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Joe Daru: How Does Open-Mindedness Help in Professional Baseball & Acting?
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- Color of Success
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- Apr 16, 2025
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- 1572
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Summary
Joe Daru is no stranger to thriving in new environments. From living in various countries to playing professional baseball, and now acting and directing, Joe shares how he continues to navigate his life and career. He highlights: How he developed skills through baseball, such as competitiveness, motivation, and work ethic, which he now applies to his career in Entertainment. The importance of open-mindedness and flexibility, particularly when living in various countries His fight scene with QUEEN, Michelle Yeoh in The Brothers Sun His dream project (spoiler alert: It's related to baseball) His recurring role in Peacock's crime drama, Long Bright River, opposite Amanda Seyfried. ==========================================Full bio: Joe Daru is a Thai/Chinese-American actor born in Thailand. As the son of a diplomat, he has lived in Barbados, Laos, Hawaii, Florida, and Washington D.C. After graduating from IMG Sports Academy in Florida, he played college baseball & also played internationally post-grad before moving to Los Angeles in 2017. From there he went on to guest star on The Rookie (ABC), East New York (CBS), Legacies (CW), and Hydra (Apple), and recur on The Brothers Sun (Netflix), All American Homecoming (CW), and The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime). Joe is currently anticipating the release of his latest Recurring Guest Star role in the new Sony crime series Long Bright River (Peacock) alongside Amanda Seyfried. In his free time, Joe is an avid athlete and has played Division-1 baseball for four years for New York Tech. After graduating he went on to play in the Southeast Asian Games, World Baseball Classic Qualifiers and the Asian Games for the Thailand National Team. In addition to sports, Joe also has a passion for directing and has won multiple awards - most…