Fear does not disappear when you step outside. Sometimes it follows you into the cold. In this pivotal moment from the horror thriller Don’t Run, Danny Irizarry plays Peter at the breaking point of his isolation. Dressed only in pajamas, he forces himself into the snow and darkness, exposing how unready and terrified he truly is. The scene carries a strange mix of desperation, humor, and raw vulnerability as survival instinct collides with panic. As the danger sharpens, the moment turns. Peter makes a conscious choice to stop running, pivoting back toward the person he cares about most. Danny Irizarry allows the shift to register physically and emotionally, transforming awkward fear into deliberate action. What starts as a frantic escape becomes an act of bravery driven by love. This excerpt showcases Danny Irizarry’s ability to navigate high contrast tone, physical vulnerability, and earned character transformation, delivering a climactic beat that balances tension, humanity, and resolve.

Long before fame, success begins with learning how to stand in a new room. This scene from Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie depicts Michael’s earliest days in Hollywood as he moves into a new apartment and begins navigating life as a young actor finding his footing. Guided by voice-over narration from Michael J. Fox, Danny's moment captures quiet determination, uncertainty, and adaptation at the start of a career. The performance is driven by precise blocking and physical specificity, using movement, posture, and spatial awareness to communicate ambition, vulnerability, and resilience. Rather than relying on dialogue, the scene allows behavior and rhythm to tell the story of a young man learning how to survive - and belong - in an unfamiliar world. This excerpt highlights movement-based performance, biographical storytelling, and emotion through physicality, showcasing the ability to convey character development through subtle, intentional action.

Some conversations start as comfort and end as truth. This excerpt from the comedy film Wrapped features Danny Irizarry and Abby in a quiet car ride that begins with warmth and familiarity before drifting into deeper, more difficult territory. As the two talk about their families, the cracks in their histories slowly emerge, revealing emotional wounds neither of them has fully named. What starts sweet gradually becomes strained, turning honest vulnerability into a soft argument fueled by misunderstanding and unspoken pain. Danny Irizarry’s performance balances gentleness and defensiveness, allowing the emotional shift to happen organically rather than abruptly. The scene highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in emotionally grounded dialogue, relationship based storytelling, and naturalistic conflict, showcasing the ability to navigate tonal transitions from tenderness to tension while keeping the moment deeply human.

A goodbye can hit harder when it comes from the other side of the mirror. This scene excerpt from The Last Day of Retrograde features Danny Irizarry as Finn in an intimate, surreal conversation about death, the afterlife, and the complicated love hanging in the air. Played through a mirror reflection, the moment blends tenderness with unease, letting grief, longing, and unresolved relationship history surface without turning into a lecture. Danny Irizarry’s performance focuses on stillness, control, and emotional specificity, using restraint and subtext to keep the audience questioning what is real, what is imagined, and what is being confessed. The Last Day of Retrograde is a dark comedy drama set in Palo Alto in 2010, a period shaped by upheaval and a teen suicide epidemic, with the story weaving in themes like apparitions, heartbreak, and transformation. 

Some confessions are louder than monsters. This scene from the horror thriller Don’t Run finds Peter showing up at his crush’s door. In a world where sundown brings danger and every day feels like survival, this conversation becomes an emotional battleground of its own. Peter apologizes for the ways he has hurt her, owning his flaws and finally voicing the feelings he has carried silently. What begins as awkward vulnerability blooms into raw emotional truth as he confesses his heart, choosing honesty even when it feels impossible. This excerpt highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in emotional clarity, intimate dramatic performance, and relationship driven storytelling, showcasing the ability to balance atmosphere, tension, and heartfelt confession within a genre film context.

Success doesn’t arrive quietly. It arrives all at once. This excerpt from Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie captures the relentless pace of Michael’s life during the period when he was simultaneously filming Family Ties and Back to the Future. Portrayed by Danny Irizarry, the moment immerses the audience in the physical and emotional chaos of balancing two major productions, long hours, constant movement, and mounting pressure. Guided by voiceover narration from Michael J. Fox, the performance relies on precise blocking, rapid transitions, and controlled physicality to communicate exhaustion, determination, and forward momentum. Danny Irizarry’s portrayal emphasizes rhythm, timing, and spatial awareness, allowing the strain of success to register through behavior rather than exposition. This excerpt highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in physically demanding performance, biographical storytelling, and movement driven character work, showcasing the ability to convey intensity, scale, and emotional weight through action and precision.

Planning a crime is stressful enough without an unconscious biker in the back seat. This scene from the comedy film Wrapped finds Danny Irizarry and Karlisha Hurley’s character parked outside a gangster’s house, staking it out and desperately trying to figure out how to retrieve her stolen belongings without getting caught. As they whisper, argue, and second-guess every move, the tension is undercut by the absurd reality of the unconscious biker they rescued and stuffed into the back seat. The scene balances heightened stakes with fast paced banter, allowing humor to emerge from pressure, conflicting priorities, and the barely contained panic of two people in over their heads. Danny Irizarry’s performance leans into timing, reactive listening, and grounded chaos, anchoring the comedy in real urgency rather than caricature. This excerpt highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in character driven comedy, ensemble chemistry, and high pressure dialogue, showcasing an ability to navigate escalating absurdity while keeping the scene emotionally believable.

The past has a way of demanding answers, even after death. This scene from Apple TV+’s The Last Day of Retrograde features Danny Irizarry as Finn, appearing in ghost form during a tense search for a missing student inside a high school. As classmates scour the halls, Finn confronts the leading lady privately, forcing unresolved emotions to surface amid the chaos. Through this surreal encounter, Danny Irizarry’s character speaks openly about the feelings he carried while he was alive and the pain of being abandoned when he needed connection most. The scene balances vulnerability with accusation, blending grief, longing, and bitterness in a moment that blurs the line between memory, guilt, and haunting presence. The performance relies on stillness, controlled intensity, and emotional specificity, using restraint rather than spectacle to give weight to the supernatural reveal. This excerpt highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in psychological drama, emotionally complex confrontation, and supernatural storytelling, showcasing the ability to carry intimacy and tension within heightened narrative circumstances.

Even in the middle of fear, there’s room for a first dance. In the horror thriller Don’t Run, Danny Irizarry as Peter shares a sweet, awkward moment under the headlights with his next-door crush as music plays on the radio. In a story where survival, monsters, and dread dominate daylight hours, this unexpectedly tender beat becomes a quiet breath of normalcy as these two young people figure out what it means to connect amid uncertainty.  This excerpt highlights Danny Irizarry’s strength in relationship driven storytelling, character chemistry, and emotional subtlety, offering a softer counterpoint within a genre film that is otherwise defined by tension and survival.