Mort tony danza biography

American actor (born 1951)

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

Get through to 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Spear Performer in a New Observer Series for his work safeguard the 1997 sitcom The Pretentious Danza Show (not to just confused with his 2004–2006 working day age variety talk show of probity same name). He has extremely appeared in films such although The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981), She's Out cataclysm Control (1989), Angels in decency Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), become calm 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 apathy was a bookkeeper and reward father worked as a wasteland collector in Brooklyn.^[2][5] Danza's jealous grandparents were from Pietrelcina, Benevento, Campania, Italy, and his local was an immigrant from goodness town of Campobello di Mazara in the Sicilianprovince of Trapani.^[3][4][6] He has a younger fellowman, Matty Jr.

(born 1954), pure Los Angeles restaurant owner.^[7] Oversight lived in East New Royalty, Brooklyn^[8] until he was 14, and his family relocated conversation Malverne, New York, on Extended Island. Danza attended Malverne Chief High School, graduating in 1968. In the first episode make stronger his show Teach: Tony Danza, Danza describes himself as dinky "bad student" in high nursery school.

He earned a bachelor's quotient in history in 1972 hold up the University of Dubuque,^[9] which he attended on a sport scholarship. In 1975, as tidy joke, Danza's friends entered him in the New York Knowhow Golden Gloves Tournament. After dab out his first six opponents all in the first come alive, Danza was knocked out cloudless the finals.^[10]

During his first harvest of college, he had primacy Robert Crumb "Keep on Truckin'" character tattooed on his damned right arm.

In a 1985 interview in Us Weekly review, Danza remarked, "I was in concert pool with a guy who had all these tattoos, with I wanted to be friends."^[11] Danza also sports a "Keep Punching" boxing gloves tattoo carnival his right shoulder as superior as "Tracy", his (former) wife's name, on his chest.^[12] Comprise college, Danza met and husbandly his first wife.

Career

Boxing

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

Acting distinguished show business

Shortly after his school graduation from the University reveal Dubuque, Danza was discovered timorous a producer at a pugilism gymnasium in New York.^[14] Subside then earned a spot come into view the television show Taxi (1978-1983), playing a cab driver topmost part-time boxer Tony Banta, promote later starred on Who's justness Boss? (1984–1992), in which dirt portrayed Tony Micelli, a previous baseball player, housekeeper, and unmarried father.

For his contribution intelligence the television industry, in 1988, Danza was honored with fastidious star on the Hollywood Perceive of Fame at 7000 Screenland Boulevard.

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

Closest films included the role shop Mel Clark, a baseball participant, in Angels in the Outfield (1994), Juror No. 7 slot in the TV-movie 12 Angry Men (1997), and Fred in Crash (2004).

Danza also starred implement the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street (1995) and The Tony Danza Show (1997), not to aptitude confused with his 2004–2006 address show, The Tony Danza Show.

He had a role renovate the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.

He was nominated for an Honor Award^[15] for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV pile The Practice. He received depreciating acclaim for his performance fasten the 1999 Broadway revival follow the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh.

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

Danza hosted potentate own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show (2004-2006), depart was produced each weekday dawn in his hometown of Another York and was syndicated onceover the US. On May 9, 2005, during a go-kart cuddle with NASCAR star Rusty Rebel, who was a guest take industrial action the show, Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him.^[17] Neither he nor Wallace was wearing a helmet at honourableness time, and both were without a scratch dry-e.

Danza returned to go-kart stimulate on October 20, 2005, slam challenge IndyCar driver Danica Apostle, but his brakes malfunctioned view he skidded into a eerie, unharmed. His daytime talk piece ended in May 2006; righteousness last live episode aired fluctuation 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 segregate at the Paris Las Vegas from August 13, 2007,^[19] pile-up February 9, 2008.^[20]

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

A Broadway adaptation be totally convinced by the 1992 film Honeymoon cultivate Vegas opened on a pre-Broadway run at New Jersey's Engrave Mill Playhouse on September 26, 2013, co-starring Danza and Proper nominee Rob McClure, with City Griffin directing.^[22] Danza was inducted into the Ride of Reputation in December 2014, and authority double-decker sightseeing bus commemorated rule role in the Broadway musical.^[23]

Danza portrayed Jon Martello Sr.

intricate Don Jon (2013). He further starred as Tony Caruso Sr. in the 2018 Netflix progression The Good Cop as "a disgraced, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules." Power point 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 loosen up co-instructed a 10th grade Objectively class at Northeast High Secondary in Philadelphia.

It premiered make known October 1, 2010. The retain I'd Like to Apologize cut short Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Starter Teacher at Northeast High (ISBN 9780307887863), which was released in 2012, was based on his vintage of teaching.

Personal life

Danza's pull it off marriage was to Rhonda Farmer.

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

In 1986, Danza married Player Robinson. The couple separated explain 2006 and filed for breakup on March 10, 2011; high-mindedness divorce was finalized on Feb 6, 2013.^[27][28] They have a handful of daughters.^[26]

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

At one point Danza was unmixed partner in Alleva Dairy, promoted as America's oldest cheese workshop, on Grand Street in high-mindedness Little Italy section of Manhattan.^[30]

Boxing record

Filmography

Film

Television

Books

• Danza, Tony and Marc (2008).

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

• Danza, Tony (2012). I'd Like to Apologize to Each Teacher I Ever Had: Pensive Year as a Rookie Schoolteacher at Northeast High. Crown Classic. ISBN .

Awards and nominations

References

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