Editing Danny Strong (section)

==Early life==
Strong was born in [[Manhattan Beach, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Strong |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/danny-strong/credits/3030279688/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> He grew up in a Jewish family of Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish origin.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/the_jewish_writer_and_actor_whos_the_voice_of_black_america |work= [[Jewish Journal]] |title= The Jewish writer and actor who's 'the voice of black America'| first= Curt |last= Schleier| date= September 11, 2015}}</ref> He began acting at a young age. As a child, Strong rented videos from [[Video Archives]] and became friends with [[Quentin Tarantino]], who worked there as a clerk. "I would just literally sit and chat with him for 45 minutes, an hour at a time about movies, and he got me turned on to all these different movies that 10-year-olds don't see."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/an-interview-with-danny-strong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030623165016/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/403/403660p1.html?fromint=1|archive-date=June 23, 2003|title=An Interview with Danny Strong|work= [[IGN]].com | date=May 19, 2003 |access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref> By the time he was 10, Strong became more infatuated with the world of film and was sending his photo to agents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emeraldcityjournal.com/2021/09/danny-strong-biography/|title=Danny Biography & Career |work= Emerald City Journal Newspaper|date=September 14, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://parade.com/604383/jerylbrunner/five-cool-things-about-actordirectorwriter-danny-strong/|title=Five Cool Things About Actor/Director/Writer Danny Strong|work= [[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=September 27, 2017 | publisher= |access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref>

Strong attended [[Mira Costa High School]],<ref name="MCHSalumni">{{Cite web|url=https://miracostaalumni.com/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall Of Fame|website=Mira Costa High School Alumni| date= October 11, 2019| access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> and then studied film and theatre at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.slayground.net/danny/bio.html|title=Biography|website= slayground.net| publisher= The Official Danny Strong Website|access-date=October 27, 2014|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109055928/http://www.slayground.net/danny/bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>