Daniel Kash

Daniel Kash is one of those character actors whose face you recognize long before his name lands. I find his trajectory genuinely interesting: a Montreal-born performer who shows up in something as iconic as Aliens, then keeps surfacing across decades in series like Law & Order, Orphan Black, and The Expanse. That kind of longevity tells me he's a craftsman, not a flash-in-the-pan star. He also moved into directing, which I always respect because it suggests a real curiosity about how stories get built, not just how they're acted. He's a dependable working actor, and the industry quietly runs on people exactly like him.

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Name (English)

Daniel Kash

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・カッシュ

Reading

だにえる・かっしゅ

Born

April 25, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation

actor / film director / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Kash
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727988

Tags

• Quebec
• actor
• film director
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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