Danny Ramirez

About

Daniel Ramirez (born September 17, 1992) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Joaquin Torres / Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Brave New World (2025) and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). He has also had roles in the film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and the HBO television series The Last of Us (2025).

Daniel Ramirez was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Miami, Florida. He is of Colombian and Mexican descent, attended Miami Coral Park Senior High School and initially wanted to be an athlete, trying out American football and soccer. He noted that after encountering injuries, he realized he needed a new career. He studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Ramirez made his screen and television debut on Showtime’s The Affair (2016) as “Moving Van Kid #1”, and NBC’s Blindspot (2016) in another minor role. In 2017, he garnered some recognition for his recurring role as Wes on Fox’s The Gifted (2017), and had a guest role in Orange Is the New Black (2017). From 2018 to 2019, he had a recurring role on Netflix’s On My Block. In 2018, Ramirez graduated Tisch…