{{Short description|American actor}}{{Infobox person | name = Dan DeLuca | image = Dan DeLuca copy.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|11}} | alma_mater = Herbert Berghof Studio<br>Southeast Missouri State University | occupation = Actor/Writer/Filmmaker }} '''Dan DeLuca''' (born November 11, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker, best known for his role as Dr. David Parenti in the HBO television series ''The Wire''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/cast-and-crew|title=The Wire - Cast and Crew|access-date=2015-10-02|archive-date=2014-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195450/http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/cast-and-crew|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Education and career == DeLuca studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan DeLuca {{!}} Biografie |url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/266510-dan-deluca/biografie/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=ČSFD.cz |language=cs-CZ}}</ref> He has a master's degree in business from Southeast Missouri State University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan DeLuca {{!}} Biografie |url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/266510-dan-deluca/biografie/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=ČSFD.cz |language=cs-CZ}}</ref>
DeLuca co-directed and produced the feature film ''Eco-Teens Save the World'', with Academy Award Winner Shirley Jones and Emmy Nominee Corbin Bernsen. He is also the director of the feature film ''Two-Minute Heist''. He was the writer, producer, and second unit director of the feature film ''Crazy Eights''. " Dan has worked extensively with Actor and Filmmaker, Ken Arnold. Together they have written, and produced three feature films, ''The Night Watchmen'', ''A Comedy of Horrors Volume 1'' and ''A Town Called Purgatory''.
He is best known for his role in season 4 of HBO's ''The Wire'', in which he portrays the real-life inspired character of Dr. David Parenti. The role partnered him with veteran actor Robert Wisdom as "Bunny Colvin."
DeLuca has also had roles in HBO's ''Veep'' and ''House of Cards''.
In 2009 he won Best Actor and Best Director at The NYIIFF Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan De Luca - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1370480/awards/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2014 he won Best Performance at the 2014 ZED Film Festival. Other awards include the 2015 Best Feature/Audience Award at the Alexandria International Film Festival, Best Feature at the Boston International Kids Family Festival, and Best Feature at the Louisville International Film Festival, for ''On the Wing''.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, DeLuca and Arnold co-wrote and starred in the horror Western film ''A Town Called Purgatory'', which screened at film festivals in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-clip-a-trail-of-blood-on-the-way-to-a-town-called-purgatory/|title=Exclusive Clip: A Trail of Blood on the Way to "A Town Called Purgatory"|last=Gingold|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gingold|date=April 10, 2024|website=Rue Morgue|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/a-town-called-purgatory-is-coming-to-monsterpalooza/|title=A Town Called Purgatory Is Coming To Monsterpalooza|last=Melanson|first=Angel|date=May 16, 2024|website=Fangoria|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-photos-from-a-town-called-purgatory-reveal-the-skinwalker-and-its-carnage/|title=Exclusive Photos from "A Town Called Purgatory" Reveal the Skinwalker and Its Carnage|last=Gingold|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gingold|date=May 29, 2024|website=Rue Morgue|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref>
DeLuca is also a novelist, penning the recent Horror/Drama novel, "HAG, The Legend of Bloody Mary."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan De Luca - Actor, Writer, Producer and Novelist |url=https://www.thetowncast.com/episodes/dan-de-luca-actor-writer-producer-and-novelist |access-date=2025-11-15 |website=The Towncast |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Filmography == <!-- Please note: "rowspan" breaks table sortability. If you add a film, please add a reliable source to support it. -->
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2024 |A Town Called Purgatory |Cody Parnum | |- |2023 |The Bermuda Triangle Project |Detective Delany | |- |2023 |The Jester |Officer Uno | |- |2023 |Rustin |March Journalist |Netflix |- |2021 |A Comedy of Horrors Vol. 1 |Deputy Dimples | |- |2020 |Wonder Woman 1984 |Convoy | |- |2018 |''Eco-Teens Save the World'' |Dirk Diaper<ref name="rotten">{{cite web |title=Dan DeLuca - Filmography |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dan_deluca/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> | |- |2017 |''The Night Watchmen'' |Luca<ref name="timesindia">{{cite web |title=Dan DeLuca Movies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dan-DeLuca/movies |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> | |- |2014 |''Veep'' |Photographer | |- |2013 |''Forbidden'' |Matt Cox | |- |2013 |''House of Cards'' | Galloway Friend #4 | |- |2010 |''Jack of Spades'' |Tyler Langston | |- |2009 |''Two-Minute Heist'' |Dino Rado<ref name="rotten" /> | |- |2007 |Rocket Science |Stephen Douglas<ref name="rotten"/> | |- |2006 |The Wire |Dr. David Parenti<ref name="HBO">{{cite web |title=Dan DeLuca - Filmography |url=https://www.hbo.com/veepa/ |publisher=HBO }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |- |2006 |''Crazy Eights'' |Wayne Morrison | |- |2004 |''A Bad Thing Gone Worse'' |Marcus West | |- |2002 |''America's Most Wanted'' |Tony A. | |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDB name|1370480}}
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