Danny Strong
Acting • Born 1974-06-06
Biography
Daniel William Strong (born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls. He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy, Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Fox series Empire and created, wrote and directed the award-winning Hulu miniseries Dopesick. He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
Filmography
39 credits
Sydney White
Movie • 2007
Gurkin
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Movie • 2000
Boner
Dangerous Minds
Movie • 1995
Student
Veritas, Prince of Truth
Movie • 2007
Raymond Wilkins
The Butler
Movie • 2013
Freedom Bus Journalist
Knight of Cups
Movie • 2015
Danny Strong
Weather Girl
Movie • 2009
Kurt
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie • 2016
Perspective Manipulator
Life Is Short
Movie • 2006
Mike
Bad Guys
Movie • 2008
Ashley
Robbin' in da Hood
Movie • 2009
Perpetrators of the Crime
Movie • 2000
Phil
Pleasantville
Movie • 1998
Juke Box Boy
The Prophecy II
Movie • 1998
Julian
New Suit
Movie • 2003
Greg
Outside Sales
Movie • 2006
Toby
Losing Lois Lane
Movie
Robin the Boy Wonder
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Young Jockey
Asylum Days
Movie • 2001
Yann's Assistant
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TV • 1993
Noogie
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Trey Platt
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Vincent
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Arthur
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Bart
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Doyle
Over the Top
TV • 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Jonathan Levinson
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Aaron Lebowitz
Union Square
TV • 1997
Bill
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Paul
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Doyle
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
Billions
TV • 2016
Todd Krakow
Justified
TV • 2010
Albert Fekus
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
Aramis
Leverage
TV • 2008
Dennis Retzing
Mad Men
TV • 2007
Danny Siegel
The Right Stuff
TV • 2020
Shorty Powers