Danny Strong played Jonathan Levinson. His first appearance in Buffy was in 2.04 Inca Mummy Girl, though he had previously had a small part in the unaired pilot. Danny’s character Jonathan became a fan favourite and he appeared in many episodes. Danny is 5 feet, 2 inches tall. He was born and raised in Manhattan Beach, a little borough south of Los Angeles. Danny first began acting on stage in high school and was instantly smitten with it. He attended the University of Southern California as a theatre major with numerous scholarships he had won. He was nominated for the prestigious Irene Ryan/Kennedy Center Award and USC awarded him the James Pendleton Award for Acting. He then began acting with small roles in numerous TV shows which included Boy Meets World, Saved By The Bell: The New Class (which starred Bianca Lawson, who played Kendra), Gilmore Girls and Third Rock From The Sun. Danny has been in the movies Seabiscuit, Perpetrators of the Crime, Pleasantville, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (along with Julie Benz, who played Darla) and Behind the Mask. His first professional acting job was for a Doritos commercial when he was 15. Dean Cain (Superman in Lois & Clarke) played his older brother.
Related episodes: 4.17 Superstar
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The_True_Xander on February 21st, 2006 at 5:55 am
I love Danny! He’s just so awesome! He must be like every extra’s dream. To go from having lot’s of little non-important spots in a show, to being an important character in an episode, to having an episode where the entire universe of the show is re-moulded around his charcter, and then to be a recurring character thereafter, even after death. Very cool.
The_True_Xander on February 21st, 2006 at 6:37 am
And so little!
Abby M. on February 21st, 2006 at 7:21 am
He seems like he is so cuddleable!
(is that a word?)
if u like buffy say. on February 23rd, 2006 at 10:57 am
he’s so cute enspecially in dead mans party when he’s just sitting there with dip lol
Culf on September 12th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
Jonathan is my Buffy crush. I can’t help it, he’s so real, and he plays with a lightsaber. What kind of girl would I have been, had I been able to resist that?
Fredless on January 19th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Danny was just in the season final of Nip/Tuck.
Bells on April 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
He’s too cute, I could just keep him in my pocket :)
HarFang on June 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I also like Jonathan very much. He’s a lot like Xander, but without even the jokes and the friends. How horrible is it to re-watch Earshot, and even Superstar to some extent, when you now what’s to come ?
Oh and about coming back even after his death, he commented on this once by saying “Only on Buffy can you get killed and do three more episodes.”