Danny Hoch

Performed first solo stage show "Pot Melting"

Starred in second one-man show "Some People"; filmed for HBO

Premiered third solo play "Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop"

Had small role in "The Thin Red Line"; character was a soldier from Brooklyn intended as comic relief; most of performance cut from final version of film

Co-wrote and co-starred in "Whiteboys" about three white Iowa teenagers who long for a gangsta rap life