Ido Drent (born 27 January 1987) is a South African actor currently 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.

Biographie

Drent is heavily involved in exercise and loves coffee. He has a strong Christian faith and committed to stay celibate until marriage. In April 2011 Drent announced he was engaged to makeup artist Mandy Hodges via his Facebook. After dating for seven months, the two wed in December 2011 in a ceremony attended by family, friends and co stars. The married couple have one child, a baby boy Bastion Dirk Drent who was born in 2015.


Activism
Drent has been an ambassador for the 40 Hour Famine in both 2010, 2011 and 2012 in which he helped children in need in East Timor. Drent was involved in a run which involved running 20 km a day for a week to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities. But Drent was forced to drop out following feeling very ill and fearing he may have meningitis. Drent is also an advocate for anti smoking New Zealand.