Tony Danza in Who's The Boss?Tony Danza (born April 21, 1951) is an American actor and former boxer.
Tony Danza was born Antonio Salvatore Ladanza in Brooklyn, New York, the elder of 2 sons. He lived with his Italian-American family in Brooklyn until they moved to Malverne, NY, when he was a teenager. He attended the University of Dubuque in Iowa on a wrestling scholarship (he majored in History). When he was 18, he got a tattoo on his upper right arm that was based on a design by the comic book artist Robert Crumb; it says "Keep on Truckin'." Danza was a boxer when he began his acting career on the TV sitcom Taxi. He married his college sweetheart in 1970 and the couple had a son, Marc (born 1971), together. Danza and his first wife divorced a few years after Marc's birth, and Danza married Tracey Robinson in the late 1980s. He has 3 daughters from his second marriage.
Danza is probably best-known for his appearances in the TV sitcoms Taxi (1978-1983) and Who's the Boss? (1984-1992).
Danza also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street (1995) and The Tony Danza Show (1997, not to be confused with his current talk show). He had a role on the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV series The Practice. His movie debut was in the comedy The Hollywood Knights (1980), which was followed by Going Ape! (1981). He received critical acclaim for his performance in the 1999 Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh.
Danza now hosts his own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show, a nationally syndicated program produced each weekday morning in his hometown of New York (where it airs live). On May 9, 2005, during a go-kart race with NASCAR star Rusty Wallace, who was a guest on the show, Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him. Danza wasn't injured, even though neither he nor Wallace were wearing helmets. Danza returned to go-kart racing on October 20, 2005, to challenge CART driver Danica Patrick, but he was defeated.
Danza is also an Ordained Minister with the Universal Life Church. He has performed a marriage on his talk show.
Aftermath (2006/II) (post-production) .... King
The Whisper (2004) .... Simon
Crash (2004) .... Fred
Stealing Christmas (2003) (TV) .... Jack Clayton
Glam (2001) .... Sid Dalgren
"Family Law" (1999) TV Series .... Joe Celano (2000-2002)
"Homewood P.I." (2000) TV Series
Noah (1998) (TV) .... Norman Waters
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (1998) (TV) .... Barney Gorman
"The Tony Danza Show" (1997) TV Series .... Tony DiMeo
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) .... Juror #7
North Shore Fish (1997) (TV) .... Sal
The Girl Gets Moe (1997) .... Moe
Meet Wally Sparks (1997) .... New York Cab Driver
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997) .... Louie Crisci
Illtown (1996) .... D'Avalon
"Hudson Street" (1995) TV Series .... Tony Canetti
Deadly Whispers (1995) (TV) .... Tom Acton
Angels in the Outfield (1994) .... Mel Clark
"The Mighty Jungle" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Vinnie, the Alligator
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991) (TV) .... Gus Farace
"Baby Talk" (1991) TV Series (voice) .... Mickey Campbell
The Whereabouts of Jenny (1991) (TV) .... Rowdy Patron
She's Out of Control (1989) .... Doug Simpson
Freedom Fighter (1988) (TV) .... Victor Ross
Doing Life (1986) (TV) .... Jerry Rosenberg
"Who's the Boss?" (1984) TV Series .... Anthony Morton 'Tony' Micelli
Cannonball Run II (1984) .... Terry
Single Bars, Single Women (1984) (TV) .... Dennis
American Video Awards (1983) (TV) .... Host
"Likely Stories, Vol. 4" (1983) TV Series
Going Ape! (1981) .... Foster
Murder Can Hurt You (1980) (TV) .... Pony Lambretta
The Hollywood Knights (1980) .... Duke
"Taxi" (1978) TV Series .... Tony Banta
Fast Lane Blues (1977) (TV)
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