Danny Strong is an actor who portrayed Jonathan Levinson on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.
Career
Strong originally auditioned for the role of Xander, which would be taken by Nicholas Brendon, before his appearance in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot in 1996.[1]
In addition to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Strong has acted in the television series Gilmore Girls, Seinfeld, Clueless, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Over the Top, Grey's Anatomy, Boy Meets World, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, Girls, Justified, and Billions, among others.
He has appeared as well in films such as Pleasantville, Dangerous Minds, Seabiscuit, the spoof Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, and Sydney White.
Strong also wrote the screenplays for Recount, Game Change, The Butler, and the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the Fox series Empire.
In 2023, Strong returned as Jonathan in the Audible audio series Slayers: A Buffyverse Story.
Buffyverse credits
Episodes
Strong portrayed the Sunnydale High School student then Trio member Jonathan Levinson in 26 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then returning as the First Evil in Jonathan form in three more episodes:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot
- "Inca Mummy Girl"
- "Reptile Boy"
- "What's My Line? Part Two"
- "Bad Eggs"
- "Passion"
- "Go Fish"
- "Dead Man's Party"
- "Homecoming"
- "The Wish"
- "Earshot"
- "The Prom"
- "Graduation Day, Part Two"
- "Superstar"
- "Flooded"
- "Life Serial"
- "Smashed"
- "Gone"
- "Dead Things"
- "Normal Again"
- "Entropy"
- "Seeing Red"
- "Villains"
- "Two to Go"
- "Grave"
- "Conversations with Dead People"
- "Never Leave Me"
- "First Date"
- "Storyteller"
He also voiced Ghost Jonathan in the episode 5 of the audio series Slayers: A Buffyverse Story.
Featurettes
Strong also appeared in the following Buffy the Vampire Slayer featurettes:
- "A Buffy Bestiary"
- "Season 3 Overview"
- "Season 4 Overview"
- "Demonology: A Slayer's Guide"
- "Buffy Wraps"
- Audio commentary for "Conversations with Dead People"
- "Back to the Hellmouth: A Conversation with Creators and Cast"
- "Love Bites: Relationships in the Buffyverse"
- "Evil Fiends"
- "Buffy: An Unlikely Role Model"
- "Buffy Cast and Crew: Favorite Episodes"
External links
Danny Strong on Wikipedia
Danny Strong on IMDb
References
- ↑ Alex McLevy, "Buffy's Danny Strong remembers getting spanked by Charisma Carpenter." The A.V. Club, March 10, 2017.