Dani Dyer’s ex before Love Island is a Hollywood star – and you might recognise him

DANI Dyer might have the Love Island boys quaking in their boots about potentially meeting her dad Danny, but her ex-boyfriend would certainly have had the actor's seal of approval.

While Dani, 22, is currently on the hunt for love on the ITV2 reality show, one of her last serious relationships was with her father's on-screen son Sam Strike, 24.

The pair began dating back in 2015 after growing close on the set of gangster movie Bonded By Blood 2, though it's likely their paths crossed before then as Sam played Danny's son Johnny Carter in EastEnders between 2013 and 2014.

A source told The Sun on Sunday of their romance at the time: "As soon as Dani and Sam met, thanks to Danny, they hit it off.

"It was a bit of a coincidence, but luckily for them Danny didn't mind. He found it funny and fully supported them."

However, Sam has come a long way since his days in the BBC soap and is currently making waves in Hollywood.

In 2017 he starred alongside Stephen Dorff in horror movie Leatherface, before depicting serial killer and rapist Montie Rissell in Netflix hit Mindhunter.

Sam will next appear in The Wisdom Tooth, thriller Monster Party alongside Julian McMahon and will feature in an episode of Nightflyers, a TV series based on the works of Game of Thrones writer George R. R. Martin.

Despite his soaring career, the Essex-born star remains on good terms with his ex Dani.

Though sources told the Sun Online last month that Sam wasn't keen on his ex entering the Love Island villa.