- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Dan Burkarth (SAG, AFTRA, AEA) has been an active player in New York film, television, and radio since the 1980s. His credits include "30 Rock" with Tina Fey, "Downeast" directed by Brad Coley, and "Cold Storage" with Richmond Shepard. Dan is also an accomplished stage actor who has recently appeared in Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" in Dallas, "Oswald: The Explosive Interrogation" in Los Angles, and "The Tragedy of Tupac Shakur" in New York, and in New York City productions of "Hamlet" and "Pericles." A certified teacher, Dan also excels as a private acting instructor.
Dan hails from Dallas, but has called New York his home since he moved there in the early 1980s. He got his B.A. from Hunter College and later returned to academia to earn an M.A. in Drama from the University of Arkansas and a Professional Teaching Certificate from LeTourneau University. Dan now splits his time between shooting films in NYC and performing professional theatre across the United States.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dan Burkarth
- During the 1980s, he worked for the now legendary video store Time Shift Video, whose illustrious clientele included Madonna, Keith Haring, and novelist Richard Price. Among Dan's co-workers were the actress Lisa Edelstein (House, M.D.) and director Kevin Bray (All About The Benjamins, Walking Tall). A then unknown actress named Jennifer Anniston also used to frequent Time Shift.
- True to his Texas roots, he has appeared in Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket, Friday Night Lights with Billy Bob Thornton, and the Chuck Norris vehicle Walker, Texas Ranger.
- In the late 1980s, he produced and hosted the highly successful downtown New York talk/variety show One + One for New York Cable.
- Dan L Burkarth is an active, working member of the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and Actor's Equity Association. He volunteer instructs, teaches and coaches for all three of these unions.
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