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Daniel Zelman
Born
Daniel Luke Zelman[1]

(1967-06-16) June 16, 1967 (age 57)
New York, U.S.
EducationNew York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Television producer, screenwriter, actor, television director
Spouse
(m. 2000; div. 2016)
Children1
RelativesCynthia Lamontagne (sister in law)

Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director.

Early life

Zelman attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1993.[2] He is Jewish.[3]

Career

Zelman is an executive producer on the FX drama series Damages, which he co created with Todd A. Kessler and Glenn Kessler.[4] Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Zelman were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the pilot episode of Damages, "Get Me A Lawyer".

Personal life

In 1990, Zelman met Debra Messing at New York University, when they were both students. Zelman and Messing married on September 3, 2000, and have a son, Roman Walker Zelman, who was born on April 7, 2004. On December 20, 2011, it was announced that Zelman and Messing were ending their eleven year marriage.[5] Messing filed for divorce on June 5, 2012.[6] The divorce was officially completed on March 1, 2016.[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/8/14/the-erpingham-camp-piby-joe-ortoni/
  2. ^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  3. ^ https://www.jweekly.com/2003/11/14/celebrity-jews-5/
  4. ^ Jewish Weekly: "Celebrity Jews" by Nate Bloom. August 7, 2007
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Dahvi Shira (2012-06-05). "Debra Messing Files for Divorce". People. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  7. ^ "Judge ends Debra Messing's marriage to writer-producer". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

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