Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza in Brooklyn, New York, on April 21, 1951) is an American actor and former boxer.

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Tony Danza was the elder of 2 sons. He lived with his Sicilian-American family in Brooklyn until they moved to Malverne, NY, when he was a teenager. He attended the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa on a wrestling scholarship (he majored in History). He married his college sweetheart in 1970 and the couple had a son, Marc Anthony Iadanza (born 1971), together. Danza and his first wife divorced a few years after Marc's birth, and Danza married Tracey Robinson in the late 1980s. He has 2 daughters (Katie and Emily) from his marriage to Tracey. In 2005, his son Marc had a son, Nicholas Iadanza, making him a grandfather.

From 1976-1979, Danza was a professional boxer who posted a 9-3 record with all nine wins coming by knockout. He quit fighting when he landed a role as a regular actor on the TV sitcom Taxi.

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amymengel (amy mengel) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:03:18 -0000
["Hold me closer Tony Danza!"] I'm listening to "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John (http://bit.ly/5qSI9H) #pandora
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Watching Tony Danza.
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