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- Birth nameDaniel J. Doherty
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Danny Doherty was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, coming from an Italian-Irish background. From an early age he was surrounded by creative artists working in and around the business. He has a natural talent to mimic his favorite actors and amazing comedy timing, and has been described in reviews as as a natural born artist. His favorite pastime growing up was putting on theatrical and musical plays for family and friends. Danny started his path to Hollywood while a break dancer at age 11, and from there he became a DJ around the New York City area. At the age of 21 his father and mentor passed away and it drove him professionally and increased his determination to develop his talent. At the age of 27, he decided to become a professional actor, taking acting courses at Purchase College in New York. He then began to immerse himself in the New York City Theater scene where he landed several lead and supporting roles in plays. He can be seen on Blue Bloods on CBS , Difficult People on Hulu ,Gotham on FOX , Marvels The Defenders and Orange is the New Black on Netflix , along with many more up coming Television projects .He can also be seen in such feature films as Backfire ,The Descending and Bloodrunners along side ICE T he continues to be vigorously active in Theater as a company member in the prestigious HExTC Theater group in New York City .- IMDb Mini Biography By: Encompass Arts
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Was a breaker at the age of 11 in a B-Boy dance crew, dancing in the most popular New York City area clubs.
- Was a DJ as a teenager for a hip-hop group doing shows in New York City.
- Went to acting school in his mid-20s.
- Portrayed characters for both Marvel Studios ("The Defenders") and DC Entertainment ("Gotham").
- Portrayed Officer Brophy in a New York City production of the classic Joseph Kesselring play "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 2004.
- Nothing is out of reach it all depends on how bad you really want it .
- Paying it forward is simply being grateful for everything and showing how much you mean it by doing a little good for others .
- Art and spirituality go hand in hand
- Making a dream a reality will take everything you got .But along the way its going to give back so many wonderful learning experiences you never even imagined and more . DO WORK
- I really don't subscribe to any one acting technique per se , they all have so many wonderful aspects . I kind of take a little from all of them and draw from my own personal discipline that I'm comfortable with and I find that works best for me . I will tell you the first time I ever really got totally lost in a character was when I was doing a film called The Descending my character Ronny was a bad dude and in real life I'm not , we're complete opposites in every way . So I had to totally disconnect from myself and my memories and personal beliefs and fill my head with an imaginary life I thought this guy would have and everyday it became more real . Even the director said it was scary to watch . I really didn't realize what I created until the first screening when this gentleman in the audience got up and said I can't watch this guy I hate him he's a piece of sh## , he was so mad at my character . I guess I did my job because that's what was written down on paper , a very bad dude . I became this character it was exhilarating and scary reflecting back on it now .
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