Danny Strong
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.
Acted in
The Right Stuff
2020
as Shorty Powers
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
as Aaron Lebowitz
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Doyle
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Perspective Manipulator
Billions
2016
as Todd Krakow
Knight of Cups
2015
as Danny Strong
The Butler
2013
as Freedom Bus Journalist
Justified
2010
as Albert Fekus
Weather Girl
2009
as Kurt
Robbin' in da Hood
2009
Leverage
2008
as Dennis Retzing
Bad Guys
2008
as Ashley
Sydney White
2007
as Gurkin
Mad Men
2007
as Danny Siegel
Veritas, Prince of Truth
2007
as Raymond Wilkins
Life Is Short
2006
as Mike
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Trey Platt
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Paul
Nip/Tuck
2003
New Suit
2003
as Greg
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000
as Boner
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Doyle
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000
as Phil
Pleasantville
1998
as Juke Box Boy
The Prophecy II
1998
as Julian
Over the Top
1997
Union Square
1997
as Bill
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Jonathan Levinson
Hey Arnold!
1996
as Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Aramis
Dangerous Minds
1995
as Student
Boy Meets World
1993
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
as Noogie
Seinfeld
1989
as Vincent