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Cory Danziger | |
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Born | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
Occupation | Actor, Conceptual Artist |
Years active | 1987–present |
Cory Danziger is an American actor, political activist, and conceptual artist. He is sometimes mis-credited as Cory Danzinger.[ citation needed ]
Danziger was born in Los Angeles County, California.[ citation needed ] As actor, his most notable role was as Dave Peterson, the son of Tom Hanks' and Carrie Fisher's characters in the 1989 cult film The 'Burbs . For his role he was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture category.[ citation needed ] That was his third nomination for the award,[ citation needed ] the other two being Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special for his performance in Married to the Mob (1988) and Best Young Actor, Featured, Co-starring, Supporting, Recurring Role in a Comedy or Drama Series or Special for the Beauty and the Beast television series, his 1987 acting debut.[ citation needed ]
In 1990, he appeared as the character Jake Potts in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled "Brothers".
His most recent role came in 2007, after a gap of fourteen years, as the voice of "Sean" in the television series The Magic 7 .
Danziger co-owns SceneFour and co-created The Original Lefty's, in Los Angeles, California. [1] SceneFour is an art team focused on the release of visual art collections created with acclaimed musicians. [2] SceneFour has released art collections with drummers Chad Smith, [2] Bill Ward, [2] and Steven Adler. [2] In 2007, Danziger left the helm of The Original Lefty's.[ citation needed ]
Danziger is a partner with Bootsy Collins in the latter's Funk University, an online bass guitar school founded in 2010. [3]
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