Dan Shor
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Daniel Shor is an American veteran actor, director, writer and teacher with a career spanning over 30 years.
. 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, before returning to New York
where he landed the lead role of Alan Strang in the first national company of Equus
.
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".
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.
Early life
Shor was born and raised in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Attended McBurney school from 6th thru 8th grade. Was graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School in June 1974, and attended Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in Evanston, Illinois, before returning to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where he landed the lead role of Alan Strang in the first national company of Equus
Equus (play)
Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses....
.
Acting career
Shor's studies continued at the Davis Center for Performing Arts at the City College of New YorkCity College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
before being cast in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
for PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, and then the title role in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
mini-series Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan is the title of a novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the Studs Lonigan trilogy at 29th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.The...
which brought him to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Shor's acting credits include Air Force One
Air Force One (film)
Air Force One is a 1997 American action-thriller film written by Andrew W. Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close, and also features Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell and Paul Guilfoyle...
, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tron
Tron
-Film:*Tron , a franchise that began in 1982 with the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron** Tron , a 1982 science fiction film by Disney, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Dan Shor and David Warner...
, Red Rock West
Red Rock West
Red Rock West is a neo-noir film directed by John Dahl. The film, written by Dahl and his brother Rick, was shot in Montana and Willcox, Arizona. The film was well received at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival, but deemed a cable and direct-to-video product by Columbia Tri-Star, which owned...
, and John Huston's Wise Blood
Wise Blood (film)
Wise Blood is an American-German 1979 drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. It was filmed mostly in and around Macon, Georgia, near O'Connor's home "Andalusia" in Baldwin County, using many local residents as extras...
. Television films and mini-series include Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire (1979 film)
Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special....
, 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
Ferengi
The Ferengi are a fictitious extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. They first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, during which they made first contact with the United Federation of Planets in 2364 on the planet Delphi Ardu,...
doctor on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
, a role he would reprise seven years later on Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
. In 1983, Shor starred in the band Kansas'
Kansas (band)
Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on Album-Oriented Rock charts, and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"...
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
Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was a theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony...
and LA Weekly
LA Weekly Theater Award
LA Weekly Theater Award is an annual critics' award established in 1979, given by the LA Weekly for outstanding achievements in small theatre productions in Southern California...
performance awards.
Shor recently returned to the States after having lived and worked in the the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
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".
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 SlappedHe Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert. It was directed by Victor Sjöström. The film is based on the Russian play Тот, кто получает пощёчины by playwright Leonid Andreyev, which was published in 1914 and in English, as He Who Gets Slapped, in 1922...
starring Bud Cort
Bud Cort
Bud Cort is an American film and stage actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's 1971 film Harold and Maude and the titular hero in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud...
at the Hudson Theater, as well as productions at the LA Theater Center, Company of Angels
Company of Angels
Founded in 1959, Company of Angels, now known simply as CoA provides a space for actors and other theater artists to work at their craft free of commercial constraints. The original company, incorporated by entertainment attorney Bertram Fields, included actors Richard Chamberlain, Leonard Nimoy,...
, Court
Court
A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law...
, 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
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
and Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
Visitors Channels. His recent work includes Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent company of Bigfoot Films, Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, Bigfoot Partners, the International Academy of Film and Television, and New Cebu Films...
and Fashion TV
Fashion TV
Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel. It was founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born president Michel Adam Lisowski, Fashion TV is the only 24/7 international TV network exclusively dedicated to fashion, beauty, glamour and style and has become...
'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.
Filmography
- Wise BloodWise Blood (film)Wise Blood is an American-German 1979 drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. It was filmed mostly in and around Macon, Georgia, near O'Connor's home "Andalusia" in Baldwin County, using many local residents as extras...
(1979) - Friendly FireFriendly Fire (1979 film)Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special....
(1979) - If Things Were Different (1980)
- Strange BehaviorStrange BehaviorStrange Behavior is a 1981 mystery horror film directed by Michael Laughlin, written by Bill Condon, and starring Michael Murphy. It is a homage to the pulp horror films of the 1950s...
(1981) - Back Roads (1981)
- TronTron-Film:*Tron , a franchise that began in 1982 with the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron** Tron , a 1982 science fiction film by Disney, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Dan Shor and David Warner...
(1982) - This Girl for Hire (1983)
- Strangers KissStrangers KissStrangers Kiss is a 1983 drama directed by Matthew Chapman and starring Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, Dan Shor and Blaine Novak. The film about which this film portrays the making, is Killer's Kiss.-Plot:...
(1983) - Strange InvadersStrange InvadersStrange Invaders is a spoof science-fiction film made in 1983, as a tribute to the 1950s films, but most notably The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid...
(1983) - Mike's MurderMike's Murder (film)Mike's Murder is a 1984 film, written and directed by James Bridges, and stars Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun and Paul Winfield.-Synopsis:In Los Angeles, bank teller Betty Parrish has a one-night stand with a young tennis instructor named Mike, but then has only random contact with him over the course...
(1984) - My Mother's Secret Life (1984)
- Talk to MeTalk to Me (1984 film)Talk to Me is a 1984 drama directed by Julius Potocsny and starring Austin Pendleton, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor and Barbara Eda-Young. The film was produced by Hollins Communications Institution to benefit the American Institute for Stuttering, of which Pendleton was a graduate. He currently serves...
(1984) - Black Moon RisingBlack Moon RisingBlack Moon Rising is an action motion picture made in 1986 directed by Harley Cokeliss, written by John Carpenter and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton and Robert Vaughn...
(1986) - Mesmerized (1986)
- Daddy's Boys (1988)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureBill & Ted's Excellent AdventureBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction–comedy buddy film and the first film in the Bill & Ted franchise in which two metalhead slackers travel through time to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation.The film was written by...
(1989) - Solar CrisisSolar Crisis (film)Solar Crisis is a 1990 science fiction film from Japan America Picture Company. The screenplay was written by Joe Gannon and Tedi Sarafian , based on the novel Kuraishisu niju-goju nen by Takeshi Kawata, and directed by Richard C. Sarafian credited as Alan Smithee...
(1990) - Red Rock WestRed Rock WestRed Rock West is a neo-noir film directed by John Dahl. The film, written by Dahl and his brother Rick, was shot in Montana and Willcox, Arizona. The film was well received at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival, but deemed a cable and direct-to-video product by Columbia Tri-Star, which owned...
(1992) - Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1993)
- DoppelgangerDoppelganger (1993 film)Doppelganger is a 1993 film starring Drew Barrymore. The story follows Holly Gooding , who moves from New York City to Los Angeles after being implicated in a murder. She is followed by what is apparently her evil twin. While in LA, she finds a room for rent by a writer and the two begin a love...
(1993) - Air Force OneAir Force One (film)Air Force One is a 1997 American action-thriller film written by Andrew W. Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close, and also features Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell and Paul Guilfoyle...
(1997) - Night TrainNight Train (1999 film)Night Train is a 1999 film directed by Les Bernstien and starring John Voldstad, Barry Cutler, Nikoletta Skarlatos, Pedro Aldana, Donna Pieroni and Dan Shor. Night Train was filmed almost entirely in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico....
(1999) - Passing Strangers (2009)
- Tron: Legacy (2011) (as Roy "Ram" Kleinberg in the extra "Tron: The Next Day", hinting to his possible appearance in another Tron film)
Acting
- Once Upon a ClassicOnce Upon a ClassicOnce Upon a Classic was an American television program hosted by Bill Bixby, at the time of The Incredible Hulk fame. The program aired on PBS from 1976 to 1980 as a production of WQED in Pittsburgh....
episode, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1978) - Studs LoniganStuds LoniganStuds Lonigan is the title of a novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the Studs Lonigan trilogy at 29th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.The...
(1979) - A Rumor of WarA Rumor of War (miniseries)A Rumor of War is a 1980 television miniseries, based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War...
(1980) - The Boy Who Drank Too MuchThe Boy Who Drank Too MuchThe Boy Who Drank Too Much is a 1980 American television film based on a novel by Shep Greene. The film was initially distributed by CBS, starring Scott Baio as a high school hockey player struggling with alcoholism. While its approach is that of a typical after school special, it was in fact a...
(1980) - Cagney & LaceyCagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
(1982) - The Blue and the Gray (1982)
- My Letter to GeorgeMy Letter to GeorgeMy Letter to George is a 1986 drama film directed by Michael Laughlin and starring Jodie Foster, John Lithgow and Michael Murphy. An orphaned New Zealand girl marries a much older businessmen, but strains soon begin to develop between them and she runs away. It was a co-production between...
(1986) - Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
(1988) - Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
(1989) - thirtysomething (1989)
- Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast (TV series)Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a...
(1989) - Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)
- Star Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
(1996) - Judging AmyJudging AmyJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
(2000) - The X Files (2002)
External links
- Dan Shor's page on Rotten Tomatoes
- Dan Shor article at Tron Wiki, a wiki devoted to the film TronTron-Film:*Tron , a franchise that began in 1982 with the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron** Tron , a 1982 science fiction film by Disney, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Dan Shor and David Warner...
- June 2003 Tron-Sector Q&A with Dan Shor (RAM)
- ShodaVision Official Site
- Article concerning Shor's production company in Saipan http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=54182
- "Principal photography wraps up on State" http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=63231&cat=4
- Times Square Article: "Dan Shor is Cool as Hell"