Satisfaction Julian Two episodes 2016 Teen Wolf Marcel Episode: "Maid of Gévaudan" 2016–17 Frequency Daniel Lawrence Main cast (9 episodes) 2016–17 Flaked David Two episodes 2017–18 iZombie Levon Patch Recurring cast (8 episodes) 2018 Magnum P.I. John Gilbert Episode: "May the Best One Win" 2023 Quantum Leap Trevor Dunn Episode: "Fellow Travlers" 2023 Black Cake Marc Recurring cast (3 episodes) 2024 The Rookie Detective Pierson Two episodes 2025 The Cleaning Lady Dr. Sean Dupont Recurring cast

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2012 Hitman: Absolution Landon Metcalf, Mason McCready, Dexter Goon, Wade Goon 2014 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Additional voices 2015 Life Is Strange Frank Bowers, R.J. MacReady 2016 Hitman Kalvin Ritter, Cilas Netzke, Max Decker, Erik Olander, Fortune Teller, Almos Dexter, Salvatore Bravuomo, additional voices 2025 Doom: The Dark Ages Deag Loric 2025 Dune: Awakening Zantara