Daniel Diemer

About

Daniel Diemer (born 21 June 1996) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Paul in the Netflix film The Half of It and Tyson in the Disney+ show Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Prior to that, he played smaller roles in The Man in the High Castle and Sacred Lies.

Diemer was born in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. His father is a tennis coach, and he has a brother named Aaron.
At the age of 5, he started playing soccer and intended to become an athlete professionally, but his sudden growth spurt impeded his speed. He turned to tennis instead before a back injury forced him out of an athletic career. He then entered pre-medical classes at Camosun College. He took time off after a semester and started modeling for an art class. He was then living in Vancouver and attending acting masterclasses. He graduated from the Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2016.

Diemer’s first screen role was in a Sidney York music video in 2014. After that, he enrolled in the Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts, studying film and TV acting. He didn’t book any roles in his first two years of auditions. He then got a role in the 2016 movie Bloody Blacksmith, and acted in…