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*He has been spoofed several times on the animated sitcom "[[Family Guy]]".
*He has been spoofed several times on the animated sitcom "[[Family Guy]]".
*There is a band by the name of "[[The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza]]".
*There is a band by the name of "[[The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza]]".

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Tony Danza in the 1980's.

Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza April 21, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and former boxer.

Career

Danza lived in the East New York section of Brooklyn until his family moved to Malverne, NY, when he was a teenager and finally graduated from Malverne High School. It is a popular misconception that Tony is of Italian origin. However, this wifebeater wearing "Stallion" is actually a second generation Albanian. Tony's father Matteo Iadanza was a Sanitation worker for the City of New York and his Mother Anna was a Sicilian born immigrant. Anna was the subject of a short film produced by Tony called "Mamma Mia". He attended the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa on a wrestling scholarship (he majored in History). He married his college sweetheart Rhonda Yeoman in 1970 and the couple had a son, Marc Anthony Iadanza (born 1971), together. Danza and his first wife Rhonda divorced a few years after Marc's birth, and Danza married Tracy Robinson in 1986. He has 2 daughters (Katherine Anne and Emily Lyn) from his marriage to Tracy. In 2005, his son Marc and wife Julie had a son, Nicholas Iadanza. He and Tracy filed for separation in 2006. [1]

From 1976-1979, Danza was a professional boxer who posted a 9-3 record with all wins (and Losses) coming by knockout. He quit fighting when he landed a role on the TV sitcom Taxi.

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 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 hosted 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 aired 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. Neither he nor Wallace was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Danza returned to go-kart racing on October 20, 2005, to challenge Indy Car driver Danica Patrick, but he was defeated. His daytime talk show ceased taping in May 2006, with the last live episode airing May 26, 2006.

A Roman Catholic and parishioner at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, Danza is also an Ordained Minister with the Universal Life Church. He performed a marriage on his talk show.

He is currently starring on Broadway as Max Bialystock in The Producers.[1]

Filmography

TV appearances

Trivia

References

  1. ^ http://www.producersonbroadway.com/
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