Dan Shor

Dan Shor
Dan Shor

Dan Shor in 2004
Born Daniel Shor
November 16, 1956 (1956-11-16) (age 55)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor, director, writer
Years active 1978–present
Website
www.shodavision.com

Daniel Shor (born November 16, 1956) is an American veteran actor, director, writer and teacher with a career spanning over 30 years.

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Early life

Shor was born and raised in New York City. Attended McBurney school from 6th thru 8th grade. Was graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School in June 1974, and attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois[citation needed], before returning to New York where he landed the lead role of Alan Strang in the first national company of Equus.

Acting career

Shor's studies continued at the Davis Center for Performing Arts at the City College of New York and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England before being cast in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court for PBS, and then the title role in the ABC mini-series Studs Lonigan which brought him to Los Angeles.

Shor's acting credits include Air Force One, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tron , Red Rock West, and John Huston's Wise Blood. Television films and mini-series include Friendly Fire, Elvis and the Colonel and The Blue and the Gray (for which Shor won a People's Choice Award). He was a series regular on Cagney and Lacey and several other television series as well as numerous guest star appearances including a Ferengi doctor on Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role he would reprise seven years later on Star Trek: Voyager. In 1983, Shor starred in the band Kansas' music video "Fight Fire with Fire" and made appearances in their "Everybody's My Friend" video. Stage appearances in Los Angeles and San Diego have garnered Shor eight Drama-Logue and LA Weekly performance awards.

Shor recently returned to the States after having lived and worked in the the Northern Mariana Islands of the Western Pacific since 2003. In addition to running his production company, "ShodaVision," he remains active in New York theater and was recently involved (as an actor) with the experimental conversational play "Outpost".[1]

Writing/Directing Career

In 1995, Shor directed for the LA Diversified Theater Company, a multi-cultural theater alliance. He directed the Ovation Award winning production of He Who Gets Slapped starring Bud Cort at the Hudson Theater, as well as productions at the LA Theater Center, Company of Angels, Court, Zephyr, Two Roads and LA Jewish theaters. His productions have been honored with more than thirty Dramalogue, Ovation and LA Weekly awards.

Shor's credits include two screenplays co-written with Czech film director, Jiri Weiss. Shor has worked in videos and shows including "Life On Film: Rock", "Ecomaniacs", "State of Liberty", "Fish Out of Water" and over 30 short videos for the Saipan and Guam Visitors Channels. His recent work includes Bigfoot Entertainment and Fashion TV's reality show Screen Test. He also taught acting at the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu, Philippines.

He currently lives in New York City and runs "ShodaVision Video and Media," a production company that produces videos for clients around the world.[2]

Filmography

Directing

Television

Directing

  • Journeys (2003)
  • State of Liberty (2007)

Acting

References

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