A handsome and intense New Zealand native, Daniel Gillies has gone from struggling actor to known commodity virtually overnight. In his first major Hollywood movie, “Spider-Man 2” (2004), Gillies plays John Jameson, the love interest to Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson and natural rival to Tobey Maguire’s web-slinging Peter Parker. But just a few years ago, Gillies was struggling to make it in Los Angeles, even slaving away in restaurants and kitchens to pay the bills. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, where his father was a pediatrician, Gillies moved to New Zealand while still young. Gillies
