13 Facts About Dan Shor

Daniel Shor was born on November 16,1956 and is an American actor, director, writer, and acting teacher with a career spanning over 40 years.

Dan Shor attended McBurney School from the 6th through the 8th grade.

Dan Shor graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School and began at Northwestern University that fall.

Dan Shor returned to New York, where he landed the lead role of Alan Strang in the first national company of Equus.

Dan Shor's acting credits include Air Force One, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tron, Red Rock West, and John Huston's Wise Blood.

Dan Shor was a series regular on Cagney and Lacey and several other television series as well as numerous guest star appearances including a Ferengi doctor on Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role he reprised seven years later on Star Trek: Voyager.

Dan Shor recently returned to the continental US after living and working in the Northern Mariana Islands of the Western Pacific since 2003.

Dan Shor has continued with stage work at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and at the Pittsburgh Public Theater.

In 1995, Dan Shor directed for the LA Diversified Theater Company, a multi-cultural theater alliance.

Dan Shor directed the Ovation Award winning production of Dan Shor Who Gets Slapped starring Bud Cort at the Hudson Theater, as well as productions at the LA Theater Center, Company of Angels, Court, Zephyr, Two Roads and LA Jewish theaters.

Dan Shor's productions have received more than 30 Dramalogue, Ovation and LA Weekly awards.

Dan Shor's credits include two screenplays co-written with Czech film director Jiri Weiss.

Dan Shor has taught acting at the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu, Philippines.