- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 6, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Danny Strong
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.
Filmography
tvMafia Spies
2024 · Executive Producer
movieDean Martin: King of Cool
2021 · Executive Producer
tvDopesick
2021 · Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
tvThe Right Stuff
2020 · Shorty Powers, Executive Producer
movieThe Best of Enemies
2019 · Producer
tvProven Innocent
2019 · Writer, Director
movieRebel in the Rye
2017 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
tvThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Aaron Lebowitz
tvGilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016 · Doyle
moviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · Perspective Manipulator
tvBillions
2016 · Todd Krakow
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Screenplay
movieKnight of Cups
2015 · Danny Strong
tvEmpire
2015 · Writer, Director, Creator
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Screenplay
movieThe Butler
2013 · Freedom Bus Journalist, Writer
movieGame Change
2012 · Writer, Co-Executive Producer
tvJustified
2010 · Albert Fekus
movieWeather Girl
2009 · Kurt
movieRobbin' in da Hood
2009
tvLeverage
2008 · Dennis Retzing
movieRecount
2008 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieBad Guys
2008 · Ashley
movieSydney White
2007 · Gurkin
tvMad Men
2007 · Danny Siegel
movieVeritas, Prince of Truth
2007 · Raymond Wilkins
Life Is Short
movieLife Is Short
2006 · Mike
movieOutside Sales
2006 · Toby
tvHow I Met Your Mother
2005 · Trey Platt
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Paul
movieSeabiscuit
2003 · Young Jockey
tvNip/Tuck
2003 · Bart
movieNew Suit
2003 · Greg
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
movieAsylum Days
2001 · Yann's Assistant
movieShriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000 · Boner
tvGilmore Girls
2000 · Doyle
moviePerpetrators of the Crime
2000 · Phil
moviePleasantville
1998 · Juke Box Boy
movieThe Prophecy II
1998 · Julian
tvOver the Top
1997
tvUnion Square
1997 · Bill
tvBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Jonathan Levinson
tvHey Arnold!
1996 · Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Aramis
movieDangerous Minds
1995 · Student
tvBoy Meets World
1993 · Arthur
tvSaved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Noogie
tvSeinfeld
1989 · Vincent
movieLosing Lois Lane
— · Robin the Boy Wonder
Becoming Houdini
movieBecoming Houdini
— · Producer
Oz
movieOz
— · Producer
The Answers
tvThe Answers
— · Executive Producer