Danny Burstein
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Mt. Kisco, New York, U.S. | |
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Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1986–present |
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Children | 2 |
Danny Burstein (born June 16, 1964) is an American actor and singer. Known for his work on the
A seven-time
Burstein's television work includes a feature-length episode of the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (2002) and a Staten Island father in the first season of Louie (2010). He appeared as different characters in six episodes of the original NBC drama series Law & Order (1995–2010), and also recurred as Lolly Steinman on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–11) and as D.A. Lewis Cormier on the CBS series Evil. His film appearances include Transamerica (2005), Deception (2008), The Family Fang (2015), and Indignation (2016).
Early life and education
Burstein was born in
Burstein attended the
Career
On
Burstein's
He played the role of Buddy Plummer in the
Burstein can be heard on the cast recording of many of these musicals. Among his many recordings is the musical Sweet Little Devil in which he introduced three George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva songs. The score originally went unrecorded in 1924 and was finally recorded by PS Classics, with Burstein playing the role of Sam in 2012.[27]
Burstein's film roles include Duane Incarnate (2004),
Burstein has lent his voice in a number of
He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Frosch in Die Fledermaus (2013–14 season).
Burstein serves on the Artists Committee of the Kennedy Center Honors and has been a guest lecturer teaching at many universities such as Yale, NYU, Juilliard, UCSD and Queens College.
Burstein played the role of Tevye in the 2015 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, at the Broadway Theatre, directed by Bartlett Sher. The revival began in previews on November 20, 2015, and officially opened on December 20, 2015, and closed on December 31, 2016.[31][32][33]
In the summer of 2017, he played the role of Nick Bottom in the New York Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
He appeared as Alfred P. Doolittle in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater from January 8, 2019.[34] He also originated the on-stage role of Harold Zidler on Broadway in Moulin Rouge! in 2019. Moulin Rouge! played its pre-Broadway performances at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston from July 10, 2018, to August 19, 2018.[35][36] In 2021, Burstein received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Moulin Rouge!
In 2021 he was nominated for an Audie Award for his narration of Stephen King's If It Bleeds.
Burstein returned to the Broadway stage in the 2023 Sharr White memory play Pictures from Home alongside Nathan Lane and Zoë Wanamaker. The play is adapted from photographer Larry Sultan's photo memoir of the same name.
Personal life
In March 2020, following the shutdown of all Broadway theatrical productions including
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Giant Robo: The Animation
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Professor Franken Von Vogler | Voice; English version Direct-to-video |
1997 | Jungle Emperor Leo | Minus | Voice; English version |
2003 | SW 2.5 (The Pitch Wars) | George Lucas / Rob Reiner / Kevin Smith / Mike W. / Pixar Director |
Short film |
2004 | Duane Incarnate | George | |
2005 | Transamerica | Dr. Spikowsky | |
2006 | Spectropia | Ball Guest | |
2008 | Deception | Clute Controller | |
2012 | Nor'easter | Paul Moore | |
2013 | American Milkshake | Coach | |
2013 | Autumn Whispers | Gordon Murkle | Short film |
2013 | Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon | Hector | |
2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | Luther Billis | Short film |
2014 | Affluenza | Ira Miller | |
2015 | Blackhat | Associate Warden Jeffries | |
2015 | The Family Fang | Eric Wilcox | |
2015 | Construction | Jay | |
2015 | Bad Dads | Unknown role | Short film |
2016 | Indignation | Max Messner | |
2017 | The Sounding | Anderson | |
2018 | Lucy in the Sky | Dan | Short film |
2021 | The Same Storm | Dr. Daniel Berg | |
2021 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Al | |
2023 | Molli and Max in the Future | Max's dad | |
2023 | Dora and the Fantastical Creatures | Sol | Voice Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Law & Order | Joe Garvey | Episode: "Cruel and Unusual" |
1998 | Law & Order | Howe | Episode: "Burden" |
1999 | Third Watch | Medic #2 | Episode: "Welcome to Camelot" |
2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Brookfield | Episode: "Honor" |
2001 | Santa, Baby! | Unknown role (voice) | Television movie |
2001 | Law & Order | Asst. DA Lester Rosenfeld | Episode: "Teenage Wasteland" |
2002 | Ed | Johnny Luggozzo | Episode: "Human Nature" |
2002 | Absolutely Fabulous | Martin | Episode: "Gay" |
2002 | Law & Order | Peter | Episode: "Oxymoron" |
2004 | Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos | Takuan Osho | Episode: "A Fighter Without Peer" Voice; English version |
2004 | Phoenix | Sarutahiko / Dr. Saruta / Azaumi-no-muraji Saruta |
Series regular (13 episodes) Voice; English version |
2004 | Hope & Faith | Moderator | Episode: "Just-In Time" |
2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Luke Vinton | Episode: "Shrink-Wrapped" |
2006 | Conviction | Unknown role | Episode: "Savasana" |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Leo Bernardi | Episode: "Seeds" |
2009 | Law & Order | Surrogate Murray | Episode: "Lucky Stiff" |
2010 | Law & Order | Judge Sam Murray | Episode: "Blackmail" |
2010 | Louie | Mike | Episode: "Bully" |
2010 | Live from Lincoln Center | Luther Billis | Episode: "South Pacific" |
2010–2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Lolly Steinman | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
2011 | Submissions Only | Jerry Labove | Episode: "Mean Like Me" |
2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eric Parker | Episode: "Transgender Bridge" |
2015 | The Good Wife | Dr. Ian Caine | Episode: "Bond" |
2017 | Elementary | Ted Winthrop | Episode: "Fly Into a Rage, Make a Bad Landing" |
2018 | Deception | Indar Danek | Episode: "Transposition" |
2018 | NCIS: New Orleans | Doctor Vincent Welles | Episode: "Pound of Flesh" |
2018 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Sewell | Episode: "Midnight at the Concord" |
2019 | Madam Secretary | Natan Dworsky | Episode: "Proxy War" |
2019 | The Blacklist
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Mossad DC Station Chief | Episode: "The Osterman Umbrella Company (No. 6)" |
2019 | Fosse/Verdon | OB / GYN | Episode: "Nowadays" |
2019 | Tales of the City | Bradshaw | Episode: "Next Level Sh*t" |
2019 | Instinct | Brent | Episode: "Go Figure" |
2019–2020 | Evil | D. A. Lewis Cormier | 4 episodes |
2020 | Central Park | Dick Flake | Voice; Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead" |
2021 | Tell Me Your Secrets | Unknown role | Episode: "Once I Had a Love" |
2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Vincent Weiss | Episode: "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" |
2021 | Dr. Death | Ed Yarborough | 2 episodes |
2021–2022 | The Good Fight | William Schultz | 3 episodes |
2021 | F Is for Family | Officer Glanney | Voice; 4 episodes |
2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Vic Weiss | Episode: "The Best Is Yet to Come" |
2022 | Tokyo Vice | Jake's Father | Episode: "Yoshino" |
2023 | Will Trent | Unknown role | Episode: "Pilot" |
2023 | Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies | Johnny Vavoom | 4 episodes |
2023 | Julia | Stanley Lipschitz | 3 episodes |
2024 | Dora
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Grumpy Old Troll, The Fiesta Trio’s Frog and Marmoset (voices)[45] |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Benjamin | The Muny |
1992 | A Little Hotel on the Side | Porter, Constable | Broadway |
1992–93 | The Seagull | Yakov | |
1993 | Saint Joan | Page to Dunois | |
Three Men on a Horse | Delivery Boy | ||
1994 | The Flowering Peach | Japheth (Standby) | |
1995 | Company | Paul | |
1996 | DuBarry Was a Lady
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Ensemble | Encores!/Off-Broadway |
1997 | The Boys from Syracuse | Tailor-Merchant | |
Harmony | "Rabbi" Josef Roman Cycowski | Regional | |
1997–99 | Titanic | William Murdoch/Passenger | Broadway |
1998 | Li'l Abner | Romeo Skragg | Encores!/Off-Broadway |
2001 | A Class Act | Ed, Lehman (Standby) | Broadway |
2006–07 | The Drowsy Chaperone | Aldolpho | |
2008–10 | South Pacific | Luther Billis | |
2010–11 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Taxi Driver | |
2011 | Follies | Buddy Plummer | Pre-Broadway |
2011–12 | Broadway | ||
2012 | Regional | ||
2012–13 | Golden Boy | Tokio | Broadway |
2013 | The Cradle Will Rock | Mister Mister | Encores!/Off-Broadway |
Snow Geese | Max Hohmann | Broadway | |
2014–15 | Cabaret | Herr Schultz | |
2015–16 | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye | |
2017 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom | Shakespeare in the Park |
2018 | Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler | Pre-Broadway |
2019 | My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle | Broadway |
Camelot | Pellinore | Lincoln Center Theatre
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2019–22 | Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler | Broadway |
2023 | Pictures from Home | Larry Sultan |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Darius Fontaine – Talk Radio / Radio Commercial | |
2006 | Neverwinter Nights 2 | Khulmar Ironfist, Sir Grayson, Donler, Haeromos | |
2007 | Manhunt 2 | The Legion | |
2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Middle Aged Gay Man | Credited under "The Crowd of Liberty City" |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | The Drowsy Chaperone | Nominated | |
2008 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | South Pacific | Nominated | |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nominated | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award
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Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Won | |||
2012 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Follies | Nominated | |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Won | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Won | |||
Astaire Award
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Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show | Nominated | |||
2013 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Golden Boy | Nominated | |
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Nominated | |||
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Talley's Folly | Nominated | ||
Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Lead Actor | Nominated | |||
Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Follies | Nominated | ||
2014 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Cabaret | Nominated | |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nominated | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nominated | |||
2016 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Won | |||
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Nominated | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Won | |||
2017 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | ||
2019 | IRNE Award | Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Moulin Rouge! | Won | |
2020 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Won | ||
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Won | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Honoree | |||
Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated | [46] |
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