Raised in Lagos Nigeria, Dayo Okeniyi, 24, began acting in the
theatre at his elementary school. In 2003 Okeniyi, the youngest of five
siblings, moved from Nigeria with his family to the United States. His father,
now retired DCG customs officer Ezekiel Okeniyi and mother Elizabeth Okeniyi
now a retired British literature teacher were adamant that their children receive
an education in the United States.
Okeniyi received a Bachelor's degree from
Anderson University in visual communications design in 2009. After College he
decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue Acting his true passion. In 2012 Dayo
Okeniyi landed the highly coveted role of "Thresh" the gladiatorial
tribute from District 11 chosen along side his female counterpart
"Rue" to fight to the death in the colossally successful motion
picture franchise "The Hunger Games." Since then Okeniyi has been
cast in upcoming films "The Spectacular Now" and the Ben Affleck /
Justin Timberlake Starer "Runner Runner" both films are due out in
2013
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