Hutch Dano
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| Born | Hutchings Royal Dano[citation needed] May 21, 1992 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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Hutch Dano (/ˈdeɪnoʊ/ DAY-no; born May 21, 1992[1][better source needed]) is an American actor and painter. He is known for playing co-lead character Zeke Falcone in the Disney XD comedy series Zeke and Luther.
Early life
[edit]Dano was born in Santa Monica, California.[citation needed] He comes from a family of actors, including his father Rick Dano and grandfather Royal Dano.[1] His great-grandmother Virginia Bruce was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s and his great-grandfather J. Walter Ruben was a writer and director.[2]
Career
[edit]Dano was cast in his first commercial at the age of five, when his mother and father, also actors, took him along to their commercial audition. Dano began doing summer theater for four years before being discovered by casting director Orly Sitowitz at the age of 15. He started taking acting classes with Gary Marks and also with Jorge Luis Pallo at the Scott Sedita Studios.[citation needed]
Dano was booked for the lead role of Zeke in the pilot episode of Zeke and Luther (2009) for Disney's XD Channel. After wrapping his first season, Hutch booked the role of Henry, starring opposite Selena Gomez in the 20th Century Fox feature Ramona and Beezus (2010), playing Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby's friend Henry Huggins.[3] Dano also guest-starred on Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck (2008).
Dano guest starred on Law and Order: LA in 2010, for which he received a nomination in the 32nd Young Artist Awards in the Guest Starring Young Actor 18-21 category for a performance in a TV series.[4] He also appeared in an episode of White Collar in 2011. In 2014, Dano played the role of Sam, the cheating boyfriend who gets his just reward in the horror comedy Zombeavers.
Since 2014 he has focused as painter and plastic artist as his main career.[5][6] In 2017, he featured in the horror movie Behind the Walls.[7] In 2019, Dano starred in the film Hoax,[8] and in the film Disappearance, which he also co-wrote.[9][10]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Ramona and Beezus | Henry Huggins | |
| 2013 | Feels So Good | Evan | |
| 2014 | Zombeavers | Sam | |
| 2016 | Sunflower | Blake | |
| 2017 | Behind the Walls | Michael Harper | |
| 2019 | Disappearance | Blake | also co-writer, producer |
| 2019 | Hoax | Justin Johnson |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 2011 |
The Suite Life on Deck | Moose | Episodes: "Mulch Ado About Nothing", "Twister: Part 2" |
| 2009–2012 | Zeke and Luther | Zeke Falcone | Lead role |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Luke Jarrow | Episode: "Playa Vista" |
| 2010 | Den Brother | Alex Pearson | Television film |
| 2011 | White Collar | Scott Rivers | Episode: "Scott Free" |
| 2015 | Double Daddy | Lucas | Television film |
| 2016 | Change of Heart | Judd | Television film |
| 2016 | The Encounter | JD | Episode: "The Heist" |
| 2017 | Training Day | Butler | Episode: "Wages of Sin" |
| 2020 | Shameless | Dash | Episode: "This is Chicago!" |
Web
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | Breaking Fat | Matt | Lead role |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eades, Mark (January 13, 2010). "Disney star Hutch Dano hears grandpa as Lincoln". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "Meet Hutch Dano". July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Crush of the Week: Hutch Dano". Seventeen. July 21, 2010.
- ^ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ "Zombeavers (2014)". September 7, 2014.
- ^ "NSFW! 'Zombeavers' Come Alive in This Exclusive Look at the Newest Horror-Comedy | Entertainment Tonight". March 19, 2015.
- ^ "Behind The Walls | Dual Visions - A Kondelik Brothers Company". Thekondelikbrothers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ Millican, Josh (August 26, 2019). "Interview: Writer/Director and Star of HOAX Imagine Meeting an Actual Sasquatch". Dread Central.
- ^ Collison, Gary (June 19, 2019). "Thriller Disappearance gets a poster and trailer". Flickering Myth.
- ^ "Disappearance | Film Threat".
External links
[edit]- Hutch Dano at IMDb