Dan Shor
Biography
Dan Shor is an American actor who also directs, writes, and teaches acting, with a career of more than forty years. Raised in New York City, he took the role of Alan Strang in Equus with that play's first national company, then played the title part in the miniseries Studs Lonigan. His best known roles include Enoch Emery in Wise Blood (1979), John Huston's film, Pete Brady in Strange Behavior (1981), Ram in TRON (1982) and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), where he was Billy the Kid. On television he was a regular on Cagney and Lacey, earned a People's Choice Award for The Blue and the Gray, and played a Ferengi doctor on Star Trek: The Next Generation and later Star Trek: Voyager. He won eight Drama-Logue and LA Weekly awards for stage work, directed productions for the LA Diversified Theater Company, and staged the Ovation Award winning He Who Gets Slapped at the Hudson Theater.
69years old
Turns 70 on November 16in 4 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Daniel Shor (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 32 years1979 to 2011
Genres
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Early training
Dan Shor went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England, as well as at the City College of New York's Davis Center for Performing Arts.
Beyond film
In London, Shor acted alongside Nigel Planer in The Sport of My Mad Mad Mother, a punk rock musical play written by Ann Jellicoe, staged at The Roundabout Theater.
Behind the camera
Shor moved from London to Los Angeles after he was cast in the title role of the mini-series Studs Lonigan. He then produced his own version of Jellicoe's play, reprising his role and moving the story's setting from London to New York.
A change of course
Dan Shor has also worked as an acting teacher at the International Academy of Film and Television, which is located in Cebu, Philippines.
Dan Shor movies on Netflix
Also appeared in
- Doppelganger (1993)
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure1989 Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fias Billy the Kid
IMDb rating 6.9151K votes
Most often with
Michael Laughlin directed three of these films. Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael LaughlinDirector, 3 films, 1981 to 1985
All films by Michael Laughlin
Also two films together7 more actors
- Michael MurphyMesmerized (1985) and Strange Behavior (1981)
- Bruce BoxleitnerTRON: The Next Day (2011) and TRON (1982)
- Louise FletcherStrange Invaders (1983) and Strange Behavior (1981)
- Dey YoungStrange Invaders (1983) and Strange Behavior (1981)
- Fiona LewisStrange Invaders (1983) and Strange Behavior (1981)
- Beryl Te WiataMesmerized (1985) and Strange Behavior (1981)
- Bill CondonStrange Invaders (1983) and Strange Behavior (1981)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.