Short Biography

Tony Danza (April 21, 1951) is an American actor best known for starring on the 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. Danza was born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Anne (1925-1993) and Matty (1920-1983) Iadanza. Anne was born in Sicily and immigrated to the United States with five brothers and sisters in 1929. Danza is best known for his roles in Taxi (1978-1983), in which he played cab driver and part-time boxer, "Tony Banta," and Who`s the Boss? (1984-1992), portraying housekeeper and single father, "Tony Micelli."

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