Cast & creator
Danny Strong
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, Seinfeld, Real Time with Bill Maher
Daniel William Strong (born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls. He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy, Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Fox series Empire and created, wrote and directed the award-winning Hulu miniseries Dopesick. He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
Also known as: دنی استرانگ
34
film credits
32
television credits
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1989–2024 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (66)
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Grey's Anatomy
Paul
2005
Seinfeld
Vincent
1989
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Gilmore Girls
Doyle
2000
How I Met Your Mother
Trey Platt
2005
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jonathan Levinson
1997
Mad Men
Danny Siegel
2007
Nip/Tuck
Bart
2003
Billions
Todd Krakow
2016
3rd Rock from the Sun
Aramis
1996
Empire
Writer
2015Empire
Director
2015Empire
Creator
2015
Hey Arnold!
Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
1996
Justified
Albert Fekus
2010
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Aaron Lebowitz
2017
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Screenplay
2014
Boy Meets World
Arthur
1993
Leverage
Dennis Retzing
2008
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Noogie
1993
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Screenplay
2015
Dopesick
Writer
2021Dopesick
Executive Producer
2021Dopesick
Director
2021Dopesick
Creator
2021
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Doyle
2016
The Right Stuff
Shorty Powers
2020The Right Stuff
Executive Producer
2020
Dangerous Minds
Student
1995
Proven Innocent
Writer
2019Proven Innocent
Director
2019Proven Innocent
Executive Producer
2019
Union Square
Bill
1997
The Butler
Freedom Bus Journalist
2013The Butler
Writer
2013
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Perspective Manipulator
2016
Pleasantville
Juke Box Boy
1998
Sydney White
Gurkin
2007
Over the Top
1997
The Best of Enemies
Producer
2019
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
Boner
2000
Rebel in the Rye
Director
2017Rebel in the Rye
Screenplay
2017Rebel in the Rye
Producer
2017
Knight of Cups
Danny Strong
2015
Mafia Spies
Executive Producer
2024
The Prophecy II
Julian
1998
Seabiscuit
Young Jockey
2003
Weather Girl
Kurt
2009
Game Change
Writer
2012Game Change
Co-Executive Producer
2012
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Executive Producer
2021
Recount
Co-Producer
2008Recount
Writer
2008Becoming Houdini
Producer
Collectormania 6
Self
2004
Robbin' in da Hood
2009
Veritas, Prince of Truth
Raymond Wilkins
2007
Perpetrators of the Crime
Phil
2000Life Is Short
Mike
2006
Asylum Days
Yann's Assistant
2001
New Suit
Greg
2003
Bad Guys
Ashley
2008
Outside Sales
Toby
2006Oz
Producer
Losing Lois Lane
Robin the Boy Wonder