Daniel Zelman
American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director

Daniel Zelman

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American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director
A.K.A.
Daniel Luke Zelman
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
ActorScreenwriterFilm actorTelevision actorFilm producer
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
11 June 1967(Rye (city), New York, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A.)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Debra Messing
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Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director.

Early life

Zelman attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1993.

Career

Zelman is an executive producer on the FX drama series Damages, which he co-created with Todd A. Kessler and Glenn Kessler. Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Zelman were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the Damages pilot episode "Get Me A Lawyer".

Personal life

In 1990, Zelman met Debra Messing at New York University, when they were both students. Zelman and Messing married on September 3, 2000, and have a son, Roman Walker Zelman, who was born on April 7, 2004. On December 20, 2011, it was announced that Zelman and Messing were ending their eleven year marriage.

Messing filed for divorce on June 5, 2012. On March 1, 2016, the divorce was officially completed.