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Cory Danziger
Born (1977-02-07) February 7, 1977 (age 47)
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, Conceptual Artist
Years active1987–present

Cory Danziger (born February 7, 1977) is an American actor, political activist, and conceptual artist. He is sometimes mis-credited as Cory Danzinger.

Danziger was born in Los Angeles County, California. As actor, his most notable role was as Dave Peterson, the son of Tom Hanks' and Carrie Fisher's characters in the 1989 cult film The 'Burbs. For his role he was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture category. That was his third nomination for the award, the other two being Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special for his performance in Married to the Mob (1988) and Best Young Actor, Featured, Co-starring, Supporting, Recurring Role in a Comedy or Drama Series or Special for the Beauty and the Beast television series, his 1987 acting debut.[1]

In 1990, he appeared as the character Jake Potts in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled "Brothers".

His most recent role came in 2007, after a gap of fourteen years, as the voice of "Sean" in the television series The Magic 7.[1]

Danziger co-owns SceneFour and co-created The Original Lefty's, in Los Angeles, California. SceneFour[2] is an art team focused on the release of visual art collections created with acclaimed musicians.[3] SceneFour has released art collections with drummers Chad Smith, Bill Ward, Steve Smith, Mickey Hart, Dave Lombardo and Stephen Perkins. SceneFour is releasing art collections crafted from guitar performance with Page Hamilton, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and Scott Ian. He is the co-founder of The Original Lefty's,[4] an anti-war clothing line featured throughout North America. The company's most notable shirt is the Diss Destroyer (George W. Bush donning Kiss make-up).[5] In 2007, Danziger left the helm of The Original Lefty's.

In 2005, Danziger conceived and co-founded the Guitar Dojo with heavy metal guitar legend George Lynch.[6] The school houses 400 advanced guitar players throughout the world. Danziger is also a partner with Bootsy Collins in the latter's Funk University, an online bass guitar school founded in 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Cory Danziger at IMDb
  2. ^ "Scene Four". Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  3. ^ Morrissey, Janet (April 16, 2019). "Keeping Rhythm, and Hanging It in a Gallery". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Original Leftys Clothing". Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  5. ^ http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/go-left-young-men/article_cc190a78-332e-51d3-86f1-863d870eae95.html
  6. ^ "GEORGE LYNCH's GUITAR DOJO To Launch In June". BLABBERMOUTH. May 1, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  7. ^ O’Neal, Sean (May 24, 2010). "Bootsy Collins establishes first-ever Funk University, declares himself "Professor Bootsy"". The A. V. Club. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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