DAN LAURIA

is known to millions as the gruff Dad on the Emmy Award-winning ABC series "The Wonder Years," and he has played more than seventy roles on television, including "CSI," "The Ghost Whisperer," "ER," "The Bronx Is Burning," "From Earth to the Moon" (miniseries) and "Law and Order: SVU." In addition to his recent starring role in The Spirit, Dan’s score of film credits includes the blockbuster Independence Day, both Stakeout films (starring Richard Dreyfuss), Big Momma’s House 2 with Martin Lawrence and the cult hit Alien Trespass. Dan is a familiar face on the theater scene, having performed, written or directed over 50 professional productions. His New York area appearances include Ears on a Beatle, The Winning Streak, Inspecting Carol and most recently the title role in A Stone Carver. Regionally he has appeared with Jack Klugman in Arthur Miller’s The Price and with Charles Durning in Men In Suits, as well as Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies and The Value Of Names by Jeffrey Sweet. Dan continues to appear—most often with friend Wendie Malick—in benefit performances of The Guys, writer Anne Nelson’s tribute to the brave firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. For 10 years Dan served as the Artistic Director of The Playwright’s Kitchen Ensemble (PKE) of Los Angeles. PKE produced over 450 public readings of new plays with the finest actors in the business, in order to promote the development of the new American playwright. He can currently be seen on Broadway in Lombardi.