Danny Strong
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Danny Strong

Jun 6, 1974 - Manhattan Beach, California, USA

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2007Sydney WhiteGurkin
Movie2000Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the ThirteenthBoner
Movie1995Dangerous MindsStudent
Movie2007Veritas, Prince of TruthRaymond Wilkins
Movie2013The ButlerFreedom Bus Journalist
Movie2015Knight of CupsDanny Strong
Movie2009Weather GirlKurt
Movie2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingPerspective Manipulator
Movie2006Life Is ShortMike
Movie2008Bad GuysAshley
Movie2009Robbin' in da Hood
Movie2000Perpetrators of the CrimePhil
Movie1998PleasantvilleJuke Box Boy
Movie1998The Prophecy IIJulian
Movie2003New SuitGreg
Movie2006Outside SalesToby
MovieN/ALosing Lois LaneRobin the Boy Wonder
Movie2003SeabiscuitYoung Jockey
Movie2001Asylum DaysYann's Assistant
TV Show1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassNoogie5
TV Show2005How I Met Your MotherTrey Platt1
TV Show1989SeinfeldVincent1
TV Show1993Boy Meets WorldArthur1
TV Show2003Nip/TuckBart1
TV Show2000Gilmore GirlsDoyle21
TV Show1997Over the Top2
TV Show1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerJonathan Levinson29
TV Show2017The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselAaron Lebowitz1
TV Show1997Union SquareBill1
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyPaul1
TV Show2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeDoyle2
TV Show1996Hey Arnold!Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)1
TV Show2016BillionsTodd Krakow7
TV Show2010JustifiedAlbert Fekus4
TV Show2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf1
TV Show19963rd Rock from the SunAramis1
TV Show2008LeverageDennis Retzing1
TV Show2007Mad MenDanny Siegel5
TV Show2020The Right StuffShorty Powers6

Crew

Media
Movie2013The ButlerWriterWriting
Movie2012Game ChangeWriterWriting
Movie2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2ScreenplayWriting
Movie2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1ScreenplayWriting
Movie2021Dean Martin: King of CoolExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2013Making a SceneWriterWriting
Movie2017Rebel in the RyeDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Rebel in the RyeScreenplayWriting
Movie2017Rebel in the RyeProducerProduction
Movie2019The Best of EnemiesProducerProduction
Movie2008RecountCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2008RecountWriterWriting
Movie2012Game ChangeCo-Executive ProducerProduction
MovieN/ABecoming HoudiniProducerProduction
TV Show2015EmpireWriterWriting
TV Show2015EmpireDirectorDirecting
TV Show2019Proven InnocentWriterWriting
TV Show2019Proven InnocentDirectorDirecting
TV Show2020The Right StuffExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021DopesickWriterWriting
TV Show2021DopesickExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021DopesickDirectorDirecting
TV Show2024Mafia SpiesExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2015EmpireCreatorCreator
TV Show2021DopesickCreatorCreator