Leo Daniels
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Leo Daniels is actually Leo P. Daniels Jr. Born to Leo Sr. and Audrey B. Daniels. He has 2 younger brothers George the middle brother and Nick being the youngest.
He first found fame in the 1980s by playing and setting several World Records on Video Games and Pinball. USA Today once said that Leo was the most successful Video Game player in the United States. Leo has been playing arcade games since the young age of 5. Owning his own arcade chain and being a part of the 1st ever Video Game challenge, East coast VS West coast hosted by Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard the official score keepers of Video and Pinball World Records. Leo was the team captain for NC at that time and later became a part of the 1st ever Video Game Olympics.
Daniels is still the Team Captain of Twin Galaxies All-Star Team for the Carolinas. As a talent scout throughout the Carolina Area, Leo verifies scores and evaluates skills for those players who apply for the annual Carolina competition which produces the champions representing North and South Carolina at the Coronation Day Tournament (World Championship). Leo still plays arcade games and still holds several World Records to date.
Daniels has appeared in Life magazine, Time, USA Today and several Video Game magazines. Leo helped write the 1st book ever on playing Video Games called "How To Master The Video Games" and the 2nd installment "How To Master The Video Games book II"
Daniels was part of the feature film "Chasing Ghosts:Beyond The Arcade" a full length documentary filmed in HD and premiered at the Sundance Film festival in January of 2007. The film is about the world champions from the 1980's and their conquests and challenges.
He has been working in the film industry since Wilmington North Carolina became home to a full fledge Movie and TV Studio which was known as DEG Studios, later changing to NC Film and TV Studios, then to Carolco Studios and now it's known as Screen Gems Studios.
He's now producing as well as acting in films. You can look him up at www.imdb.com simply do a search for "Leo Daniels".
