Danny Pintauro is best known for his impressive eight-year run as the precocious Jonathan Bower on the popular ABC sitcom, “Who’s The Boss?” starring Judith Light, Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano.
Pintauro began his professional career at the age of 2 as a model and commercial actor, by the time he was 3 he had a five-year contract role on CBS’s daytime drama, “As the World Turns.”
This was followed by his acclaimed film debut playing Tad in Stephen King’s legendary Cujo.
Other film and television credits include “The Benniker Gang” with Andrew McCarthy, CBS’s “Timestalkers,” with William Devane and a two-part season opener on “Highway To Heaven” with Michael Landon.
A graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Drama, Pintauro’s theatrical credits include Paula Vogel’s “Hot n’ Throbbing,” Lord Alfred Douglas in “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde,” Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Tim in “A Queer Carol,” Allen Ginsberg in the acclaimed “beat” in the New York International Fringe Festival and the lead role of Tony Whitcomb in the longest running play in U.S. history, “Shear Madness.” Pintauro made his professional New York debut at The Duplex in the one man show” The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name).”
In 1997, Pintauro became one of the first celebrities to publicly identify as gay and in 2015 he spoke openly with Oprah Winfrey about being HIV positive. Since then, he has endeavored to become an outspoken supporter of LGBTQ+ and HIV issues facing our country, most recently working with Family Equality as a Co-Chair of their LA Impact Awards.
Pintauro is making a return to the entertainment business and most recently played Eugene in the Lifetime Christmas movie ‘A Country Christmas Harmony’ starring opposite Brooke Elliott.