Hutch Dano ( ; born May 21, 1992
) is an American actor. He is known for playing co-lead character Zeke Falcone in the
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
comedy series ''
Zeke and Luther
Zeke is a masculine given name and nickname, sometimes a shortened form (hypocorism) of Ezekiel, which may refer to:
People
*Caleb Bailey (nickname "Zeke", 1898-1957), US Marine Corps brigadier general and athlete
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''.
Early life
Dano was born in Santa Monica, California. He comes from a family of actors, including his father Rick Dano and grandfather
Royal Dano
Royal Edward Dano Sr. (November 16, 1922 - May 15, 1994) was an American actor. In a career spanning 46 years, he was perhaps best known for playing cowboys, villains, and Abraham Lincoln. Dano also provided the voice of the Audio-Animatronic Li ...
.
His great-grandmother
Virginia Bruce
Virginia Bruce (born Helen Virginia Briggs; September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer.
Early life
Bruce was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an infant she moved with her parents, Earil and Margaret Briggs, ...
was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s and his great-grandfather
J. Walter Ruben
Jacob Walter Ruben (August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson i ...
was a writer and director.
Career
Dano was cast in his first commercial at the age of five, when his mother and father, also actors, took him along to their commercial audition. Dano began doing summer theater for four years before being discovered by casting director Orly Sitowitz at the age of 15. He started taking acting classes with Gary Marks and also with Jorge Luis Pallo at the Scott Sedita Studios.
Dano was booked for the lead role of Zeke in the pilot episode of ''Zeke and Luther'' (2009) for Disney's XD Channel. After wrapping his first season, Hutch booked the role of Henry, starring opposite Selena Gomez in the 20th Century Fox feature ''
Ramona and Beezus
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'' (2010), playing Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby's friend Henry Huggins. Dano also guest-starred on Disney Channel's ''
The Suite Life on Deck
''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/Spin-off (media), spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The ser ...
'' (2008).
Dano guest starred on ''
Law and Order: LA'' in 2010, for which he received a nomination in the
32nd Young Artist Awards
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in the Guest Starring Young Actor 18-21 category for a performance in a TV series. He also appeared in an episode of ''
White Collar'' in 2011. In 2014, Dano played the role of Sam, the cheating boyfriend who gets his just reward in the horror comedy ''
Zombeavers''. In 2017, he featured in the horror movie ''Behind the Walls''. In 2019, Dano starred in the film ''
Hoax
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'', and in the film ''
Disappearance'', which he also co-wrote.
Filmography
References
External links
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1992 births
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male television actors
Living people