I AM NOT THE REAL TONY DANZA...this is merely a tribute
Tony Danza grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn. His father, Matteo Iadanza, was a sanitation worker for the city of New York; his mother Anna was a Sicilian-born immigrant. Anna was the subject of a short film produced by Tony called "Mamma Mia".
When he was a teenager, his family moved to Malverne, New York. He graduated from Malverne High School. He attended the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa on a wrestling scholarship, majoring in History.
He married college sweetheart Rhonda Yeoman in 1971 and the couple had a son, Marc Anthony Iadanza (born 1971). Danza and Rhonda divorced a few years after Marc's birth. Danza married Tracy Robinson in 1986. He has two daughters, Katherine Anne (19) and Emily Lyn (14), with Tracy. He and Tracy filed for separation in 2006.
From 1976-1979, Danza was a professional boxer with a 9-3 record. All his wins (and losses) were by knockout. He quit fighting when he landed a role on the TV situation comedy Taxi.
Danza is probably best known for his roles in Taxi (1978-1983), in which he played cabdriver and part-time boxer Tony Banta, and Who's the Boss? (1984-1992), where he portrayed housekeeper and single father Tony Micelli. He has made a brief appearance in each of the Godfather films.
Danza also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street (1995) and The Tony Danza Show (1997, which is not to be confused with his talk show). He had a role on the TV drama Family Law from 2000 until 2002.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award for a guest-starring 1998 role in the TV series The Practice. His movie debut was in the comedy The Hollywood Knights (1980), which was followed by Going Ape! (1981). He received critical acclaim for his performance in the 1999 Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh.
Danza hosted his own TV talk show, The Tony Danza Show, a nationally syndicated program produced each weekday morning in his hometown of New York (where it aired live). On May 9, 2005, during a go-kart race with NASCAR star Rusty Wallace, who was a guest on the show, Danza's kart flipped after Wallace accidentally bumped him. Neither he nor Wallace was wearing a helmet at the time. Danza returned to go-kart racing on October 20, 2005, to challenge IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, but he was defeated. His daytime talk show ceased taping in May 2006, with the last live episode airing May 26, 2006.
