Tony Danza

AKA:
1.4549

1951-04-21

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1950) is an Italian-American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which Danza 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 sitcom The Tony Danza Show.

Crew Roles

Bermuda Triangle
Executive Producer
Crowned and Dangerous
Executive Producer
Wall of Tyranny
Co-Executive Producer
The Whereabouts of Jenny
Executive Producer
Out of Time
Executive Producer
Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {95}

Duke

1980-05-18 5.7

The Hollywood Knights

Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high scho ...
Genre :Comedy

Terry

1984-06-29 5.403

Cannonball Run II

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure ent ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

Mel Clark

1994-07-15 6.001

Angels in the Outfield

Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Juror 7

1997-08-17 7.665

12 Angry Men

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Jack Clayton

2003-11-30 4.9

Stealing Christmas

When thief Jack Clayton is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new Santa at Sarah Gibson's tree store. He is very relu ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, TV Movie

Premium

1997-09-14 0

Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes

A look at why children smoke, showing how tobacco companies target their age group to perpetuate the rise in tobacco usage. ...
Genre :Documentary

Stan

2025-10-10 0

Re-Election

A wry, warm, and witty coming of (middle) age comedy, RE-ELECTION follows a 40-something underdog who returns to high school to reboot his past and finally win the race for class president. ...
Genre :Comedy

Doug Simpson

1989-04-14 5.2

She's Out of Control

A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Chickie

2009-01-01 5.7

The Nail

Tony Luke, Jr. stars as Joey Nardone, an out-of-shape boxer, who after 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident leaves prison and gets a shot at redemption by fighting for one young boy's future ...
Genre :Drama

Jerry Rosenberg

1986-01-01 3

Doing Life

Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movi ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Foster

1981-04-10 4.3

Going Ape!

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Family

Gary

2022-12-02 5.84

Darby and the Dead

After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirit ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

D'Avalon

1996-07-09 5

Illtown

Two young lovers are torn between their part-time criminal activity and the enticement of family and home. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Self

2004-01-01 6.5

Goodnight, We Love You

GOODNIGHT, WE LOVE YOU is a film that chronicles the final stand-up comedy performance of a true living legend - the first female stand-up comic in history: Phyllis Diller. In 2002, Phyllis Diller an ...
Genre :Documentary

Jon Martello, Sr.

2013-09-12 6.014

Don Jon

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Moe

1997-09-06 4.2

The Girl Gets Moe

Importing illegal automatic weapons for resale is a big business and Moe is the middleman. Even with the huge monetary rewards available, he finds that his love life is suffering and he is looking for ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1986-11-22 0

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick

TYSON WINS W.B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 22— Mike Tyson made history tonight. The 20-year-old slugger from Catskill, N.Y., became the youngest heavyweight champion ever when he stopped T ...
Genre :Action

King

2013-11-01 4.8

Aftermath

A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when his foreman goes missing and he chooses to fire the wrong guy. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Self - Co-Host

1996-11-23 7.5

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, ...
Genre :Documentary

Sid Dalgren

1998-05-08 3

Glam

Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend. ...
Genre :Drama

Norman Waters

1998-10-11 5.4

Noah

In order to save his family, a contractor must construct an ark before a massive flood hits his home town. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Family, TV Movie

Self (archive footage)

1997-03-16 10

Sports on the Silver Screen

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch ...
Genre :Documentary

Fred

2005-05-06 7.217

Crash

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge d ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1989-06-15 6.2

I'm from Hollywood

I'm from Hollywood is about the adventures of late performance artist Andy Kaufman in the world of professional wrestling. This film includes interviews with Taxi co-stars Marilu Henner and Tony Danza ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Barney Gorman

1998-02-15 4.6

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

A Philadelphia garbageman is discovered by the Philadelphia Eagles and signed by them to become a kicker. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, TV Movie

Italian Soldier

1984-01-01 0

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox. ...
Genre :

Host

0

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

The celebrity-laden special, directed by John Landis and hosted in part by Tony Danza, focused on the changes to Disneyland over the years, as stars recalled their favorite attractions. ...
Genre :

Tony Danza

2006-01-01 5.089

Cloud 9

Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball team, comprised of exotic dancers... ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Self

1985-03-10 8

Night of 100 Stars II

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City M ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary

Pony Lambretta

1980-05-21 0

Murder Can Hurt You!

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits a ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Self - Host

1989-07-17 9.2

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Sur ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Documentary, TV Movie

Self (archive footage)

2003-11-13 0

Christmas in Hollywood

Dozens of stars--including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more--demonstrate how the yuletide season is celebrated in the perpetually warm and sunny world of Hollywood, California. ...
Genre :Documentary

Tom Acton

1995-05-10 4.9

Deadly Whispers

Tom Acton, a devoted family man, has worked tirelessly in order to achieve success. However, his dreams are shattered when his teenage daughter Kathy engages in an affair with a married man. When Kat ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Louie Crisci

1998-01-01 4.8

A Brooklyn State of Mind

Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brookly ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance

Self

2016-02-21 4.1

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2012-12-12 6.8

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took place on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The concert featured Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Costabile 'Gus' Farace

1991-11-24 5.5

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace

Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

New York Cab Driver

1997-01-31 4.7

Meet Wally Sparks

Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2017-11-18 6.4

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the special features stand-up performances, sketches ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie

Himself - Host

1990-07-01 6

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

This special celebration of Disneyland's 35th anniversary, bursting at the seams with celebrity cameos, focuses on the changes Disneyland has undergone over the years, as the featured stars reminisce ...
Genre :Family, Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary

Dennis

1984-10-14 0

Single Bars, Single Women

Men and women gather at local singles bars in search of lasting love or casual action. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Tony Danza (uncredited)

1996-11-01 5.5

Dear God

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering le ...
Genre :Comedy

Siggy (voice)

2021-02-12 6.799

Rumble

In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champi ...
Genre :Animation, Family

Sal

1997-02-20 0

North Shore Fish

Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Flo (Mercedes Ruehl), the "batter" person on the assembly line, not only were high school sweetheart ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie, Romance

Victor Ross

1988-01-11 7

Wall of Tyranny

A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West. ...
Genre :Drama

Rowdy Patron

1991-01-14 6

The Whereabouts of Jenny

Jimmy O'Meara loves his daughter more than anything in the world. But when his ex-wife gets involved with a man who's involved with criminals, his world is turned upside down. They have entered the Wi ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Self

1987-05-18 5.7

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film. ...
Genre :Family, Documentary, TV Movie

Self

2024-05-01 2

Chuck Zito: An American Story

Follows multi-talented and versatile Chuck Zito: Boxer, martial arts expert, bodyguard, stunt man, actor, and ex-president of the New York Hells Angels club. ...
Genre :Documentary

1983-08-05 0

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

"Likely Stories" was one Pay-TV's first original comedy programs. The one-hour shows were a mixed-bag of short films, videos, and animation that helped define the cutting-edge of today's no-holds- bar ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

1985-03-15 6.78

Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Host

2004-09-13 6.1

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television. ...
Genre :Talk

Tony Danza (voice)

1999-01-31 7.389

Family Guy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy

Tony Micelli

1984-09-20 7.362

Who's the Boss?

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. To ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2003-01-26 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy

Self

1996-07-22 6.403

The Daily Show

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. ...
Genre :News, Comedy

Tony Banta

1978-09-12 7.235

Taxi

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults t ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self (voice)

1997-01-12 7.378

King of the Hill

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niec ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Family

1988-09-05 5.448

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk. ...
Genre :Talk

Self

1997-08-11 4.3

The View

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot top ...
Genre :Talk

Tommy Silva

1997-03-04 7.6

The Practice

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.” ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1995-10-14 7

MADtv

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox. ...
Genre :Comedy

2005-10-17 6.9

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report i ...
Genre :News, Comedy

Self

1982-02-01 6

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

2003-06-04 4

Celebrities Uncensored

Celebrities Uncensored is a TV program on the E! network that edited together amusing paparazzi footage of celebrities, usually in public places such as public sidewalks, restaurants, nightclubs, etc. ...
Genre :News, Documentary

1976-11-13 6

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, al ...
Genre :Comedy

Mickey Campbell (Voice)

1991-03-08 6.8

Baby Talk

Baby Talk is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 8, 1991 until May 8, 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking movies and was adapted ...
Genre :Comedy, Kids

Tony Canetti

1995-09-19 5.2

Hudson Street

Tony Canetti is a divorced detective in Hoboken, New Jersey, who shares custody of his son Mickey with his ex-wife. In between work and raising his son, Tony also starts a romance with an idealistic c ...
Genre :Comedy

Joe Celano

1999-09-20 8.2

Family Law

Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorn ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

2001-12-01 10

Revealed with Jules Asner

Revealed...with Jules Asner is a biography-style television show that first aired on E! Entertainment Television from 2001-2003. The host, Jules Asner, was a rising star among the network's stable of ...
Genre :

Self

2001-09-17 3

Good Day Live

Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good Day program as part of its newscast. Some FOX stat ...
Genre :News

Tony DiMeo

1997-09-24 4.667

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show is an American sitcom starring Tony Danza, Majandra Delfino, Dean Stockwell, Ashley Malinger, María Canals, and Shaun Weiss that aired on NBC in 1997. The series aired 5 episodes b ...
Genre :Comedy

(archive footage)

2004-11-14 10

Retrosexual: The '80s

Genre :

1994-01-02 0

The Mighty Jungle

Puppets perform for preschoolers in this jungle-themed children's series. ...
Genre :

2010-10-01 0

Teach: Tony Danza

Teach: Tony Danza was a reality show about Tony Danza becoming a tenth grade English teacher at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2009-2010 school year. The show premiere ...
Genre :

Self

2014-01-18 6.4

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

A new take on the variety show where host Joseph Gordon-Levitt directs countless artists from his global online community — hitRECord — to create short films, live performances, music, animation, conv ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Tony Danza

2021-12-09 7.3

And Just Like That…

This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self (uncredited)

1975-10-11 6.953

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying ...
Genre :Comedy, News

Self - Host

1975-10-11 6.953

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying ...
Genre :Comedy, News

Mr. Abrams

2014-01-22 7.13

Broad City

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Fred de Cordova

2017-11-16 6.4

There's... Johnny!

A coming of age story is set in 1970s Los Angeles following the lives and challenges of Andy, a wide-eyed 19-year-old Nebraskan who stumbles his way into a job at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Cars ...
Genre :Comedy

Raymond Moretti

2010-09-24 7.78

Blue Bloods

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Self

1962-10-01 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...
Genre :Talk

Tony Caruso Sr.

2018-09-21 6.1

The Good Cop

Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

2008-12-02 4

Shatner's Raw Nerve

Shatner's Raw Nerve is a TV program on The Biography Channel. In it, William Shatner sits down with various celebrities and conducts offbeat interviews with them. Some celebrities who have appeared ar ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

1996-06-10 3.9

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on ...
Genre :Talk, Family, Comedy

2010-11-26 7.5

The Fran Drescher Show

The Fran Drescher Show, also called The Fran Drescher Tawk Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by actress Fran Drescher and produced by Fox Television Studios and Debmar-Mercury. The show received ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest Host

1962-10-01 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Guest

2009-07-16 5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities. ...
Genre :Talk, Comedy

Self

1980-07-04 0

A Capitol Fourth

The nation's 245th birthday celebration will be feature new performances from sea to shining sea, all-new pre-taped performances from locations across the country will be feature top stars from pop, c ...
Genre :

Jay Bennett

2020-01-23 7.067

Outmatched

A blue-collar couple in Atlantic City tries to raise four kids – three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses. ...
Genre :Comedy

Himself - Host

1987-01-18 8.7

Kids' Choice Awards

Honoring the year's biggest in television, film, music, and sports as voted by viewers worldwide of Nickelodeon networks. Winners receive a hollow orange blimp figurine which also functions as a kalei ...
Genre :

Salvo

2016-05-26 5

Sebastian Says

Chronicles Sebastian's old-school values, instilled by his opinionated Italian father, which are constantly put to the test by his new wife, her family, and the absurdities of the modern world. ...
Genre :Comedy

Lawrence

2019-03-25 7.688

Tacoma FD

There's not a lot of fires to fight in one of the rainiest cities in America, leaving the crew at the Tacoma Fire Department tackling the less glamorous elements of the job. Light on blazes that need ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2007-10-12 7.1

Say Yes to the Dress

Welcome to the world’s premier bridal salon, Kleinfeld Bridal. Part fashion show, part bridal story, part family therapy…Randy Fenoli & a team of specialists guide brides through the process of se ...
Genre :Reality

Self - Host

1975-03-04 9.167

People's Choice Awards

An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. ...
Genre :