Daniel W. "Danny" Strong is an American actor and writer in film and television. Strong is best known for his role as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, and Lee Daniels' The Butler.
Mira Costa High School, University of Southern California
Nationality
United States of America
Nicknames
Daniel William Strong , Daniel W. Strong
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Movies
The Butler, Game Change, Rebel in the Rye, Sydney White, Pleasantville, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, Dangerous Minds, The Prophecy II, Veritas, Prince of Truth, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Perpetrators of the Crime, Robbin' in Da Hood, New Suit, Bad Guys, Outside...
TV Shows
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Empire
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Short stature
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Quote
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[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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Only on Buffy can you get killed and do three more episodes. [June 11, 2003]
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Fact
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Does frequent radio commercial voicework.
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Originally auditioned for the role of Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but later got the role of Jonathon Levinson.
He did not learn that his character, Jonathan, was going to die until he got the script several days beforehand. He has expressed some disappointment that he wasn't told by the producers personally.
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His high school theatrical productions included the roles of "Ponyboy" in "The Outsiders" and the "Master of Ceremonies" in "Cabaret."
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Graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California.
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