Occupation: Actor.
Birthday: Oct. 5, 1960.
Birthplace: Amityville, N.Y.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Married to actress Elizabeth Baldwin for 4 years.
People confuse me with: My brother Alec.
Children: Kahlea, 9, and another one to come any moment now.
Car: A black 1993 Alfa Romeo convertible.
Working on: “Homicide,” on NBC-TV, and the movies “Car 54: Where Are You?” and “Dead on Sight.”
The last good movie I saw was: “Schindler’s List.”
The books I’ve been reading are: “How To Be a Stand-Up Comic,” by Richard Belzer, and “Sanity Matinee,” by Michael Zagst.
Nickname: Dano.
Favorite performers: The Rolling Stones and the Who.
Nobody knows I’m: A closet golf fanatic.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Most athletic events.
I’d give anything to meet: Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy and Jesus Christ.
A really great evening to me is: I’m laughing.
My fantasy is: I’m in bed with four big English mastiffs, my wife and five kids.
My most irrational act: Leaving school when my father was sick with cancer in 1983, though there was nothing I could do about it.
If I weren’t an actor, I’d be: Living a normal life.
If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s: Only those who are hearing-impaired cannot hear, but very few people know how to listen.
The one thing everybody’s tried but me is: I’ve tried everything from sky-diving to mind-altering experiments. I’ve done it all except that I’ve never strayed over the heterosexual line.
When people first meet me, they think: “Boy, he’s big.”
Three words that best describe me: Funny, warm, giving.
