Tony Danza’s net worth
Tony Danza is an American actor, teacher, dancer, and former boxer. He is one of the richest celebrities in America. He has a net worth of $40 million. Tony Danza is best known for starring in the Taxi and Who’s the Boss series. Throughout his career, Tony has been honored with numerous accolades, including nominations for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globes. He also won a People’s Choice Award. Outside of his TV career, Danza has appeared in several films.
He was born on 21 April 1951, in Brooklyn, New York City. Raised in a working-class Italian household alongside a younger brother, Tony initially lived in East New York before he relocated to Long Island with his family at the age of 14. Despite being a self-described “bad student” during high school, he graduated in 1968. Danza also attended the University of Dubuque and earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1972. He was able to attend college because of a wrestling scholarship.
Tony Danza’s successful career
Danza initially became a professional boxer. His record is impressive, with nine wins and three losses during his short career. He scored a total of nine knockouts, including three technical knockouts. Except for one fight, each of his matches ended in a knockout.
While working out in a boxing gym, a producer noticed Tony and offered him a chance to audition for the TV show Taxi. In the series, he nailed the audition and played a cab driver and part-time boxer. His next role in Who’s the Boss? made him even more famous, and he played a fictional former baseball player called Tony Micelli. The series consistently ranked in the top 10 in terms of overall ratings, and it ran for eight years. Danza played the role of Tony Micelli from 1984 to 1992, and he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988 in recognition of his performance. Tony started to appear in movies as well as further television projects. In 1994, he played a baseball player in the film Angels in the Outfield. He had previously appeared in films such as The Hollywood Knights and Going Ape! Next year, he appeared in the sitcom Hudson Street before following up with The Tony Danza Show, although both were short-lived. By the year 2000, he had landed a role in the series Family Law. After appearing in The Practice, Tony was nominated for an Emmy Award.
He subsequently started hosting his talk show. Another Broadway performance came in 2007 with The Producers, and in 2008, he hosted the fourth season of The Contender. In 2013, Danza returned to Broadway once more with a production of Honeymoon in Vegas. In 2018, Tony starred in the Netflix series The Good Cop, but it was canceled after one season.
Tony Danza taught 10th-grade English at a high school in Philadelphia. His experiences were documented in a reality TV show called Teach: Tony Danza, which aired on A&E.