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Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951)<ref name=filmref /> is an American actor and retired professional boxer.<ref name="auto1" /> He is known for co-starring in the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show of the same name). He has also appeared in films such as The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981), She's Out of Control (1989), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), and Don Jon (2013).

Early lifeEdit

Danza was born on April 21, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York,<ref name=filmref /> to parents Anna Mary (née Camisa; 1925–1993) and Matthew Anthony "Matty" Iadanza (1920–1983).<ref name=vart1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=fdr1>Stated on Finding Your Roots, February 8, 2022</ref> His mother was a bookkeeper and his father worked as a waste collector in Brooklyn.<ref name="filmref">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=vart1/><ref name=fdr1/><ref>walkoffame.com</ref> He has a younger brother, Matty Jr. (born 1954), a Los Angeles restaurant owner.<ref>Tony Danza's TCM bioTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> He lived in East New York, Brooklyn<ref name="Mozzarella">Template:Cite news</ref> until he was 14, and his family relocated to Malverne, New York, on Long Island. Danza attended Malverne Senior High School, graduating in 1968. In the first episode of his show Teach: Tony Danza, Danza describes himself as a "bad student" in high school. He earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1972 from the University of Dubuque,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which he attended on a wrestling scholarship. In 1975, as a joke, Danza's friends entered him in the New York City Golden Gloves Tournament. After knocking out his first six opponents all in the first round, Danza was knocked out in the finals.<ref>Tony Danza profile, boxing-scoop.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.</ref>

During his first year of college, he had the Robert Crumb "Keep on Truckin'" character tattooed on his upper right arm. In a 1985 interview in Us Weekly magazine, Danza remarked, "I was playing pool with a guy who had all these tattoos, and I wanted to be friends."<ref>"Danza, Father and (Finally) Grown-up" by Steve Pond. Us Weekly, August 26, 1985</ref> Danza also sports a "Keep Punching" boxing gloves tattoo on his right shoulder as well as "Tracy", his (former) wife's name, on his chest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In college, Danza met and married his first wife.

CareerEdit

BoxingEdit

Danza was a professional boxer with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses (8 knockouts, 6 in the first round). He competed from 1976 until 1979 in the middleweight division.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="auto1" />

Acting and show businessEdit

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Danza in 1995
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Danza in 2012

Shortly after his college graduation from the University of Dubuque, Danza was discovered by a producer at a boxing gymnasium in New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He then earned a spot on the television show Taxi (1978-1983), playing a cab driver and part-time boxer Tony Banta, and later starred on Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), in which he portrayed Tony Micelli, a former baseball player, housekeeper, and single father. For his contribution to the television industry, in 1988, Danza was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.

Danza's movie debut was in the comedy The Hollywood Knights (1980), which was followed by Going Ape! (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and She's Out of Control (1989). Later films included the role of Mel Clark, a baseball player, in Angels in the Outfield (1994), Juror No. 7 in the TV-movie 12 Angry Men (1997), and Fred in Crash (2004).

Danza also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street (1995) and The Tony Danza Show (1997), not to be confused with his 2004–2006 talk show, The Tony Danza Show. He had a role in the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV series The Practice. He received critical acclaim for his performance in the 1999 Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh. In 2002, Danza released his debut album The House I Live In as a 1950s-style crooner.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Danza hosted his own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show (2004-2006), that was produced each weekday morning in his hometown of New York and was syndicated across the US. On May 9, 2005, during a go-kart race with NASCAR star Rusty Wallace, who was a guest on the show, Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Neither he nor Wallace was wearing a helmet at the time, and both were uninjured. 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. His daytime talk show ended in May 2006; the last live episode aired on May 26, 2006.Template:Citation needed

He starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in The Producers, from December 19, 2006, to March 11, 2007,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and reprised his role at the Paris Las Vegas from August 13, 2007,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to February 9, 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Danza hosted the 4th season of The Contender in 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A Broadway adaptation of the 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas opened on a pre-Broadway run at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse on September 26, 2013, co-starring Danza and Tony nominee Rob McClure, with Gary Griffin directing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Danza was inducted into the Ride of Fame in December 2014, and the double-decker sightseeing bus commemorated his role in the Broadway musical.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Danza portrayed Jon Martello Sr. in Don Jon (2013). He also starred as Tony Caruso Sr. in the 2018 Netflix series The Good Cop as "a disgraced, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules." It was canceled after one season.<ref>Otterson, Joe, "Tony Danza to Star in Netflix Series ‘The Good Cop’," Variety, June 19, 2017</ref><ref>Zuckerman, Esther, "Tony Danza to play a bad cop in Netflix’s The Good Cop," A.V. Club, June 19, 2017</ref>

TeachingEdit

During the 2009–2010 school year Danza filmed A&E reality show Teach: Tony Danza, in which he co-instructed a 10th grade English class at Northeast High School in Philadelphia. It premiered on October 1, 2010. The book I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High (Template:ISBN), which was released in 2012, was based on his year of teaching.

Personal lifeEdit

Danza's first marriage was to Rhonda Yeoman. They wed in 1970 and divorced in 1974. They have two children, a boy and a girl. Their son Marc appeared with Danza on Taxi in two episodes as Brian Sims.<ref name="LATimes finally">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1986, Danza married Tracy Robinson. The couple separated in 2006 and filed for divorce on March 10, 2011; the divorce was finalized on February 6, 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They have two daughters.<ref name="LATimes finally" />

In 2008, Danza and his son Marc co-authored a cookbook, Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At one point Danza was a partner in Alleva Dairy, promoted as America's oldest cheese shop, on Grand Street in the Little Italy section of Manhattan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional boxing recordEdit

Template:Boxing record start |- |11 || Template:Yes2Win || 8–3 || Template:Sort || KO || 3 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Phoenix, Arizona, US || |- |10 || Template:Yes2Win || 7–3 || Template:Sort || KO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Felt Forum, New York City City || |- |9 || Template:Yes2Win || 6–3 || Template:Sort || KO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Brooklyn, New York City || |- |8 || Template:Yes2Win || 5–3 || Template:Sort || KO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Roll-a-Rama, Brooklyn, New York City || |- |7 || Template:No2Loss || 4–3 || Template:Sort || TKO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York City || |- |6 || Template:Yes2Win || 4–2 || Template:Sort || TKO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Nanuet, New York City || |- |5 || Template:Yes2Win || 3–2 || Template:Sort || TKO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York City || |- |4 || Template:Yes2Win || 2–2 || Template:Sort || KO || 3 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Long Island Arena, Commack, New York City || |- |3 || Template:No2Loss || 1–2 || Template:Sort || Points || 4 || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Dover, New Jersey, USA || |- |2 || Template:No2Loss || 1–1 || Template:Sort || KO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, New York City || |- |1 || Template:Yes2Win || 1–0 || Template:Sort || KO || 1 Template:Small || Template:Sort || Template:Dts || New York City || Template:Boxing record end

FilmographyEdit

FilmEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Hollywood Knights Duke
1981 Going Ape! Foster
1984 Cannonball Run II Tony
1988 Mr. Thompson and His Bananas Tony Thompson
Wall of Tyranny (a.k.a. Freedom Fighter) Victor Ross
1989 She's Out of Control Doug Simpson
I'm from Hollywood Himself
1994 Angels in the Outfield Mel Clark
1996 Illtown D'Avalon
Dear God Himself Uncredited
1997 Glam Sid Dalgren
The Girl Gets Moe Moe
A Brooklyn State of Mind Louie Crisci
Meet Wally Sparks New York Cab Driver
2004 The Whisper Simon
Crash Fred
2006 Cloud 9 Himself Uncredited
2009 The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone Chickie
2010 Firedog Rocky
2013 Don Jon Jon Martello Sr.
Aftermath King
2021 Rumble Siggy (voice)
2022 Darby and the Dead Gary

TelevisionEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1978–1983 Taxi Tony Banta 114 episodes
1980 Murder Can Hurt You Pony Lambretta Television film
1983 The Love Boat Bud O'Hara 2 episodes
1984 Single Bars, Single Women Dennis Television film
1984–1992 Who's the Boss? Tony Micelli 196 episodes
1986 Sesame Street Himself 3 episodes
Doing Life Jerry Rosenberg Television film
1988 1988 Kids' Choice Awards Host
Freedom Fighter Vic Ross Television film
1989 Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration Host Television film
1991 The Whereabouts of Jenny Rowdy Patron Television film
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace Constabile "Gus" Farace Television film
1991–1992 Baby Talk Baby Mickey Campbell (voice) 35 episodes
1994 The Mighty Jungle Vinnie, The Alligator (voice) Unknown episodes
The Mighty Jungle Vinnie, The Alligator (voice) Television film
1995 Deadly Whispers Tom Acton Television film
1995–1996 Hudson Street Tony Canetti 22 episodes
1996 North Shore Fish Sal Television film
1997 12 Angry Men Juror No. 7 Television film
1997–1998 The Tony Danza Show Tony DiMeo 14 episodes
1998 The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon Barney Gorman Television film
The Practice Tommy Silva 4 episodes
Noah Norman Waters Television film
A Capitol Fourth Himself (host)
2000–2002 Family Law Joe Celano 25 episodes
2000 King of the Hill Himself (voice) Episode: "Peggy's Fan Fair"
2001 Family Guy Episode: "Ready, Willing and Disabled"
Bette Himself Episode: “Of Men and Meatballs”
2003 Stealing Christmas Jack Clayton / Santa Television film
2004–2006 The Tony Danza Show Himself Host; 330 episodes
2005 All My Children Hotel Manager Episode: "May 18, 2005"
2007 A Capitol Fourth Himself (host)
2008 Rita Rocks Matt Morelli Episode: "The Crying Game"
2010 Teach: Tony Danza Himself 7 episodes
2016 Broad City Mr. Abrams Episode: "Philadelphia"
Sebastian Says Salvo Television film
2017 There's... Johnny! Fred de Cordova 6 episodes
2018 The Good Cop Tony Caruso Sr. 10 episodes
2020 Outmatched Jay Bennett Episode: "Grandparents"
2022 Blue Bloods<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Lieutenant Raymond Moretti Episode: "Allegiance"
2022 Finding Your Roots Himself Episode: "Fighters"
2022–present Power Book III: Raising Kanan Stefano Marchetti Guest (season 2)
Recurring role (season 3–present)
2023 And Just Like That... Himself Episode: "The Real Deal"
2023 Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic Himself
2023 Tacoma FD Lawrence S4E11 'It's a Penisi-ful Life'

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Awards and nominationsEdit

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