D.J. Cotrona

Biography

Donald Joseph Cotrona was born on May 23, 1980, in New Haven, Connecticut. He began studying law at Northeastern University but switched to acting during his sophomore year after a summer internship. Cotrona gained notoriety for playing Dashiell Faireborn/Flint in G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) and later landed the role of Pedro Peña's superhero form, Super Hero Pedro, in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).