American actor Danny Burstein is a seven-time Tony Award nominee who rose to fame for his work on the Broadway stage.
Danny was born on 16 June 1964 in Mt. Kisco, New York, and was raised in New York City. His parents separated when he was two months. Danny's mother, Virginia, is a painter, whereas his step-father, Harvey Burstein, is a Greek philosophy professor.
Burstein completed his High School of the Performing Arts and Queens College in New York City. He obtained an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego, in 1990.
Burstein's first acting job was in The Music Man's Chorus at The Muny in St. Louis during college.
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How Much Is Danny Burstein Net Worth?
While there is no official verification, Danny Burstein is said to have an estimated net worth of $1 million from his career as an American actor.
He starred in different movies such as A Little Hotel on the Side (1992), The Seagull (1992), Three Men on a Horse (1993), Company (1995), Titanic (1997), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), South Pacific (2008), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010), Golden Boy(2012), The Snow Geese (2013), and Cabaret (2014).
He played in the Kennedy Center production of Follies, which ran from 7 May 2011, through 19 June 2011, at the Eisenhower Theater. He reprised his role in Follies' Broadway engagement at the Marquis Theatre from 7 August 2011, through 22 January 2012. He continued with the production in its meeting at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California, from 3 May 2012, through 9 June 2012.
Danny also starred in the Broadway production Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in January 2020. He played the role of Harold Zigler.
Danny Burstein in Broadway production 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' (©: broadway.com)
His film roles include Duane Incarnate (2004), Transamerica (2005), Deception (2008), Nor'easter (2013), Trust, Greed, Bullets, and Bourbon (2013), American Milkshake (2013), Autumn Whispers (2013), Affluenza (2014), Blackhat (2015), The Family Fang (2015), Construction (2015), Indignation (2016), and the upcoming The Sounding.
His many television credits include all the Law & Order series, the BBC's Fabulous (2002), the FX series Louie (2010), and The Good Wife. He was cast in HBO's Boardwalk Empire after director Martin Scorsese saw him in South Pacific.
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Burstein has lent his voice in several video games, such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Neverwinter Nights 2.
Burstein works on the Artists Committee of the Kennedy Center Honors and has been a guest lecturer teaching at many universities such as Yale, NYU, Juilliard, UCSD, and Queens College.
Burstein plays the role of Tevye in the 2015 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theatre, directed by Bartlett Sher. The revival began in previews on 20 November 2015 and officially opened on 20 December 2015.
Burstein won the Outer Critics Circle Award in 2008 for his outstanding Actor in a Musical in South Pacific. In 2012, he won Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his outstanding Actor in a Musical in Follies.
For Fiddler on the Roof, he has won Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his outstanding Actor in a Musical in 2016.