Danny Strong

Danny Strong
Strong in 2013
Born	Daniel William Strong (1974-06-06) June 6, 1974 (age 49) Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation(s)	Actor, film, television writer, director, producer
Years active	1994–present
Partner(s)	Caitlin Mehner (2013–present; engaged)

Daniel William Strong^[1] (born June 6, 1974^[2]) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. As an actor, Strong is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls and Danny Siegel in Mad Men. 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.

Strong has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, two Peabody Awards and an NAACP Image Award.