Dan Cortese started his career as a host in the reality sports show, MTV Sports. From here, he ended up in the set of movies. What has the actor achieved in his two decades stint in the show business? This is why we are here; let’s find out.
Dan Cortese: Age and Early Life
Dan Cortese was born on September 14, 1967, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania to Vince Cortese and Mary Lou Cortese. He is of Italian descent. There is no information about his sibling.
Dan is an avid sports lover. Not the type that watched from the stands but the type that gets wholesomely involved. He played football and basketball during his high school days Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale where his father happened to be the principal.
His love for sports did not end in high school as he moved to play as a quarterback during his time at the University of North Carolina before sustaining an injury in his freshman year that made him give up in sports. Dan obtained his bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from the University of North Carolina in 1990.
Before becoming the host on MTV Sports, he worked as a production assistant for MTV. He also appeared as Dan Dan in the Burger King commercials. Dan Cortese is 52 years old.
Dan Cortese: Career
Dan Cortese made his acting debut in the 1993 science fiction “Demolition Man” as Taco Bell Entertainer/Cryolab Technician. The film focuses on the lives of two men; an evil crime lord and a risk-taking police officer who was cryogenically frozen in 1996 but later reanimated in 2032 only for them to discover that the society has changed and all crime have been eradicated. The stars Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. It was a box office magnet.
The following year, he played the role of Tony in the live-action NBC sitcom “Steinfeld”. Dan also played the role of Jess Hanson on Fox primetime soap opera “Melrose Place”. The actor appeared in a few television series mostly before landing his breakout role in the NBC sitcom “Veronica’s Closet” as Perry Rollins / Laird Perry Rollins former underwear model and publicist. The series received positive reviews and in 1998, it won the Favorite New Television Comedy Series at the People’s Choice Awards.
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Dan kept a thin file mostly in single films. His appearances were limited to a few like the role he played in the comedy-drama film “After sex” and in the romantic comedy film “Everybody Wants to Be Italian” as Michael.
Between 2003-2004, he appeared as Jimmy Cox in the UPN sitcom “Rock Me Baby.” Dan also landed the role of Coach Scott in the sitcom “8 Simple Rules”. Another TV role that made a big positive mark in his career is the role he played in the WB sitcom “What I Like About You”.
He hosted the NBC show “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad” in 2008. He landed a role in the eight-episode of ABC sports competition series “Superstars” and what a reunion it was for him, as he had the opportunity to return to the pitch again.
In 2013, he returned back to his show-business roots to host the American reality TV show “Guinness World Records Gone Wild.” He also hosted the “Beach Bake Battle” in 2019. Dan is not going away from the screen anytime soon and we hope to see him appear in more films as his career progresses.
Marriage, net worth, and height
Dan Cortese was married to Dee Dee Hemby for 18 years. They got married on May 21, 1994. The marriage was blessed with two children India Isabella Cortese (girl) and Roman Cortese (boy). The couple officially divorced in June 2012. Currently, Dan Cortese has not remarried and there are no rumors about him seeing anyone in or outside the show business.
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Dan Cortese is having a successful career no doubt whatsoever. It was his ingenuity in the show business that landed the MTV Sports show an Emmy Award. He has appeared in high budgeted films which added a few zeros to his screen time.
However, his numerous acting contributions do not really reflect in his net worth. As of 2019, the actor has a net worth of 1.5 million dollars. Since he has not dropped his acting gloves, he has time to add a few more zeros to this amount.
Dan Cortese is tall. He stands at a height of 1.83 meters that is 6 feet. He is not always in the media eye but he keeps a vibrant social media accounts to keep his updated with any of his projects. He is very active on Instagram and Twitter.
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