Cody Daniel was born in Arlington, Texas to Mark and Sheila Daniel. His father is a nuclear engineer for a popular Texas power company. His Mother was in marketing. He has a younger brother (Brayden) and a younger sister (Kaydence).While he was only in the sixth grade he auditioned for the high school play, "MAME" and landed the lead role of Patrick. Cody then decided to play hockey as a goaltender. He won his first hockey National Championship at the age of 14. Cody attended a prestigious goal tending academy at the age of 16. He later progressed to a professional career in hockey and he played until the age of 24.While listening to the radio one day, he heard about TV shows in Dallas needing background actors and the fire for acting was reborn. He landed several small roles in commercials and independent films. While working on the TV shows Chase and The Good Guys, he began taking acting, stunts and weapons training classes. Cody would spend three seasons working on the TV show Dallas. During season 2 of the show "Dallas" Cody landed a speaking role on the last episode which would give him the SAG Eligibility that he had worked so hard to earn. Cody later went on to work on the movie Olympus Has Fallen doing stunts. He currently works on various TV Shows, films, commercials and print work.