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Danny Strong

Actor / Screenwriter / Writer / Executive Producer / Film Producer / Showrunner / Television Producer / Film Director | * 06/06/1974 (49) | Manhattan Beach, California (United States of America (USA))
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Danny Strong is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. As an actor, Strong is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls and Danny Siegel in Mad Men. He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy, Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Fox series Empire and created, wrote and directed the award-winning Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Strong has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, two Peabody Awards and an NA... ()
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Daniel William Strong(born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Jonathan LevinsoninBuffy the Vampire Slayerand Doyle McMaster inGilmore Girls.He also wrote the screenplays forRecount, the HBO adaptationGame Change,Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote the two-part finale ofThe Hunger Gamesfilm trilogy,Mockingjay – Part 1andMockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer for theFoxseriesEmpireand created, wrote and directed the award-winningHuluminiseriesDopesick.He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, ...

Game Change

NR

2012 | 3.5/5 | 1h 58min
TV Movie, Drama, Comedy
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A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne. ...

Empire

TV-14

2015 | 3.6/5 | 43min per episode
Drama
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The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to ...

Dopesick

TV-MA

2021 | 4.0/5 | 1h 2min per episode
Drama, Crime
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A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosi ...

Billions

TV-MA

2016 | 3.9/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Danny Strong

Writers Guild of America Awards Primetime Emmy Awards
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Movies with Danny Strong as Actor(12)

as Perspective Manipulator2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Freedom Bus Journalist2013 The Butler
as Kurt2009 Weather Girl
2009 Robbin' in da Hood
as Ashley2008 Bad Guys
as Raymond Wilkins2007 Veritas, Prince of Truth
as Gurkin2007 Sydney White
as Greg2002 New Suit
as Phil2000 Perpetrators of the Crime
as Boner2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
as Julian1998 The Prophecy II
as Juke Box Boy1998 Pleasantville

TV Shows/Series with Danny Strong as Actor(17)

as Shorty Powers2020 The Right Stuff
as Doyle2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Todd Krakow2016 Billions
as Albert Fekus2010 Justified
as Dennis Retzing2008 Leverage
as Paul2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Trey Platt2005 How I Met Your Mother
2003 Nip/Tuck
as himself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
as Doyle McMaster2000 Gilmore Girls
1997 Over the Top
as Jonathan Levinson1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Aramis1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 Hey Arnold!
1993 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 Boy Meets World
as Vincent1989 Seinfeld

Movies with Danny Strong as Crew(14)

Production/Producer2023 Sweet Thunder
Production/Executive Producer2021 Dean Martin: King of Cool
Production/Producer2019 The Best of Enemies
Directing/Director2017 Rebel in the Rye
Production/Producer2017 Rebel in the Rye
Writing/Screenplay2017 Rebel in the Rye
Writing/Screenplay2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Writing/Screenplay2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Writing/Writer2013 The Butler
Writing/Writer2013 Making a Scene
Production/Co-Executive Producer2012 Game Change
Writing/Writer2012 Game Change
Production/Co-Producer2008 Recount
Writing/Writer2008 Recount

TV Shows/Series with Danny Strong as Crew(11)

Production/Executive Producer2024 The Answers
Production/Executive Producer2021 Dopesick
Writing/Writer2021 Dopesick
Directing/Director2021 Dopesick
Creator/Creator2021 Dopesick
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Right Stuff
Writing/Writer2019 Proven Innocent
Directing/Director2019 Proven Innocent
Writing/Writer2015 Empire
Directing/Director2015 Empire
Creator/Creator2015 Empire

Full Name: Danny Strong
Born: Thursday, 06/06 1974 (June) in Manhattan Beach, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 49 years + 325 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Southern California, USC School of Dramatic Arts, Mira Costa High School
Other names for Danny Strong (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Daniel William Strong"
Danny Strong frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (31x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Deck McKenzie (13x, Actor)
Marti Noxon (11x, Crew)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (8x, Crew)
Nancy Lenehan (7x, Actress)
Peter Mehlman (7x, Actor)
Larry Charles (7x, Crew)
Christine Zander (7x, Crew)
John Platt (7x, Actor)
John Rogers (7x, Crew)
Suzanne Collins (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5681, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024