Danny Ramirez

Danny Ramirez was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Miami, Florida.^[2] 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.^[3] He studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.^[4]

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.^[5] 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).^[6] From 2018 to 2019, he had a recurring role on Netflix's On My Block.^[7] In 2018, Ramirez graduated Tisch, and made his film debut in Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.^[8] He went on to have supporting roles in Tone-Deaf (2019), Lost Transmissions (2019), The Giant (2019), Silo (2019), This Is Not a War Story (2020) and Valley Girl (2020), a remake of the 1983 musical of the same name.^[9]

In August 2018, it was announced that Ramirez appear in Top Gun: Maverick alongside Tom Cruise, Glen Powell and Miles Teller, initially set for release in 2019.^[10] In November, Ramirez was honoured as the "Rising Star" at the Third Annual NYU Stonestreet Granite Awards, an award previously awarded to Teller and Rachel Brosnahan.^[11] Maverick received several delays and setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was eventually released in May 27, 2022.^[12] The film received positive reviews and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.^[13]

In 2021, Ramirez portrayed Joaquin Torres in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).^[14] Throughout 2022, Ramirez appeared in multiple films having lead roles in No Exit (2022), and Look Both Ways (2022), with the latter alongside Lili Reinhart. He also had a starring role in Stars at Noon (2022),^[15] and Root Letter (2022); the latter based on a Japanese video game.^[16] He later had supporting roles in Chestnut (2023),^[17] and Winner (2024).^[18] He also went on to appear in both anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead (2022),^[19] and Black Mirror (2023) in the respective episodes "La Doña" and "Mazey Day".^[20]

In early 2024, Ramirez launched a production company, Pinstripes with his longtime friend and collaborater, producer Tom Culliver, with the aim to tell "the stories no one else is, in a fashion you'll never forget".^[21][22] In February 2025, Ramirez reprised his role as Torres in the MCU film Captain America: Brave New World (2025) where the character takes on the mantle of Falcon from Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson.^[23] In April 2025, Ramirez appeared as Manny in the second season of the HBO series The Last of Us after having been cast in March the year previously.^[24] Variety reported in 2025 that his role in the third season would be recast due to scheduling conflicts; a few months later, American actor Jorge Lendeborg Jr. was confirmed to be replacing him.^[25][26]

As of 2025, Ramirez has been in a relationship with American actress Jessica Alba.^[41]