Ido Drent

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Ido Drent is a South African-born actor working and living in Auckland, New Zealand. He is best known to television audiences as Daniel Potts in the long-running soap opera Shortland Street.

Drent was born in Pretoria and raised until the age of 8 in Potchefstroom, South Africa. In January 1996 Drent and his family moved to New Zealand. He remembers watching Shortland Street for the first time and being bewildered by the accents. After finishing school Drent studied business at university and worked in the property development industry. After doing part-time work in television commercials, Drent "caught the acting bug."

Date of Birth27th January 1987
Age37 Years
Zodiac SignAquarius
CountrySouth Africa
Birth PlacePretoria
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB
Career Start2008 (16 years ago)