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.
Acting
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Paul
2005
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Trey Platt
2005
Movie
The Butler
as Freedom Bus Journalist
2013
TV
Seinfeld
as Vincent
1989
TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Jonathan Levinson
1997
Movie
Pleasantville
as Juke Box Boy
1998
TV
Mad Men
as Danny Siegel
2007
Movie
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Perspective Manipulator
2016
Movie
Dangerous Minds
as Student
1995
TV
Gilmore Girls
as Doyle
2000
Movie
Sydney White
as Gurkin
2007
TV
Billions
as Todd Krakow
2016
TV
Hey Arnold!
as Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice)
1996
TV
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Aaron Lebowitz
2017
Movie
Seabiscuit
as Young Jockey
2003
TV
Justified
as Albert Fekus
2010
Movie
Knight of Cups
as Danny Strong
2015
TV
Boy Meets World
as Arthur
1993
TV
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Aramis
1996
TV
Nip/Tuck
as Bart
2003
TV
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Doyle
2016
TV
Leverage
as Dennis Retzing
2008
Movie
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
as Boner
2000
Movie
The Prophecy II
as Julian
1998
Crew
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Screenplay
2014
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Screenplay
2015
Movie
The Butler
Writer
2013
TV
Empire
Writer
2015
TV
Dopesick
Writer
2021
Movie
The Best of Enemies
Producer
2019
Movie
Game Change
Writer
2012
Movie
Rebel in the Rye
Screenplay
2017
Movie
Recount
Writer
2008
TV
The Right Stuff
Executive Producer
2020
TV
Proven Innocent
Writer
2019
Movie
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Executive Producer
2021