Danny Doherty was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, coming from an Italian-Irish background. From an early age he was surrounded by creative artists working in and around the business. He has a natural talent to mimic his favorite actors and amazing comedy timing, and has been described in reviews as as a natural born artist. His favorite pastime growing up was putting on theatrical and musical plays for family and friends. Danny started his path to Hollywood while a break dancer at age 11, and from there he became a DJ around the NYC area. At the age of 21 his father and mentor passed away and it drove him professionally and increased his determination to develop his talent. At the age of 27, he decided to become a professional actor, going to acting school at Purchase College in New York. He then began to immerse himself the NYC Theater scene where he landed several lead and supporting roles in plays. He can be seen in Marvels upcoming series The Defenders , Orange is the New Black and Gotham to name a few and in such films as The Wrong Guy ,The Descending and Bloodrunners along side ICE T he continues to be vigorously active in NYC Theater , Television and Film scene with many upcoming projects . Show less «