Dan Cortese played Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet and Vic Meladeo on What I Like About You.
23 Facts About Dan Cortese
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Dan Cortese graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting in 1990.
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Dan Cortese was the host of MTV Sports from 1992 to 1997.
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Dan Cortese appeared in over 90 national and regional commercials.
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In 1993, per producer Joel Silver, Dan Cortese made two separate cameos in the Sylvester Stallone film Demolition Man.
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Also, in 1993, Dan Cortese landed the lead role in NBC's remake of Route 66.
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Dan Cortese played Jake Hanson's half brother for 8 episodes in the third season but he was killed off in that season's cliffhanger finale.
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In 1996, Dan Cortese starred as Jason in the NBC TV movie The Lottery.
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Dan Cortese played Tony, the ultra-cool, good-looking, rock climbing boyfriend of Elaine Benes.
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From 1997 to 2000, Dan Cortese starred with Kirstie Alley in Veronica's Closet.
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Dan Cortese followed that up in 2001 with the TBS film The Triangle with Luke Perry.
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In 2003, Dan Cortese came back to comedy and starred in the sitcom Rock Me Baby.
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From 2002 to 2003, Dan Cortese had a recurring role in the first season of The WB sitcom What I Like About You as Vic Maledeo, the boss of Val Tyler.
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Dan Cortese reprised the role as a series regular from 2005 to 2006 in the fourth and final season.
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Dan Cortese directed the episode "The Other Woman" that same season.
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Dan Cortese then appeared in the eight-episode ABC special The Superstars.
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In 2008, Dan Cortese co-starred with Emily Osment in the feature film Soccer Mom as Lorenzo Vincenzo, a world-famous Italian soccer player.
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Dan Cortese co-hosted the ABC game show Crash Course in 2009.
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In 2010, Dan Cortese hosted VH-1's weight loss competition Money Hungry.
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In 2012, Dan Cortese guest-starred in the Hot in Cleveland episode titled "God and Football".
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From 2013 to 2014, Dan Cortese served a two-year run as the host of truTV's Guinness World Records Unleashed.
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In 2015, Dan Cortese starred in the feature film Changing Seasons.
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In 2019, Dan Cortese performed on the TBS show Drop The Mic.