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Danny Hoch Biography (1970-)

Born November 23, 1970, in New York, NY (some sources say Brooklyn-Queens, NY). Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer, director

Birth Details

November 23, 1970

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Pot Melting (solo show), Under One Roof Theatre Company, One DreamTheatre, New York City, 1992
• Various characters, including Tono, Kazmierczack, Floe, Doris, Cesar, Caribbean Tiger, Bill, and Madman, Some People (solo show), Theatre at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1993, then New York Shakespeare Festival,Public Theatre, New York City, 1994, later Stage II, Long Wharf Theatre, NewHaven, CT, 1994-1995
• Evolution of a Homeboy: Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop (solo show),Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1997, then Public Theatre, 1998
• Sonny, The Flattered Fifth, New Group, 1997
• Major Tours
• Toured in the solo show Some People, U.S., Austrian, Cuban, and Scottish cities.
• Stage Work
• Director and creator, Flow, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Def Poetry Jam (also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry), HBO, 2002
• Movies
• Father, 3 A.M., Showtime, 2001
• Specials
• Various characters, including Tono, Kazmierczack, Floe, Doris, Cesar, Caribbean Tiger, and Bill, Danny Hoch: Some People (solo show), HBO, 1995
• Episodic
• Edward, "Honey-Getter," Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, HBO, 1997
• Kracker, "Soulless," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: S.V.U.), NBC, 2003
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Directed Def Poetry Jam (also known as Russell Simmons PresentsDef Poetry), HBO.
• Film Appearances
• First robber, His and Hers, Alliance Independent Films, 1997
• Private Carni, The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Flip, Whiteboys (also known as Whiteboyz), Fox SearchlightPictures, 1999
• Timmi Hilnigger, Bamboozled, 2000
• Danny, Bronks, Flip, Sam, Gabriel, Victor, Peter, Andy, Emcee Enuff, Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop, 2000
• Prison Song, New Line Cinema, 2001
• Dominick Pilla, Black Hawk Down, Columbia, 2001
• Mickey, Washington Heights, Mac Releasing LLC, 2002
• Marty, American Splendor, Fine Line, 2003
• Film Director
• Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Solo Shows for the Stage
• Pot Melting, produced by Under One Roof Theatre Company, One DreamTheatre, New York City, 1992
• Some People, produced at Theatre at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1993, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1994, later Stage II, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1994-1995, alsotoured U.S., Austrian, Cuban, and Scottish cities
• Evolution of a Homeboy: Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop, produced atJulia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1997, then Public Theatre, 1998
• Stage Plays
• Clinic Con Class for the Pieces of the Quilt AIDS Theatre Project,produced at Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA, 1996
• Against the Wall, produced at Mumia 911/Public Theater, New York City, 1999
• Also wrote Children of War.
• Television Episodes
• "Honey-Getter," Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, HBO, 1997
• Screenplays
• Whiteboys (also known as Whiteboyz), 1999
• Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop, 2000
• Other Writings
• Contributor to periodicals, including Harper's Bazaar, New Theatre Review, and Out of Character.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Theatre, July/August, 1998, p. 30
• Back Stage, November 11, 1994, p. 31
• Variety, November 3, 1997, p. 110