Danny Strong is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer, director, actor, and producer. He is the creator, showrunner, writer and director of the award-winning Hulu series Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton and Rosario Dawson. He was also the co-creator, executive producer, writer, and director for the hit FOX series Empire. He wrote the screenplays for the films Recount, Game Change, The Butler, Rebel in the Rye (which he also directed), and co-wrote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2. For theater he wrote a new book to the iconic musical Chess which was performed at the Kennedy Center and the book to the new musical Galileo that premiered at Berkley Rep in May 2024. As an actor, he’s appeared in major roles in several iconic TV shows and films including Billions, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mad Men, Girls, Justified, Gilmore Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On stage, he’s appeared in over 50 plays and musicals in regional theaters and in Los Angeles. He’s won many awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, two WGA awards, two Peabody awards, a PGA award, a Golden Globe, the Pen USA Literary Award, the Scripter Award, a DGA nomination and the NAACP Image Award. He is a graduate of the USC School of Dramatic Arts.