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Davi Santos (born February 1, 1990) is a Brazilian born American actor best known for his role playing Sir Ivan, The Gold Ranger, on the long-running American television series Power Rangers Dino Charge. Santos is a screenwriter and star of The Cure, a film that world premiered at Cannes Film Festival.

Life and Career
In late 1990, Santos' family emigrated from his natal Rio de Janeiro to New York City. Santos grew up in Astoria, a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of Queens.

Santos attended the Professional Performing Arts School along side Connor Paolo and Sarah Hyland, and Santos graduated from LaGuardia Arts "Fame" Highschool. In 2008, Santos enrolled at Macaulay Honors College at Lehman (CUNY), where he designed the courses of his self-created major Cognitive Philosophy and Theatrical Arts. Since the age of 8, Santos practices and trains in Martial arts; he currently holds a second Dan Back-belt in Shotokan Karate.

Santos has a background in theatre and commercials. From 2009 to 2012, Santos appeared Off-Broadway in plays premiering at New York Theatre Festival, Samuel French Play Festival and the New York International Fringe Festival. At 19, Santos wrote and appeared in the coming of age docufiction, Lone Prophet, in support of the DREAM act, using guerrilla filmmaking. In 2011, Santos collaborated with Christopher J. Lopez to create Densely Hollow Films and their first film, The Cure, premiered at the Palais des Festivals et des Congress at Cannes Film Festival.

A self-tape landed Santos an appearance on the ABC comedic series Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, after which he joined the cast of the American Sitcom Mr. Box Office for two seasons. Santos continued making television appearances on Nickelodeon's How to Rock, and ABC Family's Switched at Birth (TV series), Mystery Girls and Chasing Life.

In 2014, Santos was cast as the Gold Ranger on Power Rangers Dino Charge for two seasons. In 2015, he starred in the film Something Like Summer based on the acclaimed novel of the same title. Immediately afterward, Densely Hollow Films began the principle photography on its feature debut, Adrift, produced by James Manos Jr. in which Santos starred opposite Lauren Velez, and Tony Plana.