1. Danny Woodburn was born on July 26,1964 and is an American actor, comedian and activist for the disability rights movement linked to his dwarfism.
19 Facts About Danny Woodburn
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Danny Woodburn has more than 150 television and 30 film appearances to date.
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Danny Woodburn is a graduate of Abington Senior High School in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Temple University School of Communications and Theater.
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Danny Woodburn received the school's Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award in 2001.
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Danny Woodburn appeared in numerous stage productions before moving to Los Angeles, such as The Indian Wants the Bronx ; Scapino; David Mamet's Revenge of the Space Pandas; and a touring company production of Viet Rock.
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Danny Woodburn has headlined at comedy clubs which include The Improv, the Comedy Store, Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines on Broadway, The Ice House, and the Laugh Factory.
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Danny Woodburn starred as "Professor Pixel" in Fox's 1992 Halloween special, Count DeClues' Mystery Castle, which was shot at The Magic Castle nightclub in Los Angeles.
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Danny Woodburn starred on the 1997 series Conan the Adventurer ; Special Unit 2 as Carl; and multiple return appearances on Passions; The Bold and the Beautiful; Tracey Takes On.
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Danny Woodburn has appeared in the films Jingle All the Way; Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her; The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas; Death to Smoochy; Employee of the Month; Watchmen; Mirror Mirror; and The Identical.
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Danny Woodburn appeared in the children's feature series Santa Buddies, The Search for Santa Paws, and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups.
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Danny Woodburn performed the motion capture for Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with the voice of Splinter being supplied by Tony Shalhoub.
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Danny Woodburn was featured in a series of ads for Burger King's BK Stacker sandwiches.
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Danny Woodburn is an advocate for disabled and little people issues.
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Danny Woodburn has been recognized for the change of attitudes and societal perceptions of not only people with dwarfism but of all disabled persons.
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Danny Woodburn was awarded the DREAM Award by the Disability Rights Legal Center in 2009 for those efforts in TV and film as well as the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Harold Russell Award.
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Danny Woodburn was keynote speaker at 2010 RespectAbility Conference and the Inclusion Network of Cincinnati, and has been active as both teacher and speaker for The Little People's Research Fund, Actors For Autism, Media Access, American Association of People with Disabilities and the National ReelAbilities film festivals.
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Danny Woodburn discussed some of his experiences as a little person, both on- and offscreen, in an interview with ABILITY Magazine in 2015.
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Danny Woodburn is married to Amy Buchwald, an actress, writer, and comedian.
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Danny Woodburn appeared in an episode of Conan the Adventurer as Woodburn's character's love interest.