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From Imdb.com - 2005-06-6th - (as Jonathan Levinson on Buffy)

Danny Strong

Date of birth : 6 June 1974

Locatoin : Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Height : 5’ 2" (1.57 m)

Mini biography :

Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, a little borough south of Los Angeles, Danny Strong first began acting on stage as a Freshman in his high school and was instantly smitten with it. He attended the University of Southern California as a theater major with numerous scholarships he had won. He was nominated for the prestigious Irene Ryan/Kennedy Center Award and USC awarded him the James Pendleton Award for Acting. He then began acting with small roles in numerous TV shows which included Boy Meets World, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, and Third Rock From The Sun. He co-starred with Tori Spelling in the film, Perpetrators of the Crime and has done many commercials. In 1997 he was awarded a fellowship by the USC where he taught acting during the summer sessions. Danny also had a recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer playing a suicidal high school geek named Jonathan Levinson

Trivia :

Graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California.

His high school theatrical productions included the roles of "Ponyboy" in "The Outsiders" and the "Master of Ceremonies" in "Cabaret."

He did not learn that his character, Jonathan, was going to die until he got the script several days beforehand. He has expressed some disappointment that he wasn’t told by the producers personally.

He lives within a half-mile of both Tom Lenk and Adam Busch, his fellow actors in the ’Nerd Troika’ on BtVS.

His favorite episode of BtVS is, not surprisingly, "Superstar" (Season 4, Episode 17).

Appeared in the unaired test pilot for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but did not debut on the series itself until the second season.

Attended college with and co-starred in school stage productions with George Hertzberg (Adam on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and J. August Richards (Gunn on "Angel the Series").