Danny Pintauro

He has since returned to the stage in more mature roles including that of the title character in The Velocity of Gary. He had never stopped working as an actor since the 70s although his films were not high profile, recently however it seemed he was making a comeback as a cult icon. National Enquirer contacted him in 1997 to inform him that they intended to "out" him as a homosexual: he surprised many when he decided to grant them an interview commenting on his sexuality which was published in July 1997. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a model. He took time off from professional acting to attend Stanford University. He was a leading man during the early 1970s in the Blaxploitation films appearing in Shaft and its sequels as John Shaft. After the conclusion of that very successful series, he was less frequently cast. Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942 New York ) tall African American actor famous for being John Shaft in Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels.

Daniel John Pintauro (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor who got started as a child actor on the television soap opera As the World Turns, and in the movie Cujo, and first came to prominence as a child actor on the television series Who's the Boss?.