Background
Dayo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings.
Dayo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings.
His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a literature teacher from Kenya. In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana, United States, from Nigeria and later moved to California. He earned a bachelor"s degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009.
Prior to being cast in The Hunger Games, Okeniyi worked in local theatre and in film shorts.
Okeniyi starred 2014 in the drama film Endless Love, also starred in a new series "Shades of blue" and portrayed Danny Dyson in Terminator Genisys (2015).