Tony Danza received an Emmy nomination for a guest-starring role in The Practice and acclaim for his performance in the Broadway revival of "The Iceman Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill. He is best known, however, for his lovable sitcom personae. Following a five-year run in Taxi, he starred in Who's the Boss? for eight seasons. He also starred in the comedy series Hudson Street and The Tony Danza Show, for which he was executive producer. His additional television credits include an acclaimed performance opposite George C. Scott and Jack Lemmon in the remake of the film classic 12 Angry Men and the television movies The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon, Noah, The Girl Gets Moe, North Shore Fish and Deadly Whispers. Danza's additional stage credits include the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning "A View From the Bridge". His theatrical debut in "Wrong Turn" at Lungfish earned him an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Among his motion picture credits are Angels in the Outfield, She's Out of Control, A Brooklyn State of Mind, Glam and Illtown. He also wrote, directed and starred in the short film Mamamia and continues to garner accolades performing in his song-and-dance stage show, which debuted in Atlantic City in 1995. He has since taken it on the road to major venues throughout the country, from Las Vegas to New York. Danza earned a bachelor's degree in history education from the University of Dubuque, which he attended on a wrestling scholarship. Shortly after graduation, he was discovered by a producer at a boxing gymnasium in New York, and Taxi rolled into his life. Danza was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tracy, and three children.
He broke his back skiing in Utah in 1993, and has plates, rods, and screws in his spine. He lost his house in the Northridge quake January 17, 1994. He graduated from the University of Dubuque. He is actually behind the wheel of the cab that's driving across the bridge during the beginning credits of every episode of Taxi. Before he starred in Taxi, Tony was a boxer and was still fighting professionally during the first few seasons. Has two daughters Katie (b. 1987), Emily (b. 1993) and one son, Marc Anthony Danza (b. 1971). Marc Anthony guest starred in an episode of Taxi playing a handicapped kid. Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1999 Italian-American Wrote to the late Tupac Shakur while he was in prison. The two later became friends. Tony Micelli, Danza's character on Who's the Boss?, was ranked #23 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue]. Tony's son, Marc Anthony Danza, also appeared in another episode of Taxi in which Marc portrayed a foster child that Tony wanted to adopt. Made his professional boxing debut on August 3, 1976 by knocking out Earl Harris in the first round. Danza scored first round knockouts over Earl Harris, Joe Marcetti, Ralph Garcia, Ray Bryant, Tony Rodriguez, Billy Perez, and Max Hord. Escaped serious injury on 9 May 2005 when the mini stock-car he was driving flipped over and he wasn't wearing a helmet. His character "Tony Banta" in Taxi was originally called "Phil Banta". The producers thought with him being an unexperienced actor that he would not respond to the name Phil, so they changed it to his real life name. The metal rock band The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza was named after the actor. Became a grandfather for the first time on August 27th 2005 when son, Marc Anthony Danza, 34, and wife Julie, also 34, welcomed baby Nicholas David. Has an Italian-Canadian cousin named Daniel Gianotti. Retired from boxing following his 3rd round knockout victory over Johnny Heard on May 5, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. On September 9, 1977, he was knocked down by Ralph "Rocky" Garcia, but climbed off the canvas to knock out Garcia in the 1st round. He lost 3 fights as a professional boxer: a 1st round knockout to John LoCicero on October 1, 1976, a 4 round decision to Barry Hill on April 21, 1977, and a 1st round knockout loss to Morris Watkins on November 11, 1977. As a professional boxer, he fought in such cities as Brooklyn, New York, Long Island, Nanuet, White Plains, and Phoenix. Almost always watches the show 24 with Liza Minnelli.