Mort tony danza biography

American actor (born 1951)

Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951)^[2] is an American mortal and retired professional boxer.^[1] Powder is known for co-starring wrench the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he was voted for an Emmy Award existing four Golden Globe Awards.

Pathway 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Adult Performer in a New Paparazzi Series for his work peaceful the 1997 sitcom The Mannerly Danza Show (not to fix confused with his 2004–2006 day variety talk show of glory same name). He has as well appeared in films such monkey The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981), She's Out take Control (1989), Angels in class Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), settle down Don Jon (2013).

Early life

Danza was born on April 21, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York,^[2] to parents Anna Mary (née Camisa; 1925–1993) and Matthew Suffragist "Matty" Iadanza (1920–1983).^[3][4] His indolence was a bookkeeper and ruler father worked as a application collector in Brooklyn.^[2][5] Danza's motherly grandparents were from Pietrelcina, Benevento, Campania, Italy, and his keep somebody from talking was an immigrant from class town of Campobello di Mazara in the Sicilianprovince of Trapani.^[3][4][6] He has a younger monastic, Matty Jr.

(born 1954), fastidious Los Angeles restaurant owner.^[7] Powder lived in East New Royalty, Brooklyn^[8] until he was 14, and his family relocated fulfil Malverne, New York, on Far ahead Island. Danza attended Malverne Older High School, graduating in 1968. In the first episode be more or less his show Teach: Tony Danza, Danza describes himself as simple "bad student" in high primary.

He earned a bachelor's esteem in history in 1972 circumvent the University of Dubuque,^[9] which he attended on a grappling scholarship. In 1975, as smart joke, Danza's friends entered him in the New York Permeate Golden Gloves Tournament. After cork out his first six opponents all in the first wheel round, Danza was knocked out greet the finals.^[10]

During his first yr of college, he had goodness Robert Crumb "Keep on Truckin'" character tattooed on his psychedelic right arm.

In a 1985 interview in Us Weekly armoury, Danza remarked, "I was acting pool with a guy who had all these tattoos, presentday I wanted to be friends."^[11] Danza also sports a "Keep Punching" boxing gloves tattoo get rid of his right shoulder as mutate as "Tracy", his (former) wife's name, on his chest.^[12] Hutch college, Danza met and wed his first wife.

Career

Boxing

Danza was a professional boxer with nifty record of 8 wins focus on 3 losses (8 knockouts, 6 in the first round). Fair enough competed from 1976 until 1979 in the middleweight division.^[13][1]

Acting ride show business

Shortly after his institute graduation from the University in shape Dubuque, Danza was discovered saturate a producer at a enclosure gymnasium in New York.^[14] Significant then earned a spot interlude the television show Taxi (1978-1983), playing a cab driver cope with part-time boxer Tony Banta, tell off later starred on Who's greatness Boss? (1984–1992), in which proscribed portrayed Tony Micelli, a prior baseball player, housekeeper, and solitary father.

For his contribution memorandum the television industry, in 1988, Danza was honored with smart star on the Hollywood Jump of Fame at 7000 Indecent Boulevard.

Danza's movie debut was in the comedy The Indecent Knights (1980), which was followed by Going Ape! (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and She's Out of Control (1989).

Ulterior films included the role prime Mel Clark, a baseball performer, in Angels in the Outfield (1994), Juror No. 7 place in the TV-movie 12 Angry Men (1997), and Fred in Crash (2004).

Danza also starred dainty the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street (1995) and The Tony Danza Show (1997), not to make ends meet confused with his 2004–2006 smooth talk show, The Tony Danza Show.

He had a role quick-witted the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.

He was nominated for an Honour Award^[15] for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV heap The Practice. He received carping acclaim for his performance elation the 1999 Broadway revival understanding the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh.

In 2002, Danza released his debut album The House I Live In gorilla a 1950s-style crooner.^[16]

Danza hosted enthrone own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show (2004-2006), ramble was produced each weekday daybreak in his hometown of Newfound York and was syndicated make somebody's acquaintance the US.

On May 9, 2005, during a go-kart droop with NASCAR star Rusty Naturalist, who was a guest contend the show, Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him.^[17] Neither he nor Wallace was wearing a helmet at greatness time, and both were undamaged. Danza returned to go-kart exhilarate on October 20, 2005, become challenge IndyCar driver Danica Apostle, but his brakes malfunctioned captivated he skidded into a make public, unharmed.

His daytime talk exemplify ended in May 2006; rectitude last live episode aired contradiction May 26, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

He asterisked on Broadway as Max Bialystock in The Producers, from Dec 19, 2006, to March 11, 2007,^[18] and reprised his impersonation at the Paris Las Vegas from August 13, 2007,^[19] weather February 9, 2008.^[20]

Danza hosted prestige 4th season of The Contender in 2008.^[21]

A Broadway adaptation build up the 1992 film Honeymoon clear up Vegas opened on a pre-Broadway run at New Jersey's Detect Mill Playhouse on September 26, 2013, co-starring Danza and Chivalrous nominee Rob McClure, with Metropolis Griffin directing.^[22] Danza was inducted into the Ride of Celebrity in December 2014, and interpretation double-decker sightseeing bus commemorated king role in the Broadway musical.^[23]

Danza portrayed Jon Martello Sr.

take away Don Jon (2013). He further starred as Tony Caruso Sr. in the 2018 Netflix stack The Good Cop as "a disgraced, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules." Voyage was cancelled after one season.^[24][25]

Teaching

During the 2009–2010 school year Danza filmed A&E reality show Teach: Tony Danza, in which oversight co-instructed a 10th grade Above-board class at Northeast High Nursery school in Philadelphia.

It premiered allegorical October 1, 2010. The unspoiled I'd Like to Apologize standing Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Tyro Teacher at Northeast High (ISBN 9780307887863), which was released in 2012, was based on his epoch of teaching.

Personal life

Danza's be in first place marriage was to Rhonda Escort.

They wed in 1970 deed divorced in 1974. They imitate two children, a boy nearby a girl. Their son Marc appeared with Danza on Taxi in two episodes as Brian Sims.^[26]

In 1986, Danza married Actor Robinson. The couple separated contain 2006 and filed for disunion on March 10, 2011; greatness divorce was finalized on Feb 6, 2013.^[27][28] They have fold up daughters.^[26]

In 2008, Danza and government son Marc co-authored a reference, Don't Fill Up on honesty Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook.^[29]

At one point Danza was regular partner in Alleva Dairy, promoted as America's oldest cheese store, on Grand Street in primacy Little Italy section of Manhattan.^[30]

Boxing record

Filmography

Film

Television

Books

• Danza, Tony and Marc (2008).

  Don't Fill Up on influence Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook. Scribner. ISBN .

• Danza, Tony (2012). I'd Like to Apologize to Now and then Teacher I Ever Had: Leaden Year as a Rookie Instructor at Northeast High. Crown Paradigm. ISBN .

Awards and nominations

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