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Being a nominee for Primetime Emmy Awards, Daniel Joseph Levy is a Famous Canadian actor, producer, writer, and television star. Daniel Joseph Levy is renowned for his emergence in Cyberstalker, Admission, Stage Fright, and Modern Family. The famous personality came to light after his performance as a producer, actor, and writer in Schitt’s Creek.
Early Life and Childhood
Daniel Levy Was born on 9th August 1983 and his birthplace is Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Currently, he is 40 years old. Similarly, his zodiac sign is Leo. His birth name is Daniel Joseph Levy. He Was born to Deborah Divine, his mother, and Eugene Levy, his father.
By profession, Dan’s father is also an actor, producer, Comedian, Director, and Writer whereas his mother is a screenwriter. Likewise, he also has a sister named Sarah Levy who is also an actress by profession. His whole family has worked in Schitt’s Creek.
Caption: Daniel Joseph Levy with his Father during his childhood (Instagram)
Talking about his nationality and ethnicity, he belongs to a family of mixed rituals where his mother was Protestant and his father was Jewish. Also, he belongs to the Judaism religion. Similarly, he has finished high school at North Toronto Collegiate Institute whereas he has graduated in film production from York University and Ryerson University.
Daniel Joseph Levy – Career and Professional Life
Daniel Levy initiated his career as one of the native seven co-hosts on the now-defunct MTC Canada flagship series MTV Live. The highlighting moment came into his life after hosting “The After Show” along with Jessi Cruickshank and its different avatars, comprising The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live After Show.
Moreover, he has produced, written, and featured in his own Christmas Special for MTV his Holi-Do’s & Don’ts, and co-organized the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet, the X-Factor pre-show, and country-wise reporting of the Vancouver Olympic Games for CTV. Later he left MTV Canada after 5years of experience in 2011. he, as an actor, has emerged in a four-episode story curve of the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Later, he worked in films such as Cyberstalker and Stage Fright. Similarly, he also shared the curtain with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey in the movie Admission in 2013.
Caption: Daniel Joseph Levy directing in a shoot (Instagram)
Likewise, Levy established Not a Real Company Productions along with his father and principals Andrew Barnsley and Fred Levy. The team built its first project as a television pilot with CBC, which evolved in Schitt’s Creek. In the series, he starred along with his father, sister, Catherine O’Hara, Annie Murphy, and Chris Elliott. It was the company’s debut television series. Similarly, Levy declared that the series was renewed for a sixth and last season in March 2019.
At last, he has been a temporary member of many shows by hosting these shows. He has organized shows like Ellen Degeneres show, visitor-hosted The Great Canadian Baking Show with Julia Taylor Ross, and others too.
Awards and Nominations
In his wonderful career as a host and co-organizer in many shows, he has shown his true potential and talent which results in earning many awards and achievements. The versatile personality won the Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Comedy Series.
Similarly, he won the Members’ Choice Series Ensemble in ACTRA Awards consecutively in 2017 and 2018. Levy has received numerous awards and nominations in the year 2019 as well. He has won the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Comedy Series for Schitt’s Creek as well as won ACTRA Awards for Members’ Choice Series Ensemble and MTV Movie & TV Awards for the same series.
Moreover, he has also been nominated for Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series, Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role at Canadian Screen Awards. Also, he has been nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Talking about awards and achievements Levy in 2020, won Canadian Screen Awards in the category of Best Comedy Series and GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for Schitt’s Creek.
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Similarly, Daniel Joseph Levy won the Canadian Screen Awards for Radius Award and Human Rights Campaign Awards in the category HRC Visibility Award. Likewise, the Canadian Screen Awards nominated him for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role Best Performance, Best Direction in a Comedy Series, “Life is a Cabaret”, Best Writing in a Comedy Series or Program, “Housewarming”, and Best Writing in a Comedy Series or Program, “Meet the Parents”.
Daniel Joseph Levy – Net worth 2024
Daniel Joseph Levy’s primary source of income is from his acting career as well as from his production house. His salary is still not sure but according to some sources of information, Levy’s net worth is $ 14 million.
Daniel Joseph Levy – Personal Life and Relationships
Well talking about his personal life, Daniel Joseph Levy is currently unmarried. Talking about his sexual orientation, in an interview with Andy Cohen in 2020, Levy confronted that he is gay and had been out by the age of 18. Likewise, there is no information related to his past relationships.
Scandals
Daniel Joseph Levy has been part of rumors once in his career till now. There was a rumor he married an American model and actress, Rachel Specter which is not true. As he is gay by sexuality.
Body Measurement
Daniel Joseph Levy has an athletic body structure and stands tall with a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80m). Similarly, Daniel has a balanced body weight of 71kg (156.5 lbs). Moreover, He has got dark brown hair color as well as dark brown eye color.
Caption: Daniel Joseph Levy’s body appearance (Instagram)
Social Media
Daniel Joseph Levy is active and one of the lovable personalities on social media. There are 1.3M followers of his on his official Twitter account. He has also got his official Instagram account under the name Dan Levy. He has nearly 771K followers there. Also, he has got 1.9M followers on his Facebook page.