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Danny Strong
Acting · Born 1974-06-06 · Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Biography
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 Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls. 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. He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
Paul
Seinfeld
Vincent
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
How I Met Your Mother
Trey Platt
Gilmore Girls
Doyle
Mad Men
Danny Siegel
Billions
Todd Krakow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jonathan Levinson
Nip/Tuck
Bart
Empire
Writer
Filmography
- 2024Mafia SpiesExecutive Producer
- 2021Dean Martin: King of CoolExecutive Producer
- 2021DopesickWriter
- 2020The Right StuffShorty Powers
- 2019The Best of EnemiesProducer
- 2019Proven InnocentWriter
- 2017Rebel in the RyeDirector
- 2017The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselAaron Lebowitz
- 2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeDoyle
- 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingPerspective Manipulator
- 2016BillionsTodd Krakow
- 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Screenplay
- 2015Knight of CupsDanny Strong
- 2015EmpireWriter
- 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Screenplay
- 2013The ButlerFreedom Bus Journalist
- 2012Game ChangeWriter
- 2010JustifiedAlbert Fekus
- 2009Weather GirlKurt
- 2009Robbin' in da Hood
- 2008LeverageDennis Retzing
- 2008RecountCo-Producer
- 2008Bad GuysAshley
- 2007Sydney WhiteGurkin
- 2007Mad MenDanny Siegel
- 2007Veritas, Prince of TruthRaymond Wilkins
- 2006Life Is ShortMike
- 2006Outside SalesToby
- 2005How I Met Your MotherTrey Platt
- 2005Grey's AnatomyPaul
- 2003SeabiscuitYoung Jockey
- 2003Nip/TuckBart
- 2003New SuitGreg
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2001Asylum DaysYann's Assistant
- 2000Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the ThirteenthBoner
- 2000Gilmore GirlsDoyle
- 2000Perpetrators of the CrimePhil
- 1998PleasantvilleJuke Box Boy
- 1998The Prophecy IIJulian
- 1997Over the Top
- 1997Union SquareBill
- 1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerJonathan Levinson
- 1996Hey Arnold!Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
- 19963rd Rock from the SunAramis
- 1995Dangerous MindsStudent
- 1993Boy Meets WorldArthur
- 1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassNoogie
- 1989SeinfeldVincent
- —Losing Lois LaneRobin the Boy Wonder
- —Becoming HoudiniProducer
- —OzProducer
- —The AnswersExecutive Producer
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