Danny Strong

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Actor • Director • Producer • Writer

Birth Name: Daniel William Strong

Birth Date: June 6, 1974

Age: 50 years old

Birth Place: Manhattan Beach, California

An actor turned award-winning screenwriter, Danny Strong grew up outside Los Angeles. After graduating from USC with a theater degree, he started his television career in 1994 on the "Saved by the Bell" spinoff, "Saved by the Bell: The New Class." Strong bounced around for a few years after that, with bit roles on several shows, including the classic sitcom "Seinfeld" and the Michelle Pfeiffer teacher drama "Dangerous Minds." A supporting role on another TV spinoff, "Clueless," came his way in 1997. This led to Strong's biggest break later that same year, when he joined the cast of the wildly popular "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series. Strong played Jonathan Levinson, a depressed student whose fortunes turn when he dabbles in witchcraft.

When "Buffy" went off the air in 2003, Strong quickly got back to work, with a major recurring role on the family dramedy "Gilmore Girls" as Doyle McMaster, editor of Yale's school newspaper. Having always aspired to be a screenwriter, Strong asserted himself as a serious writing talent in 2008 with the star-studded HBO original film "Recount," based on the 2000 Presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush--and the subsequent Supreme Court case challenging the voting results in Florida. Strong won a Writers Guild of America Award for "Recount," his debut screenplay. In 2010, he returned to acting, scoring a recurring role on the AMC advertising drama, "Mad Men," as inept copywriter Danny Siegel.

Credits

DopesickStream

Executive Producer
Series
2021
89%

The Right StuffStream

Actor
John "Shorty" Powers
Series
2020
55%

Proven InnocentStream

Executive Producer
Series
2019
26%

The Best of Enemies

Producer
Movie
2019

Story in the Public Square

Guest
Show
2017

Rebel in the Rye

Director
Movie
2017

Rebel in the Rye

Producer
Movie
2017

Rebel in the Rye

Screenwriter
Movie
2017

Empire Season 2: Game On

Host
Show
2015

EmpireStream

Executive Producer
Series
2015
84%

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2Stream

Screenwriter
Movie
2015
70%

Inside Empire

Guest
Show
2014

Empire: Extras

Actor
Show
2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1Stream

Screenwriter
Movie
2014
70%

Lee Daniels' The ButlerStream

Screenwriter
Movie
2013
72%

GirlsStream

Guest Star
Pal
Series
2012
89%

Game ChangeStream

Screenwriter
Movie
2012
67%

JustifiedStream

Guest Star
Series
2010
97%

LeverageStream

Guest Star
Dennis Retzing
Series
2008
92%

RecountStream

Writer
Movie
2008
79%

Bad Guys

Actor
Ashley
Movie
2008

Mad MenStream

Guest Star
Danny Siegel
Series
2007
94%

Robbin' in Da Hood

Actor
Loan Officer
Movie
2007

Sydney WhiteStream

Actor
Gurkin
Movie
2007
35%

Veritas, Prince of Truth

Actor
Movie
2006

How I Met Your MotherStream

Guest Star
Trey
Series
2005
84%

Grey's AnatomyStream

Guest Star
Series
2005
84%

Nip/TuckStream

Guest Star
Bart
Series
2003
74%

Real Time With Bill MaherStream

Guest
Talk
2003

L.A. Dragnet

Guest Star
Series
2003

Last Call With Carson Daly

Guest
Talk
2002

New Suit

Actor
Greg
Movie
2002

Maybe It's Me

Guest Star
Show
2001

Gilmore GirlsStream

Guest Star
Doyle McMaster
Series
2000

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th

Actor
Boner
Movie
2000

Los Criminales

Actor
Phil
Movie
1999

Perpetrators of the Crime

Actor
Phil
Movie
1999

The Prophecy II

Actor
Julian
Movie
1998

Buffy the Vampire SlayerStream

Actor
Jonathan Levinson
Series
1997
85%

Buffy the Vampire SlayerStream

Guest Star
Jonathan Levinson
Series
1997
85%

Hey Arnold!Stream

Guest Voice
Series
1996

Clueless

Guest Star
Series
1996

Boy Meets WorldStream

Guest Star
Arthur
Series
1993

Reliable SourcesStream

Guest
News
1992

SeinfeldStream

Guest Star
Vincent
Series
1989
89%

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