Daniel Diemer
Canadian actor
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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.[1][2] Prior to that, he played smaller roles in The Man in the High Castle and Sacred Lies.
Daniel Diemer | |
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Diemer in 2025 | |
| Born | 21 June 1996 Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | Camosun College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Early life
Diemer was born in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia.[3] His father is a tennis coach, and he has a brother named Aaron.[4]
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.[3] He then entered pre-medical classes at Camosun College.[5] He took time off after a semester and started modeling for an art class.[3][6] He was then living in Vancouver and attending acting masterclasses.[7] He graduated from the Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2016.[3]
Career
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.[5] He then got a role in the 2016 movie Bloody Blacksmith, and acted in four short films between 2017 and 2018.[8][9]
In 2018, Diemer played a recurring character in the TV series Sacred Lies for four seasons. He then starred in Emma Fielding: More Bitter Than Death and Family Pictures.[9][10] He played a role in the Amazon Prime Video historical drama The Man in the High Castle.[5]
The Half of It (2020)
Diemer played a lead role in Alice Wu's coming-of-age movie The Half of It, which was distributed by Netflix and premiered on 1 May 2020. He played Paul Munsky, a clumsy football player who asks the protagonist, Ellie Chu, to help him woo a girl they both have a crush on by writing her letters. Wu held over 600 auditions for the part before discovering Diemer.[7]
The movie received favorable reviews,[11][12][13] and won Best Narrative Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Festival.[14]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2025)
Diemer appears in season two of Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, playing Tyson, the titular character's younger Cyclops half-brother.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bloody Blacksmith | Norris | [8] |
| 2020 | The Half of It | Paul Munsky | [6] |
| 2022 | Brazen | Rand Morgan | [15] |
| 2023 | Supercell | William Brody | [16] |
| 2023 | Little Brother | Jake | [17] |
| 2024 | Absolution | Kyle Conner | [18] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Man in the High Castle | Kent | |
| Family Pictures | Killington | Television film | |
| 2021 | Black Summer | Luke | |
| 2022 | The Midnight Club | Bill/Rhett | |
| 2024 | Under the Bridge | Scott Bentland | |
| 2025 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Tyson |