- Daniel Kucan
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Daniel Charles Kucan (born October 16, 1970) is a carpenter, artist, interior designer, actor, and television personality (previously with co-hosts Michael Moloney and Tanya McQueen) on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
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Early Life
Kucan was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then attended New York University.
Career
Design
After graduating, Kucan moved back to California and became the lead designer for Hollywood's Mortise and Tenon and founded the Raw City Home Lounge design team.
From 2005-2006, Daniel was the resident carpenter on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,[1] and was known for building in recycled and renewable materials, often resulting in unique compositions of off-beat character.
Subsequently he hosted the Home & Garden Television series "Desperate Spaces" along with Lise Simms.[2]
Voice Acting
Daniel appears alongside his brother, Joseph D. Kucan, in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, as GDI officer Jake McNeil.
Daniel has appeared in some form in every installment of the Command & Conquer series. In Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath, Daniel appears in a video clip as a GDI soldier who briefly taunts the player. He also appears in a cutscene of Emperor: Battle for Dune, portraying a Fremen soldier. [3]
Personal Life
He is currently living with his girlfriend and his two dogs in Los Angeles, California, and is an expert in at least two different Chinese martial arts, and occasionally fights competitively. [4]
Daniel Kucan is the brother of video game developer Joseph D. Kucan.
Kucan appeared on Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura on truTV, where he was enlisted by Ventura as "the resident skeptic."[5]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473613/
- ^ "“Desperate Spaces” (1 p.m., HGTV): Planning to perk up your place in ’08?". Youngstown Vindicator. 1 January 2008. http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/jan/01/8220desperate-spaces8221-1-pm-hgtv/. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473613/
- ^ http://www.wchstv.com/abc/extrememakeoverhomeedition/danielkucan.shtml
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473613/
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