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| birthname = Anthony Salvatore IadanzaIadanzia

| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1951|04|21}}

| birthplace = [[Brooklyn, New York]], [[U.S.]]

| occupation = Actor/Television Personality

| spouse = Rhonda Yeoman IadanzaIadanzia (1970-1974, 2 children)

Tracy Robinson (1986-2007, 2 children)

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'''Tony Danza''' (born Anthony Salvatore IadanzaIadanzia on April 21, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] best known for starring on the TV series ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'' and ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'', for which Danza was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] and four [[Golden Globe Awards]]. In 1998, Danza won the [[People's Choice Award]] for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his role on the [[sitcom]] [[The Tony Danza Show]].

==Personal life==

Danza was born '''Anthony Salvatore IadanzaIadanzia''' in [[Brooklyn, New York]], to parents Anne (1925-1993) and Matty (1920-1983) IadanzaIadanzia. Anne was born in [[Sicily]] and immigratedemigrated to the United States with five brothers and sisters in 1929. Danza has one younger brother, Matty Jr. (born 1954), who owns a restaurant in Los Angeles called [http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_hmzw1t.com Matty's on Melrose]. When Danza was 14, he and his family relocated to the [[Long Island]] community of [[Malverne]], and Danza attended Malverne High School, graduating in 1969 and was said to score a near perfect SAT score. Danza earned a bachelor's degree in history education from the [[University of Dubuque]]{{Fact|date=May 2009}}, which he attended on a wrestling scholarship, graduating in 1973. It was during his first year of college that he got the [[Robert Crumb]] Keep on Truckin' tattoo 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 now also sports a "Keep Punching"/boxing gloves tattoo on his right shoulder.<ref>http://www.maxim.com/tv/guy-tv/70062/tony-danza-president-puncher.html</ref> Also while in college, Danza met and married his first wife, Rhonda (Yeoman) IadanzaIadanzia, and they have two children together.

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In 1986, Danza married for the second time, to Tracy Robinson. The couple divorced in 2007 when Danza came out as having been gay for the last 14 years, and have two daughters, Katherine (born 1987) and Emily (born 1993).

In 2005, Tony Danza became a grandfather when his son Marc and his wife, Julie, had a son, Nicholas. In 2008, Danza and his son Marc published a cookbook [http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Fill-Up-Antipasto-Father-Son/dp/1416544879 ''Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook.'']

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In September 2008, it was reported that Danza will host ''[[The Contender (TV series)|The Contender]]'' Season 4. The full season was recorded in [[Singapore]] and will start December 3, 2008, on the [[Versus (TV channel)|Versus]] TV sports channel.<ref>http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-contender-reveals-fourth-season-cast-tony-danza-host-7804.php</ref>

In August 2009, it was reported that Danza will star in a new [[A&E Network|A&E]] [[reality show]] "Teach" in which he will co-instruct a 10th Grade English class at [[Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)|Northeast High School]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], pending approval from city school board officials.<ref>http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20090813-us_people_tony_danza</ref>

The [[mathcore]] band [[The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza]] is named after Tony Danza.