Tony Danza
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Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
A graduate of the University of Dubuque, Tony Danza was busy with a profitable if not spectacular career as a boxer when he began tentatively moving into acting. His first important TV role was, appropriately, as erstwhile boxer Tony Banta on the popular sitcom Taxi. During his Taxi years, Danza built up the screen image of the pugnacious, not overly bright lug with a golden heart. In 1984, Danza was cast as Tony Micelli, the widowed housekeeper of divorced career woman Angela Bower (Judith Light), on the weekly domestic comedy Who's the Boss? enjoying a popular eight-season run. Danza's first starring film role in She's Out of Control (1988), as the overprotective father of teenager Ami Dolenz, was more or less an extension of his TV work; the actor demonstrated a wider range in the supporting role of a dying baseball player in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield. He executive produced The Jerky Boys movie, and continued to appear in projects such as the remake of 12 Angry Men, Glam, and The Garbage-Picking, Field Goal-Killing, Philadelphia Phenome. At the start of the next century he made a handful of appearances as himself on animated shows like Family Guy and King of the Hill, and he appeared in the made-for-TV holiday film Stealing Christmas.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Aftermath |
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$3.5k | 2014 |
79% | Don Jon |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone |
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— | 2009 |
67% | Cloud 9 |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Goodnight, We Love You: The Life and Legend of Phyllis Diller |
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— | 2004 |
74% | Crash |
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$55.4M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Stealing Christmas |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Out of Time |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Lady Liberty---A Musical Salute to America |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Noah |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | A Brooklyn State of Mind |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Garbage Picking, Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Crowned and Dangerous |
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— | 1997 |
50% | Illtown |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Meet Wally Sparks |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | North Shore Fish |
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— | 1997 |
92% | 12 Angry Men |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Glam |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Girl Gets Moe |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Deadly Whispers |
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— | 1995 |
17% | The Jerky Boys |
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— | 1995 |
33% | Angels in the Outfield |
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— | 1994 |
12% | Renaissance Man |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Andy Kaufman: I'm from Hollywood |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Mob Justice |
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— | 1991 |
11% | She's Out of Control |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Andy Kaufman: I'm from Hollywood |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Doing Life |
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— | 1986 |
13% | Cannonball Run II |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Single Bars, Single Women |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Going Ape! |
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— | 1981 |
14% | The Hollywood Knights |
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— | 1980 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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22% |
Outmatched
2020
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50% |
The Good Cop
2018
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No Score Yet |
Family Law
1999-2002
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No Score Yet |
Harry
2016-2018
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83% |
There's... Johnny!
2017
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No Score Yet |
Say Yes to the Dress
2007
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No Score Yet |
The Dr. Oz Show
2009
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Contender
2005-2009
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36% |
Rita Rocks
2008-2009
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No Score Yet |
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
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62% |
Bette
2000-2001
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
King of the Hill
1997-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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7% |
The Tony Danza Show
1997-1998
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54% |
Hudson Street
1995-1996
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No Score Yet |
Who's the Boss?
1984-1992
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0% |
Baby Talk
1991-1992
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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No Score Yet |
Taxi
1978-1983
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No Score Yet |
The Tony Danza Show
2006
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Quotes from Tony Danza's Characters
Jon Martello Sr.: | Fuck you? Did you just say fuck me to me? |