Daniel William Strong (born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls. He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote 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, director, and writer for the Fox series Empire and created, wrote and directed the award-winning Hulu miniseries Dopesick. He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
Sydney White
(Gurkin)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
(Boner)
Dangerous Minds
(Student)
Veritas, Prince of Truth
(Raymond Wilkins)
The Butler
(Freedom Bus Journalist)
Knight of Cups
(Danny Strong)
Weather Girl
(Kurt)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(Perspective Manipulator)
Life Is Short
(Mike)
Bad Guys
(Ashley)
Robbin' in da Hood
Perpetrators of the Crime
(Phil)
Pleasantville
(Juke Box Boy)
The Prophecy II
(Julian)
New Suit
(Greg)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
(Noogie)
How I Met Your Mother
(Trey Platt)
Seinfeld
(Vincent)
Boy Meets World
Nip/Tuck
Gilmore Girls
(Doyle)
Over the Top
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Jonathan Levinson)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(Aaron Lebowitz)
Union Square
(Bill)
Grey's Anatomy
(Paul)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
(Doyle)
Hey Arnold!
(Teen #1 / Teen #2 (voice))
Billions
(Todd Krakow)
Justified
(Albert Fekus)
Real Time with Bill Maher
(Self)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Aramis)
Leverage
(Dennis Retzing)
Mad Men
(Danny Siegel)
The Right Stuff
(Shorty Powers)
The Butler
(Writer)
Game Change
(Writer)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(Screenplay)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(Screenplay)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
(Executive Producer)
Making a Scene
(Writer)
Sweet Thunder
(Producer)
Rebel in the Rye
(Screenplay)
Rebel in the Rye
(Director)
Rebel in the Rye
(Producer)
The Best of Enemies
(Producer)
Recount
(Writer)
Recount
(Co-Producer)
Game Change
(Co-Executive Producer)
Empire
(Writer)
Empire
(Director)
Proven Innocent
(Writer)
Proven Innocent
(Director)
The Right Stuff
(Executive Producer)
Dopesick
(Writer)
Dopesick
(Executive Producer)
Dopesick
(Director)
Mafia Spies
(Executive Producer)
Empire
(Creator)
Dopesick
(Creator)