Danny Gerard

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|birthname = Daniel Gerard Lanzetta

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|5|29}}

|birth_place = Mount Vernon, New York, United States

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|occupation = Actor and musician

|yearsactive = 1986–2000

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Danny Gerard (born Daniel Gerard Lanzetta; May 29, 1977) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Alan Silver in the CBS television series Brooklyn Bridge.{{cite web|last1=Meisler|first1=Andy|date=24 November 1991|title=UP AND COMING: Matthew Siegel and Danny Gerard; Boys Will Be Boys, Be It 1991 or 1956|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/24/arts/up-coming-matthew-siegel-danny-gerard-boys-will-be-boys-be-it-1991-1956.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=31 December 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Lanzetta|first1=Danny|title=I Was The Child Star Of A CBS Show Who Had Two Free Throws To Win The Big Game|url=http://deadspin.com/5905203/i-was-the-child-star-of-a-cbs-show-who-had-two-free-throws-to-win-the-big-game|website=Deadspin|accessdate=31 December 2016}} He also starred in the short lived CBS series Blue Skies and the unaired NBC pilot News at Twelve.

Early life

Gerard was born in Mount Vernon, New York and is of Italian descent.{{Cite web | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB1961F9121E229&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title = News Archives: The Buffalo News}}

Career

He was in the original Broadway production of Lost in Yonkers starring alongside Kevin Spacey, Mercedes Ruehl and Irene Worth. He played the role of Arty, in this Tony award-winning production. In 1997, he starred as the voice of the titular character in the animated film adaptation of Jack London's White Fang.

Gerard was in the original cast of the musical Falsettoland, playing the role of Jason. He can be heard on the second disc of the two-CD set of "March of the Falsettos" and Falsettoland. He released a CD, The Story of a Minute in America in 2005.

Going by his real name Danny Lanzetta, he has also written several books and is a spoken word artist.{{Cite web|date=2013-07-08|title=STORIES and SONGS|url=http://www.dannylanzetta.com/|access-date=2021-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708074247/http://www.dannylanzetta.com/|archive-date=July 8, 2013}}