Raised in Brooklyn and on Long Island

Made semi-finals and finals in New York Golden Gloves

Became a professional boxer; compiled 12-3 record in the ring, with all of his fights, wins and losses, ending by knockout

Settled in Los Angeles and briefly considered for a film role in "The Warriors"

Played Tony Banta on the popular ABC sitcom, "Taxi"; series aired on NBC for its last season; nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1980

Feature acting debut, "The Hollywood Knights"

Acted in first TV-movie, "Murder Can Hurt You!" (ABC)

First lead in a feature film, "Going Ape!"

Played the leading role of Tony Micelli on the hit ABC sitcom, "Who's the Boss?; nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actor (1986, 1987, 1989)

TV directorial debut, co-directed (with Gail L. Bergmann) an episode of "Who's the Boss?" entitled "Jr. Executive"

Co-executive produced first TV-movie, "Doing Life" (NBC); also starred as a real-life convict

Played the lead role in the film, "She's Out of Control"

Served as an executive script consultant for the short-lived ABC sitcom, "Living Dolls"

Performed song "Candy Man" for TV special, "Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration"

Founded Katie Face Productions; first production was an ABC TV-movie, "The Whereabouts of Jenny"

Guest hosted (for a week) the short-lived ABC latenight talk show, "Studio 59"

Supplied the voice of the baby Mickey Campbell on the ABC sitcom, "Baby Talk"

Acted in the comic short film, "The Joke"

Executive produced and hosted a series of reality-based TV specials, "Gettin' Over" (ABC)

Made New York stage debut in Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz's Off-Broadway play, "Wrong Turn at Lungfish"

Executive produced first regularly scheduled TV series, the short-lived ABC sitcom, "George," starring George Foreman

Returned to features for a supporting role in the remake of "Angels in the Outfield"

Supplied the voice of Vinnie the Alligator for the Family Channel series, "The Mighty Jungle"

Directed first film, a 20 minute short about his mother, "Mamma Mia"

Returned to series TV as executive producer and star of the ABC sitcom, "Hudson Street"

Returned to series TV as star of the short-lived NBC series, "The Tony Danza Show"

Made Broadway acting debut, succeeding Anthony LaPaglia, in an acclaimed revival of "A View From the Bridge"

Had a recurring role on the ABC drama series "The Practice"; nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor

Returned to Broadway as the bartender in the acclaimed revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh"

Had title role in L.A. "Reprise!" staging of "Fiorello!"

Joined cast of the CBS drama "Family Law" as Joe Celano

Hosted a day time talk show called "The Tony Danza Show"

Starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in "The Producers"

Published the cookbook, Don't Fill Up On the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook, with son Marc, a chef

Hosted the fourth season of the reality series, "The Contender 4," on the Versus cable network

Will begin teaching at Northeast High School for a reality TV show, titled "Teach," which will air on the cable channel A&E