Daniel Jacob Stern is an American comedic and adventure actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He has accounted for more than seventy movie roles, but most viewers around the world remember him as one of the bandits named Marv Merchants in the comedies Home Alone and Home Alone 2. These films are included in the list of "100 funniest American films in 100 years."
Together with his colleague, actor Joe Pesci, who played the second gangster Harry Lyme in the films "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2", the actor became a contender for inclusion in the list of "100 best heroes and villains according to AFI."
Stern began his creative biography at the end of the 70s of the last century with the youth film "Going Away", where he immediately got the main role. The script of the film was nominated for an Oscar, the door to Hollywood immediately opened for the young actor. Over the next few years, Daniel receives a huge number of invitations to new projects and is constantly filmed.
Before the appearance of the movie "Home Alone" on the screens, the actor played in different genres. In his creative biography, comedic and tragic images, he starred in dramas, horrors, thrillers and detectives. But a beautifully performed role in the Christmas comedy that conquered the whole world made him a hostage to a comedy role.
early years
The boy was born in the USA in the summer of 1957. Daniel's father worked in the social service, and her mother was the manager in the center for help and childcare. Although the parents had nothing to do with art, their sons, and there were two of them in the family, they instilled a love of creativity from birth. It was thanks to his parents and their approach to education that Daniel chose the profession of an actor, and his brother David became a screenwriter.
In theatrical productions, Daniel began to participate in his school years. He played several serious roles in famous theater plays. And by the age of fourteen, he finally decided that he would definitely become an actor.
The family's financial resources were limited, so Daniel started earning money early to help parents and earn money for further education. Until graduation, he worked at a gas station and washed cars.
After school, Stern entered acting classes, and soon began performing on stage in Broadway musicals and performances. He worked for a while at the theater company Second Stage Theater, and then began to try his hand at cinema.
Film career
Back in his student years, Stern first came to the set, playing an inconspicuous role in the film "How Do You Like It".
A serious career in cinema began with Daniel in 1979. The first role was in the film, which became the winner of the Oscar, - "Going Away." This was followed by work with the famous director Woody Allen in the film "Remembering Stardust."
Stern got the main role in the film "Eatery". Along with him in the film were such famous actors as: M. Rourke, S. Guttenberg, K. Bacon. The film was highly praised by critics and received several nominations for Oscars and Golden Globes.
The following works of the artist were roles in the horror "Cannibals - Humanoids from the Underground" and in the comedy "Hannah and Her Sisters." Then Stern began to actively star in television projects, and in 1990 received his most famous role in the family comedy "Home Alone."
The huge success of the film with the audience led to the decision to remove the continuation of the tape, and two years later the film "Home Alone 2" was released. From this moment, the roles of the comedy genre began to appear in Daniel's career. He starred in the films: "Exhausted by the Approach", "Very Wild Things", "Murder in the Center of America", "Defective Detective", "Long Date", "Bachelor Party in Las Vegas", "Christmas Story 2", "Battle on garlands, "" Game over, dude! ".
In addition, Stern begins to try his hand at directing, putting on several episodes of the television show Manhattan, and writing scripts. The actor also took part in voicing the characters of the animated films "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons".
