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Authors: Daniel Robert Sullivan

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DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN

Daniel Robert Sullivan

Daniel Robert Sullivan has been a “small-time” professional actor his entire adult life. He received a Master’s Degree in Acting and Directing from the University of Missouri/Kansas City, and three Bachelor’s degrees (Comparative Literature, Secondary Education, and Acting) from the University of Rhode Island.

He appeared as Tommy DeVito in the Toronto production of
Jersey Boys
a total of 479 times, then in a promotional tour of the show that brought him to Berlin, Morocco, Paris, the Bahamas, and other places he never dreamed he would be paid to see. Earlier appearances include tours of
Jesus Christ Superstar
and
Pirates of Penzance
, and years darting around regional theatres across America. Two favorite screen appearances: winning a pile of CBS money on
Hollywood Squares
, and singing ‘Amazing Grace’ in Spielberg’s
Amistad
.

The
New York Times
referred to Daniel as having “the seductive magnetism of a snake-oil salesman” and his wife agrees. The two live in Manhattan with their kids. Together, they piece together an artistic and sporadically stable life.

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