Danny Burstein (born June 16, 1964) is an American actor of stage and screen. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and a Drama Desk Award winner.Burstein made his Broadway debut in the 1992 revival of A Little Hotel on the Side, before going to appear in the revivals of The Seagull (1992) and Saint Joan (1993). On television, he appeared in six episodes of the NBC drama series Law & Order (1995-2010), each time as a different character. Other screen work includes a feature length episode of the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (2002) and the films Transamerica (2005) and Deception (2008). He received his first Tony Award nomination for his role in the 2005 original Broadway production of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone and a second for the 2008 revival of the musical South Pacific. From 2010-2011, he played the recurring role of Lolly Steinman in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. His work in the 2011 revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies, won him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and earned him a Grammy Award nomination and a third Tony Award nomination. His subsequent Tony nominations were for the 2012 revival of the play Golden Boy and the 2014 revival of the musical Cabaret.
High School of Performing Arts, University of California, San Diego
Nationality
American
Spouse
Rebecca Luker
Children
Zachary Burstein, Alexander Burstein
Parents
Virginia Burstein
Awards
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, Out...
Movies
Indignation, Transamerica, Deception, American Milkshake, Blackhat, The Family Fang, Affluenza, Duane Incarnate, Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon, The Sounding, Autumn Whispers, Nor'easter, Construction, Eddie Adams: Saigon '68
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
1
He was nominated for a 2006 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "The Drowsy Chaperone" on Broadway in New York City.
2
Danny's mother, Virginia (Vega), is a painter who was born in Costa Rica, of Spanish descent. Danny's stepfather, Harvey Burstein, is a professor of Greek philosophy. Danny's biological parents separated when he was two months old, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather.
3
MFA in Acting - University of California, San Diego (1990).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bad Dads
2015
Short completed
Liv
filming
Anderson
Indignation
2016
Max Messner
Construction
2015
Jay
The Good Wife
2015
TV Series
Dr. Ian Caine
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2000-2015
TV Series
Eric Parker / Mr. Brookfield
The Family Fang
2015
Eric Wilcox
Blackhat
2015
Associate Warden Jeffries
Affluenza
2014
Ira Miller
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Short
Luther Billis
Autumn Whispers
2013
Short
Gordon Murkle
American Milkshake
2013
Coach
Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon
2013
Hector
Nor'easter
2012
Paul Moore
Boardwalk Empire
2010-2011
TV Series
Lolly Steinman
Submissions Only
2011
TV Series
Jerry Labove
Live from Lincoln Center
2010
TV Series
Luther Billis
Louie
2010
TV Series
Mike
Law & Order
1995-2010
TV Series
Judge Sam Murray / Surrogate Murray / Peter / ...
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
Video Game
Middle Aged Gay Man (voice)
Deception
2008/I
Clute Controller
Manhunt 2
2007
Video Game
Legion (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2004-2007
TV Series
Leo Bernardi / Luke Vinton
Spectropia
2006
Ball Guest
Neverwinter Nights 2
2006
Video Game
Khulmar Ironfist / Sir Grayson / Donler / ... (voice)
Conviction
2006
TV Series
Transamerica
2005
Dr. Spikowsky
Hope & Faith
2004
TV Series
Moderator
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004
Video Game
Darius Fontaine - Talk Radio / Radio Commercial (voice, uncredited)
$19 Million
