Dan Lauria
from the cast of The Spirit


Dan Lauria has appeared as a guest star in over seventy television episodic programs.  He has a score of film credits which include STAKEOUT, ANOTHER STAKEOUT, both with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estaves and the commercial blockbuster, INDEPENDENCE DAY and most recently BIG MOMMA TWO with Martin Lawrence.  However, Dan is most recognized as the Dad on the highly acclaimed, Emmy-Award winning, ABC-TV, THE WONDER YEARS.

Dan is a very similar face to the off-off-off and regional theatre scene, having performed, written or directed over fifty professional productions.  Just recently, Dan starred in the Long Wharf theatre production of Willy Holtzman’s controversial play, HEARTS.  Prior to that Dan was in the Coconut Grove production of Arthur Miller’s, THE PRICE, with the great Jack Klugman.  He performed with the one and only Charles Durning in the Westwood Country Playhouse production of Jason Milligan’s, MEN IN SUITS and not too long ago Dan toured with his former television co-star, Fred Savage, in the play WENDELL AND BEN, marking Fred’s professional stage debut.

Dan has most recently performed THE GUYS by Ann Nelson, a tribute he was honored to be part of, to the brave firemen who lost their lives at the WTC on 9/11 both in NYC and on the road. This was followed by Mark St. Germaine’s new play, EARS ON A BEATLE, Ken Ludwig’s, LEADING LADIES, Lee Blessing’s, THE WINNING STREAK and Daniel Sullivan’s Christmas classic comedy, INSPECTING CAROL.

For ten years Dan served as the Artistic Director of The Playwright’s Kitchen Ensemble (PKE) of Los Angeles. With partner, Joe Cacaci, PKE produced over 450 public readings of new plays with the finest actors in the business, in order to promote the development of the new American playwright and to seek literary representation for new writers.