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Line 9: | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|04|21}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | height = 5 ft 9 in<ref name="auto1">https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/028927 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> | alma_mater = [[University of Dubuque]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | occupation = Actor Line 17: }} '''Tony Danza''' (born '''Anthony Salvatore Iadanza'''; April 21, 1951)<ref name=filmref /> is an American actor and retired [[professional boxer]].<ref ==Early life== Danza was born on April 21, 1951, in [[Brooklyn, New York]],<ref name=filmref /> to parents Anna Mary (née Camisa; 1925–1993) and Matthew Anthony "Matty" Iadanza (1920–1983).<ref name=vart1>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR108166?refCatId=25|title=Ann Iadanza|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 23, 1993 |access-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name=fdr1>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', February 8, 2022</ref> His mother was a bookkeeper and his father worked as a [[waste collector]] in Brooklyn.<ref name="filmref">{{cite web |url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Tony-Danza.html |title= Tony Danza Biography (1951–) |publisher= FilmReference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-06-13/entertainment/17900765_1_tony-danza-show-meatball-recipe-song-and-dance |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707085648/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-06-13/entertainment/17900765_1_tony-danza-show-meatball-recipe-song-and-dance |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=Tony Danza's the boss in the kitchen with new cookbook |last=Wharton |first=Rachel |date=June 13, 2008 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |access-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> Danza's paternal grandparents were from [[Pietrelcina]], [[Benevento]], [[Campania]], [[Italy]], and his mother was an immigrant from the town of [[Campobello di Mazara]] in the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[province of Trapani]].<ref name=vart1/><ref name=fdr1/><ref>[http://www.walkoffame.com/tony-danza walkoffame.com]</ref> He has a younger brother, Matty Jr. (born 1954), a Los Angeles restaurant owner.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=44161&apid=0 Tony Danza's TCM bio]</ref> He lived in [[East New York, Brooklyn]]<ref name="Mozzarella">{{cite news |last1=Frishberg |first1=Hannah |title=Tony Danza Talks His New Play, Growing Up in Brooklyn, And Fresh Mozzarella |url=https://bklyner.com/tony-danza-talks-his-new-play-growing-up-in-brooklyn-and-fresh-mozzarella/ |access-date=February 20, 2019 |publisher=Bklynr |date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> until he was 14, and his family relocated to [[Malverne, New York]], on [[Long Island]]. Danza attended Malverne Senior High School, graduating in 1968. In the first episode of his show ''Teach: Tony Danza'', Danza describes himself as a "bad student" in high school. He earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1972 from the [[University of Dubuque]],<ref>[http://www.dbq.edu/news/news1.cfm?ID=89 University of Dubuque website]</ref> which he attended on a [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] scholarship. In 1975, as a joke, Danza's friends entered him in the New York City Golden Gloves Tournament. After knocking out his first six opponents all in the first round, Danza was knocked out in the finals.<ref>[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=12264 Tony Danza profile], boxing-scoop.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.</ref> During his first year of college, he had the [[Robert Crumb]] "[[Keep on Truckin' (comics)|Keep on Truckin']]" character tattooed on his upper right arm. In a 1985 interview in ''[[Us Weekly]]'' magazine, Danza remarked, "I was playing pool with a guy who had all these tattoos, and I wanted to be friends."<ref>"Danza, Father and (Finally) Grown-up" by Steve Pond. ''Us Weekly'', August 26, 1985</ref> Danza also sports a "Keep Punching" boxing gloves tattoo on his right shoulder as well as "Tracy", his (former) wife's name, on his chest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Danza President Puncher |url=http://www.maxim.com/tv/guy-tv/70062/tony-danza-president-puncher.html |work=Maxim |access-date=June 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614041647/http://www.maxim.com/tv/tony-danza-president-puncher |archive-date=June 14, 2012 }}</ref> In college, Danza met and married his first wife. Line 26: ==Career== ===Boxing=== Danza was a [[professional boxer]] with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses (8 knockouts, 6 in the first round). He competed from 1976 until 1979 in the [[middleweight]] division.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Rafael|title='The Contender' to feature two ex-title challengers; TV star Danza to host|date=October 1, 2008|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3615214|work=ESPN|access-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref><ref ===Acting and show business=== Line 53: ==Personal life== Danza's first marriage was to Rhonda Yeoman. They wed in 1970 and divorced in 1974. They have two children, a boy and a girl. Their son Marc appeared with Danza on ''Taxi'' in two episodes as Brian Sims.<ref name="LATimes finally">{{cite news| url= https:// In 1986, Danza married Tracy Robinson. The couple separated in 2006 and filed for divorce on March 10, 2011; the divorce was finalized on February 6, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Danze Divorced: Officially The Boss ... of Himself |url= https://www.tmz.com/2013/02/07/tony-danza-divorced/| website= TMZ.com | date= February 7, 2013| access-date= February 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Danza Files for Divorce After 24 Years of Marriage|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Tony-Danza-Divorce-1030559.aspx |work= TV Guide|access-date=June 17, 2011|date=March 10, 2011}}</ref> They have two daughters.<ref name="LATimes finally" /> Line 411: |''[[Power Book III: Raising Kanan]]'' | Stefano Marchetti | Guest (season 2)<br />Recurring role (season 3–) |- |2023 | |||