- Born
- Birth nameDaniel William Strong
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Danny Strong started his career as an actor in numerous classic films and TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls, then transitioned into screenwriting, exploding onto the scene with his 2007 script Recount which was #1 on the Hollywood Blacklist and became an award winning HBO Film. Since then he has become a prolific film and TV writer, director and producer, garnering numerous awards for various projects, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two WGA awards, a PGA Award, and the Peabody Award.
Through out his career he has shown a wide range and versatility moving between mediums and genres with films like the political docudramas Recount and Game Change, the civil rights epic The Butler and the big budget action blockbusters Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part I and II). He co-created the smash hit TV show Empire which won him the NAACP Image Award and he produced the civil rights drama The Best of Enemies starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell. He has also written numerous theater projects having made his theatrical debut with a new book to the musical Chess that premiered at the Kennedy Center.
Strong transitioned into directing with several episodes of Empire. He made his feature directorial debut with Rebel in the Rye that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Over the years he has continued his acting career with recurring roles in many highly acclaimed TV shows including Mad Men, Girls, Justified, Billions and The Right Stuff. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
- IMDb mini biography by: George Kaplan
- RelativesWilliam O. Strong(Grandparent)
- Short stature
- Originally auditioned for the role of Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but later got the role of Jonathon Levinson.
- He lives within a half-mile of both Tom Lenk and Adam Busch, his fellow actors in the "Nerd Troika" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- His favorite episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) is, not surprisingly, Superstar (2000).
- Appeared in the unaired test pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but did not debut on the series, itself, until the second season.
- Attended college with and co-starred in school stage productions with George Hertzberg ("Adam" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)) and J. August Richards ("Gunn" on Angel (1999)).
- Only on Buffy can you get killed and do three more episodes. [June 11, 2003]
- [on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"] - It just gets bigger each year. It's really exciting how much it penetrated this public consciousness in a way. People teach courses about it and there are Joss Whedon courses in universities. People write their dissertations on it. It's incredibly flattering and I'm really honored just to have been a part of it. It's very exciting.
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