Table of Biography
Daniel Macchio is a film score composer and celebrity kid from the United States. Moreover, Daniel Macchio is popular as the son of legendary actor, Ralph Macchio. Ralph is popular for playing Daniel LaRusso in three Karate Kid films and Cobra Kai, a sequel television series.
Early life
Daniel Macchio was born on 24th October 1996, in Long Island, New York City, the United States of America. According to his date of birth, he is 25 years old and holds an American nationality. Moreover, he has a zodiac sign of Scorpio and has a mixed ethnicity of American, Italian, and Greek.
He is the son of Ralph Macchio (father) and Phyllis Fierro (mother). His father is an American actor and his mother is a nurse practitioner. He has a sister named Julia Macchio who is an American stage and screen actress.
Caption: Daniel Macchio with his parents and sister (Source: POPSUGAR)
Regarding his academic career, he has not yet disclosed his educational qualifications in public. Looking at him, it seems that, he has completed his graduation from a well-known University of America.
Daniel Macchio – Professional career
Talking about his professional career, Daniel Macchio is a film score composer. He co-wrote the score and music for the 2011 film ‘From the Heart of the Crowd.’ He composed the music for the 2011 romantic comedy ‘That Was Then.’ In the following years, in 2012, he composed music for the film ‘The Wrecks.’ Moreover, he came to the limelight as the son of Hollywood actor, Ralph Macchio.
Ralph Macchio
Caption: Ralph Macchio actor (Source: Us Weekly)
Ralph Macchio began his acting career by appearing in commercials for ‘Dr. Pepper’ and ‘Bubble Yum’. He made his acting debut in the 1980 film “Up in the Academy.” And, he appeared in the television series “Eight is Enough,” he played the character of Jeremy Andretti.
He portrayed Johnny Cade in the 1983 film adaptation of S. E. Hinton’s book of the same name, “The Outsiders.” He shot to fame when he was selected to play Daniel LaRusso in the 1984 film “The Karate Kid.” In the sequels “The Karate Kid II” and “The Karate Kid III,” he played the same character again.
For the following several years, his career had a downturn, but he was able to retain it in 1992 when he played William Gambini, the first important adult role of his entire career, in the blockbuster comedy “My Cousin Vinny.” He portrayed a confused Chris in the independent movie “Naked in New York” in 1993.
He portrayed J. Pierrepont Finch as the show’s protagonist in the 1996 revival of the 1962 musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Both the audience and the critics responded well to his performance in both. He made cameo and guest roles in movies and television shows throughout the following few years. He made many appearances in 2008’s “Ugly Betty” episodes on ABC. Moreover, he plays the politician Archie Rodriguez.
Other appearances
He performed Carl Morelli in a staged reading of “A Room of My Own” in 2010. In addition, he participated in ABC’s dancing competition “Dancing with the Stars” in 2011 but was eliminated in the semifinal round and finished fourth. He was asked to play Alfred Hitchcock in the 2012 movie Hitchcock, which was adapted from the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
. Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Biel, and other actors also starred in the movie. In Cobra Kai, a Netflix action comedy-drama series with an episodic storytelling format that was introduced in 2018 on YouTube, Ralph reprised his Daniel LaRusso role. He also serves as a co-executive producer for the series with William Zabka.
Daniel Macchio – Awards and Net Worth 2023
Daniel Macchio has not yet earned awards or honors for his works. But, his father has collected some of them. Ralph earned the Long Island International Film Expo award in 2002. And the same year, he received the Audience Choice Award for Best Short. In 2014, he earned the American Short Film Award for Best Drama Short Film. He has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award, Bravo Otto Germany, CCA Super Award, and many more.
As a film score composer, he earns a decent amount of sum. But, yet, he has not disclosed his income, salary, and net worth in public. On the other sides, his father as an actor has made a decent sum of money. Talking about Ralph’s net worth, his net worth estimated at around $2.5 million as of 2022.
Daniel Macchio – Relationship Status
Regarding his personal life and relationship status, Daniel Macchio has not disclosed anything about it in public yet. Moreover, we can assume that he is enjoying his single life. As of now, this man is not a part of controversy or rumors and focuses on his career and personal life.
Body measurements and Social media
Daniel Macchio stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 65 kg. Moreover, this man has brown eyes with dark brown hair color. In addition, he has a shoe size of 9 US and there is no other information regarding his other body measurements.
On his Instagram page, there are more than 17.3k followers. Likewise, there are more than 1.5k followers on Twitter and 823 friends on Facebook.