Daniel McDonald

Actor

Popular As Daniel McDonald (actor)

Birthday July 30, 1960

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

DEATH DATE 2007-2-15, New York City, U.S. (46 years old)

Nationality United States

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1960

Daniel McDonald (July 30, 1960 – February 15, 2007) was an American actor who guest-starred in many TV shows such as CSI: Miami, Law & Order, Murder, She Wrote and Sex and the City.

He was also involved in Broadway, performing in Mamma Mia!

McDonald was born the youngest of seven children in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and raised in Romulus, New York.

He graduated from Ithaca College.

McDonald's older brother, Christopher McDonald, is also an actor who is seen in many films and television shows.

He met Mujah Maraini-Melehi during the rehearsals for Steel Pier.

1997

McDonald received a 1997 Tony Award nomination for his lead role in Steel Pier, which co-starred Karen Ziemba and Gregory Harrison.

1999

The couple were married in 1999 and had two children.

He was a life member of the Actors Studio.

He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, with Paul Curtis of the American Mime Theatre, and with Sanford Meisner on the island of Bequia in the British West Indies where he met long-time friend and photographer Michael Sanville.

2002

In 2002, Daniel McDonald replaced Alan Campbell as lead in the national tour of Contact.

2007

The Gift: Life Unwrapped, McDonald's last film, was released posthumously in May 2007.

He recorded an album True Love.

McDonald died on February 15, 2007, at his home in New York, aged 46.

The cause was brain cancer, said Jason Brantley, a spokesman for Mr. McDonald's family.

Funeral services were held February 24, 2007, at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City.