Draft:Lyon Daniels

Lyon Daniels (born June 14, 2007) is an American actor. He has starred as Noodles in the Netflix 2020 action-adventure film We Can Be Heroes. Since 2024, he has played the leading role of Jared Grace in the Roku original fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles that was originally ordered by Disney+. .

Early life
Lyon Daniels was born in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, to an African American father and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother, with Native American ancestry as well on his father's side. His father Joe was the original founder and drummer of the popular '90s rock band Local H, a member from its inception in 1990 until 1999, releasing one certified gold and three critically acclaimed albums on Island Records during that time, while his mother Heather works as a creative director/designer for the advertising industry, with experience in theatrical and key art campaigns for the entertainment industry. He also has two younger brothers, Rylan, and Myles.

Career
Daniels stars as a lead character “Jared Grace” in the upcoming Roku\Paramount+ original live-action series The Spiderwick Chronicles  , alongside Christian Slater and Joy Bryant. The critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure novels, which have sold 20 million copies in over 30 countries, are written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The Spiderwick Chronicles follows the coming-of-age story of the Grace family, as they move from New York to Michigan and into their family’s ancestral home revealing a contemporary American gothic coming-of-age story that addresses kids and families dealing with mental health issues among other relevant topics. The eight-episode series, originally ordered by Disney+, Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television, has premiered on the Roku platform in early 2024.

Daniels also stars in the critically-acclaimed Netflix film We Can Be Heroes, directed by Robert Rodriguez, as the superhero “Noodles.” The film held the record for the most-watched family film in Netflix's history; around 44 million households watched the movie within the first four weeks of its release on Netflix. He plays alongside Christian Slater for the second time, Priyanka Chopra, Sung Kang, Pedro Pascal and Boyd Holbrook. Netflix has announced that a sequel is in development.

For television, Daniels also created the recurring role of 'Efram' on the Amazon Prime Video series Patriot, opposite Michael Dorman, Terry O'Quinn and Michael Chernus.

Personal life
When he is not acting, his hobbies include filming, directing, and editing his own movies , drawing   , swimming , skateboarding, and playing the guitar.