Daniel William Strong (born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film
and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, Strong 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 the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy,
Mockingjay â€" Part 1 and Mockingjay â€" Part 2. Strong also is a
co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the Fox series
Empire.Strong has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America
Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and an NAACP Image
Award.Strong grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended Mira
Costa High School. He was raised in a Jewish family of Lithuanian,
Russian, and Polish origin. He began acting at a young age. As a
child, Strong rented videos from Video Archives and became friends
with Quentin Tarantino, who worked there as a clerk. "I would just
literally sit and chat with him for 45 minutes, an hour at a time
about movies, and he got me turned on to all these different movies
that 10-year-olds don't see." Strong attended Mira Costa High School,
and then studied film and theatre at the University of Southern
California.
and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, Strong 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 the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy,
Mockingjay â€" Part 1 and Mockingjay â€" Part 2. Strong also is a
co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the Fox series
Empire.Strong has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America
Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and an NAACP Image
Award.Strong grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended Mira
Costa High School. He was raised in a Jewish family of Lithuanian,
Russian, and Polish origin. He began acting at a young age. As a
child, Strong rented videos from Video Archives and became friends
with Quentin Tarantino, who worked there as a clerk. "I would just
literally sit and chat with him for 45 minutes, an hour at a time
about movies, and he got me turned on to all these different movies
that 10-year-olds don't see." Strong attended Mira Costa High School,
and then studied film and theatre at the University of Southern
California.
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