Tony Danza was born on Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21,1951 and is an American actor.
21 Facts About Tony Danza
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Tony Danza's mother was a bookkeeper and his father worked as a waste collector in Brooklyn.
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Tony Danza's paternal grandparents were from Pietrelcina, Benevento, Campania, Italy, and his mother was an immigrant from the town of Campobello di Mazara in the Sicilian province of Trapani.
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Tony Danza lived in East New York, Brooklyn until he was 14, and his family relocated to Malverne, New York, on Long Island.
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Tony Danza earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1972 from the University of Dubuque, which he attended on a wrestling scholarship.
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In 1975, as a joke, Tony Danza's friends entered him in the New York City Golden Gloves.
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Tony Danza was a professional boxer with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, with all but one of his fights ending in a knockout, including three technical knockouts.
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Shortly after his college graduation from the University of Dubuque, Tony Danza was discovered by a producer at a boxing gymnasium in New York.
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Tony Danza plays the role of Mel Clark, a baseball player, in Angels in the Outfield.
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Tony Danza had a role in the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.
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Tony Danza was nominated for an Emmy Award for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV series The Practice.
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Tony Danza received critical acclaim for his performance in the 1999 Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh.
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In 2002, Tony Danza released his debut album The House I Live In as a 1950s-style crooner.
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Danza hosted his own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show, that was produced each weekday morning in his hometown of New York and was syndicated across the US.
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On May 9,2005, during a go-kart race with NASCAR star Rusty Wallace, who was a guest on the show, Tony Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him.
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Tony Danza returned to go-kart racing on October 20,2005, to challenge IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, but his brakes malfunctioned and he skidded into a wall, unharmed.
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Tony Danza's daytime talk show ended in May 2006; the last live episode aired on May 26,2006.
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Tony Danza starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in The Producers, from December 19,2006, to March 11,2007, and reprised his role at the Paris Las Vegas from August 13,2007, to February 9,2008.
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Tony Danza hosted the 4th season of The Contender in 2008.
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Tony Danza was inducted into the Ride of Fame in December 2014, and the double-decker sightseeing bus commemorated his role in the Broadway musical.
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At one point Tony Danza was a partner in Alleva Dairy, promoted as America's oldest cheese shop, on Grand Street in the Little Italy section of Manhattan.