Danny Ball is an actor, emerging playwright and screenwriter. He graduated from NIDA in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and is a proud Italian Australian of Sicilian and Abruzzese heritage.
Danny’s debut play THE ITALIANS premiered at downstairs Belvoir to a critically acclaimed, sold out season, and was subsequently filmed by Australian Theatre Live and published by Playlab.
He went on to win the Australian Theatre for Young People Foundation Commission Award for his play SCAB, which was also published by Playlab, and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the 2024 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Danny’s latest play LA MALATTIA was developed through Australian Plays Transform’s Rise Together, Write Together Program and is currently in development. He was also a 2024 recipient of the Gloria Peyton and Gloria Dawson Fellowship which will see him shadow playwright Andrew Bovell in Rome for a new work for Teatro Piccolo.
Danny’s acting credits include TROY and LOADED (Malthouse Theatre), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Ensemble Theatre), HOLDING THE MAN (Belvoir St Theatre), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE PLAYERS TOUR (Bell Shakespeare), DARWIN’S REPTILLIA, THE ITALIANS (Belvoir 25a), CLEANSED (Old Fitz), MERCURY FUR, THE SERPENT’S TEETH (KXT), BLACKROCK (Seymour Centre), LOVE ME (Old 505), SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE (La Mama).
Screen credits include TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE (Stan), A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GRIEF (SBS), HOME & AWAY (Channel 7) and KICK (SBS). Danny was the recipient of a Greenroom Award for Outstanding Performer for his work on LOADED. In 2024, the Casting Guild of Australia named him one of the year’s Rising Stars, with the potential to break out onto the world stage.
