Hutch Dano (/ˈdn/ DAY-no; born May 21, 1992[1][better source needed]) is an American actor and painter. He is known for playing co-lead character Zeke Falcone in the Disney XD comedy series Zeke and Luther.

Hutch Dano
Born
Hutchings Royal Dano[citation needed]

(1992-05-21) May 21, 1992 (age 32)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • painter
  • plastic artist
Years active2009–present
Relatives

Early life

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Dano was born in Santa Monica, California.[citation needed] He comes from a family of actors, including his father Rick Dano and grandfather Royal Dano.[1] His great-grandmother Virginia Bruce was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s and his great-grandfather J. Walter Ruben was a writer and director.[2]

Career

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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.[citation needed]

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 (2010), playing Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby's friend Henry Huggins.[3] Dano also guest-starred on Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck (2008).

Dano guest starred on Law and Order: LA in 2010, for which he received a nomination in the 32nd Young Artist Awards in the Guest Starring Young Actor 18-21 category for a performance in a TV series.[4] 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.

Since 2014 he has focused as painter and plastic artist as his main career.[5][6] In 2017, he featured in the horror movie Behind the Walls.[7] In 2019, Dano starred in the film Hoax,[8] and in the film Disappearance, which he also co-wrote.[9][10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Ramona and Beezus Henry Huggins
2013 Feels So Good Evan
2014 Zombeavers Sam
2016 Sunflower Blake
2017 Behind the Walls Michael Harper
2019 Disappearance Blake also co-writer, producer
2019 Hoax Justin Johnson

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2009
2011
The Suite Life on Deck Moose Episodes: "Mulch Ado About Nothing", "Twister: Part 2"
2009–2012 Zeke and Luther Zeke Falcone Lead role
2010 Law & Order: LA Luke Jarrow Episode: "Playa Vista"
2010 Den Brother Alex Pearson Television film
2011 White Collar Scott Rivers Episode: "Scott Free"
2015 Double Daddy Lucas Television film
2016 Change of Heart Judd Television film
2016 The Encounter JD Episode: "The Heist"
2017 Training Day Butler Episode: "Wages of Sin"
2020 Shameless Dash Episode: "This is Chicago!"
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Breaking Fat Matt Lead role

References

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  1. ^ a b Eades, Mark (January 13, 2010). "Disney star Hutch Dano hears grandpa as Lincoln". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "Meet Hutch Dano". July 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Crush of the Week: Hutch Dano". Seventeen. July 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  5. ^ "Zombeavers (2014)". September 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "NSFW! 'Zombeavers' Come Alive in This Exclusive Look at the Newest Horror-Comedy | Entertainment Tonight". March 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Behind The Walls | Dual Visions - A Kondelik Brothers Company". Thekondelikbrothers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  8. ^ Millican, Josh (August 26, 2019). "Interview: Writer/Director and Star of HOAX Imagine Meeting an Actual Sasquatch". Dread Central.
  9. ^ Collison, Gary (June 19, 2019). "Thriller Disappearance gets a poster and trailer". Flickering Myth.
  10. ^ "Disappearance | Film Threat".
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