Daniel Stathis Barker, professionally known as Damien Slash, is a multifaceted English entertainer, born on January 6, 1987. He is a comedian, impressionist, actor, voice artist, comedy writer, and musician, renowned for his solo character comedy sketch show, The Damien Slash Mixtape.
Barker's career began with character performances on YouTube, as well as providing voice-overs for television advertisements, toys, video games, and animation. He hails from a family of artists and intellectuals, being the grandson of poets George Barker and Elizabeth Smart, and the son of poet Sebastian Barker and psychotherapist Sally Barker.
Daniel Barker's educational background includes attendance at New End Primary School, Finchley Catholic High School, Camden School For Girls Sixth Form, and the University of Bristol, where he earned a Bachelor's degree. Notably, despite not being of Greek descent, Barker was baptized in Greece as Greek Orthodox after his father built a house in Messenia, which served as a writing retreat.