HOCH, Danny 1970–

PERSONAL

Born November 23, 1970, in New York, NY (some sources say Brooklyn–Queens, NY). Education: Graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, New York City; studied theatre at the British–American Drama Academy, London, 1990; performance studies at New York University, 1991–93; trained for the stage at the North Carolina School of the Arts, 1988–89. Religion: Jewish.

Addresses: Agent— William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Career: Actor, writer, and director. New York University, New York City, performed with the Creative Arts Team for adolescents in alternative high schools and correctional institutions; Active Element Foundation, founding board member.

Awards, Honors: Obie Award, Village Voice, and Fringe First Award, Edinburgh Festival, both 1994, for Some People; CableACE Award nomination, 1996, for Danny Hoch: Some People; Sundance Writers fellow, 1996; CalArts/Alpert Award in theatre, 1998; Bay Area Drama Critics Circle Award, New York Press–Best of Manhattan Award, 1998, both for Jails, Hospitals & Hip–Hop; Tennessee Williams fellow, 1999; Urban-world Film Festival Honorable Mention (with Mark Benjamin), best feature, 2000, for Jails, Hospitals & Hip–Hop; Wesleyan Millett Writing Fellowship, 2000; New School's Vera List Center for Art & Politics fellowship, 2000–01; solo theatre fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Pot Melting (solo show), Under One Roof Theatre Company, One Dream Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Various characters, including Tono, Kazmierczack, Floe, Doris, Cesar, Caribbean Tiger, Bill, and Madman, Some People (solo show), Theatre at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1993, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1994, later Stage II, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1994–1995.

Evolution of a Homeboy: Jails, Hospitals, and Hip–Hop (solo show), Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1997, then Public Theatre, 1998.

Sonny, The Flattered Fifth, New Group, 1997.

Major Tours:

Toured in the solo show Some People, U.S., Austrian, Cuban, and Scottish cities.

Stage Work:

Director and creator, Flow, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Def Poetry Jam (also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ), HBO, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Father, 3 A.M., Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Various characters, including Tono, Kazmierczack, Floe, Doris, Cesar, Caribbean Tiger, and Bill, Danny Hoch: Some People (solo show), HBO, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Edward, "Honey–Getter," Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, HBO, 1997.

Kracker, "Soulless," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: S.V.U. ), NBC, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

Directed Def Poetry Jam (also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ), HBO.

Film Appearances:

First robber, His and Hers, Alliance Independent Films, 1997.

Private Carni, The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Flip, Whiteboys (also known as Whiteboyz ), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1999.

Timmi Hilnigger, Bamboozled, 2000.

Danny, Bronks, Flip, Sam, Gabriel, Victor, Peter, Andy, Emcee Enuff, Jails, Hospitals & Hip–Hop, 2000.

Prison Song, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Dominick Pilla, Black Hawk Down, Columbia, 2001.

Mickey, Washington Heights, Mac Releasing LLC, 2002.

Marty, American Splendor, Fine Line, 2003.

Film Director:

Jails, Hospitals & Hip–Hop, 2000.

WRITINGS

Solo Shows for the Stage:

Pot Melting, produced by Under One Roof Theatre Company, One Dream Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Some People, produced at Theatre at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1993, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1994, later Stage II, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1994–1995, also toured U.S., Austrian, Cuban, and Scottish cities.

Evolution of a Homeboy: Jails, Hospitals, and Hip– Hop, produced at Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1997, then Public Theatre, 1998.

Stage Plays:

Clinic Con Class for the Pieces of the Quilt AIDS Theatre Project, produced at Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA, 1996.

Against the Wall, produced at Mumia 911/Public Theater, New York City, 1999.

Also wrote Children of War.

Television Episodes:

"Honey–Getter," Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, HBO, 1997.

Screenplays:

Whiteboys (also known as Whiteboyz ), 1999.

Jails, Hospitals & Hip–Hop, 2000.

Other Writings:

Contributor to periodicals, including Harper's Bazaar, New Theatre Review, and Out of Character.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

American Theatre, July/August, 1998, p. 30.

Back Stage, November 11, 1994, p. 31.

Variety, November 3, 1997, p. 110.