Danny Burstein Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Danny Burstein Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Danny Burstein (born June , ) is an American actor of stage and

screen, who made his Broadway debut in . He is a seven-time Tony Award

nominee; for The Drowsy Chaperone (), South Pacific (), Follies (),

Golden Boy (), Cabaret (), Fiddler on the Roof (), and Moulin Rouge!

(). He has also won two Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle

Awards, and received three Grammy Award nominations. Burstein's

performance as Harold Zidler in the stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge!

on Broadway earned him the Drama League Award for Distinguished

Performance. His other Broadway credits include The Seagull (), Saint

Joan (), and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ().Burstein's

television work includes a feature-length episode of the BBC sitcom

Absolutely Fabulous () and a Staten Island father in the first season

of Louie (). He appeared as different characters in six episodes of

the original NBC drama series Law & Order (â€"), and also recurred as

Lolly Steinman on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (â€"). Burstein

currently recurs as D.A. Lewis Cormier on the series Evil. His film

appearances include Transamerica (), Deception (), The Family Fang (),

and Indignation ().Burstein was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, and was

raised in New York City. Danny's biological parents separated when he

was two months old. He was raised by his mother, Virginia (Vega), a

painter, and his stepfather, Harvey Burstein, a professor of Greek

philosophy. His mother, who is from Costa Rica, is Catholic and of

Spanish descent, and his stepfather is Jewish. He was not raised in

any particular faith and celebrated both Jewish and Christian

holidays.Burstein attended the High School of the Performing Arts.

While in high school, he performed in community theatre and summer

stock in New Hampshire for which he as paid $ for the entire season.

He graduated from Queens College in New York City, during which time

he obtained his first professional acting job in the chorus of The

Music Man at The Muny in St. Louis.. He received an MFA from the

graduate acting program at the University of California, San Diego in

. During his time in drama school at UCSD, he appeared in Macbeth at

La Jolla Playhouse.
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