Danny Lee Clark (born May 21, 1964 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan) is an American athlete, television personality, actor, and producer. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Zama (座間市 -shi is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2008, the ward has an estimated Population of 127704 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He is best known for his role as gladiator Nitro on the TV show American Gladiators. American Gladiators (2008 TV series American Gladiators (1989-1996 was an American competition Television program that matched a cast of
Dan Clark began his career as an athlete, playing football for San Jose State University where he was a standout defensive lineman. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system A defensive lineman is any of the down positions on the defensive side of Canadian and American football. He then went on to play for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, and in the Professional European League. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.
Clark is best known from the game show American Gladiators, having worked on both the original version and the revival; from 1989-92, and again in 1994-95, he was the gladiator Nitro; during the original show's final season, he was the analyst for the show. In the 2008 revival, he is the coordinating producer for the show. The original series aired in over 40 countries, with reruns on USA Network, TNT, Spike, and currently ESPN Classic. USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned Spike (formerly called Spike TV) a division of MTV Networks, is an American cable network designed for an audience described For the Canadian channel of this name see ESPN Classic (Canada. The revival airs on NBC.
When American Gladiators returned to the U. S. airwaves on ESPN Classic on April 1st, 2007, the network aired a marathon of episodes. For the Canadian channel of this name see ESPN Classic (Canada. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Clark was the on-air host for that marathon, telling behind-the-scenes stories and trivia about the series in between the episodes. Clark also conducted an ESPN chat session related with the show, where he announced that MGM was in consideration of a revival of the show, which began taping in November 2007 for 2008 broadcast.
After American Gladiators, Clark turned to acting, appearing in such motion pictures as Death Becomes Her, with Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn; and Equilibrium, with Christian Bale. Death Becomes Her is a 1992 dark Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter. Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21 1945 is an American Academy Award -winning Actress, director and producer. Equilibrium is a 2002 action and Science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British He has also guest starred in TV series including Ellen, Walker, Texas Ranger, "California Dreams", V.I.P., Married… with Children, Who's the Boss?, Saved by the Bell, and The Brothers García. Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for season one is a U Walker Texas Ranger is an American Television western / police drama series created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. California Dreams is an American TV series that aired from 1992 to 1996 VIP (standing for and also referred to as Vallery Irons Protection) is an American syndicated Television series that ran Who's the Boss? is an American Television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993 The Brothers Garcia is a TV show Sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. He also did voice acting in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game developed by Rockstar North
Clark was the writer/director/producer of the independent film Looking for Bruce. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several He has also written several screenplays for various studios, producers, and production companies, including a bio-pic Battle of Harlem, about the first African American police officer in the NYPD. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force.
Clark has appeared on a variety of talk shows including: The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, Today, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, Sally Jessy Raphael, and The Montel Williams Show. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute. Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. Live with Regis and Kelly is a syndicated American television Talk show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. Sally Jessy Raphael (born Sally Lowenthal February 25, 1935 in Easton Pennsylvania) is an American Talk show host The Montel Williams Show (also known as Montel) was a syndicated talk show hosted by Montel Williams. He has also graced the cover of TV Guide and numerous other magazines. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming
Clark enjoys all sports, yoga, acting, writing and martial arts (he has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do) and is often called on to perform his own stunts. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Yoga ( Sanskrit: योग, IAST: yóga, joːgə refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the Acting is the work of an Actor or Actress, which is a person in Theatre, Television, Film, or any other Storytelling Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. The term Black belt has become widely known as way to describe an expert in Martial arts where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or any act requiring a special skill performed for artistic purposes in TV, Theatre, or cinema Since 2002 he has also been a mentor in the Young Story Tellers program which is dedicated to increasing literacy among inner city youths. traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis Clark makes his home in the Hollywood Hills and can often be found walking his Labrador Retriever, Ella, at nearby Runyon Canyon Park. The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of Los Angeles, California, United States, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse Runyon Canyon Park is a Park in Los Angeles California at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, managed by the Los Angeles Department
Clark was one of the contestants featured in the bull riding reality show, Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, which premiered in August 2007 on CMT. Bull riding is a Rodeo Sport that involves a rider getting on a large bull and attempting to stay mounted for at least 8 seconds while the animal attempts Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge is a six-episode American Celebrity Reality television show on CMT in which nine celebrities from across Country Music Television, or CMT as it is usually called is an American Country music -oriented Cable television network
Clark mentioned during an April 2007 chat on ESPN. COM in promoting the ESPN Classic airings of the original American Gladiators that there was talk of reviving the show. For the Canadian channel of this name see ESPN Classic (Canada. In August 2007, NBC announced the show is being revived. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Clark is a consultanting producer on the 2008 revival. [1][2]
Footnotes
External links
- Danny Lee Clark at the Internet Movie Database
- Unofficial Dan Clark Fansite
- Photo of Nitro
- Dan Clark's NFL player page
- Stats
| Preceded by Lisa Malosky | American Gladiators co-host with Mike Adamle 1995-1996 | Succeeded by New Hosts Hulk Hogan and Layla Ali Van Earl Wright, play-by-play 2008 Revival |
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