Paul Anthony Stewart (born February 23, 1967) is an American stage and television actor. While Stewart has numerous theater credits, he is best known for portraying Danny Santos in the daytime soap opera ''

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''.

Early life

Stewart was born Paul Anthony Tamaccio in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. He was raised in the nearby suburb of

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where he attended Radnor High School. Upon high school graduation Stewart attended prestigious Princeton University where he graduated with a degree in drama with an emphasis on dramatic literature.

Career

Stewart landed the role of Casey Bowman, a man with a troubled father, on the

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'' Loving''. He was cast after a nationwide talent search, and began appearing on the show in April 1992. While portraying Casey by day, Stewart landed the starring role of Christian in the 1993 production of '' Cyrano: The Musical'' on

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at the

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. In November 1998, Stewart began appearing as Danny Santos on ''

''. In 2003 Stewart earned a Daytime Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor for the role of Danny. He also appeared in the 2003 revival of ''

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'' at the

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, replacing

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as the progressive student Perchik. On November 22, 2005, Stewart left his ''Guiding Light'' role. He and costar

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, who played Danny's wife Michelle, made appearances in 2009 as the show concluded its run.

Additional theater work

Stewart's Broadway appearances include the role of Jerzy in the short-lived 2011 production of ''

The People in the Picture ''The People in the Picture'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. The musical is about a grandmother recalling her life in the Yiddish theater and the Holocaust. Production ''The Peopl ...

'' at

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. Off-Broadway, Stewart completed a limited run of ''Harbor'' at 59E59 Theater in September 2013. He also appeared in a new work by

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, ''The Landing'', along with

Julia Murney Julia Kathleen Murney (born January 14, 1969) is an American actress and singer, also known for television commercial voice-overs. Until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway. This wa ...

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, and Frankie Seratch. The show ran

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at the

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in 2013. Stewart has also appeared in '' Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'' as Don Kirshner.

Personal life

Stewart has been married to Michael Cook, a stylist and fashion editor, since August 2017.

References

External links

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Paul Anthony Stewart profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Paul Anthony American male soap opera actors Living people 1970 births Male actors from Philadelphia Place of birth missing (living people) People from Radnor Township, Pennsylvania