Daniel was born in Tucson, Arizona on October 24, 1983.  His mother, Isabel is a homemaker and his father, Larry is a pharmacist.  His younger sister, Marissa is studying at the University of Arizona to be an educator. 

      Daniel attended Desert Christian High School in Tucson when he represented Arizona in the English Speaking Union's National Shakespeare Monologue Competition at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre.  It was through this competition that he met Mandy Steen who was representing Oklahoma.  Mandy, then a high school senior, had been accepted to The Juilliard School's famed Drama Division and let Daniel join her on a tour of the school.  It was on this tour that Daniel fell in love with the school and thought "Maybe I have a shot at this."

      After an intense auditioning process, Daniel was accepted to The Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 36.  After one semester at the school, he decided to pursue his other passion - opera.  He auditioned for W. Stephen Smith, was accepted into his studio and with special permission from the Drama Division’s Head, Michael Kahn, became The Juilliard School's first double major in Drama and Vocal Arts.

      Since Juilliard, Daniel played 'Alfred' and 'Horatio' in Baltimore's CenterStage production of Tom Stoppard's ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD directed by Artistic Director, Irene Lewis. 

      "Mr. Kennedy's character is the youngest of the troupe . . . but he makes his time onstage thoroughly engaging and he connects with the audience in a way that no other actor in it does."  - James Howard, BROADWAYWORLD.COM 

      "As the apprentice player, and in his auspicious CenterStage debut, Juilliard student Daniel Kennedy gets a run for his money." 

- John Barry, CITYPAPER, Baltimore. 

      Daniel can currently be seen playing 'Pete Cortlandt' on ABC's daytime drama ALL MY CHILDREN.  No one is happier about this fact than Isabel Kennedy, Daniel's mother who has been a devoted ALL MY CHILDREN fan since her college days.