Daniel De Bourg is a London-born actor, singer, songwriter, and former professional dancer. After training for seven years at the Royal Ballet School, he graduated with honours at 17 and went on to perform with the Royal Ballet and Rambert Dance Company, touring internationally.

The London born actor/singer/songwriter started professional life as a dancer.

Daniel has this to say about Rise Studios;

‘The Performing Arts will always be close to my heart and I am proud to endorse RISE. These precious years training are essential if your goal is to become a professional, and the wonderful faculty at RISE, combined with a young performers own drive and desire will give all students/pupils the best possible chance of achieving exactly that.’

TRAINING

Daniel secured a contract with the prestigious Royal Ballet, and then The Rambert Dance Company, after 7 years of training and graduating with honours from The Royal Ballet School at the age of 17. After 5 years of touring worldwide, De Bourg moved his attention to the music industry and was signed to DreamWorks Records, in Los Angeles, by Robbie Robertson.

CAREER- Film and West-End

Collaborations with R Kelly, Max Martin and many other Grammy award winning producers followed, and the 1st single from the project, I Need an Angel, hit the top 20 on the Billboard US chart. Daniel then exploded on YouTube after uploading Drake/Miguel/Usher covers, hitting 50 million views and gaining over 245,000 subscribers to date. Operating completely independently, Daniel created DDB MUSIC and his series of DDB Mixtapes (winner of consecutive ‘Best UK RnB Mixtape of the Year’ awards above Jay Sean, Estelle and Daley’s offerings,) have amassed over 200,000 downloads.

Daniel also has vast experience in both stage (as a Principle Artist in the West End) and screen. After playing Kassim in Disney’s Aladdin, in 2018 he landed his first role in a feature film as the leading man.‘Ghost Tale’ was released in 2019. Following this he held roles in smash hit series Mobland, Donald Glovers Atlanta and along side Natalie Portman in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth. Daniel’s next film is The Family Plan 2 alongside Mark Wahlburg and Kit Harrington.

More recently, Daniel has taken to the stage as an actor, starring as Kassim in Disney’s Aladdin in London’s West End and landing the lead role in the feature film Ghost Tale. Passionate about the performing arts, Daniel is proud to support RISE Studios and inspire the next generation of performers.