Danny A. Abeckaser (Hebrew: דני א. אביכזר) is an Israeli-born American actor and filmmaker.[1][2][3][4]
Abeckaser was born in Israel, the sixth of seven children of Moroccan Jewish parents who immigrated to the U.S. in 1980.[5] He grew up in Brooklyn.[6]
Abeckaser produced and acted in the film Holy Rollers (2010), which also stars Jesse Eisenberg.[5]
He then played the part of Dino Lapron opposite Michael Shannon and Winona Ryder in the Ariel Vromen film The Iceman (2012) and had a very small role in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).[6]
Abeckaser had his first starring role in A Stand Up Guy (2016).[7]
He made his directorial debut with First We Take Brooklyn (2018), which he co-starred with Harvey Keitel.[7]
Abeckaser shared a scene with Robert De Niro as Louie the Deadbeat in the Scorsese film The Irishman (2019).[8][9][10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Made | Club Promoter | Uncredited |
2004 | Point&Shoot | Danny A | |
2006 | Alpha Dog | Latino Youth #1 | |
2006 | Homie Spumoni | Rosa's Maitre d | |
2006 | El Cantante | Studio Engineer | |
2007 | Gardener of Eden | Ami | |
2007 | The Education of Charlie Banks | Arresting Officer | |
2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Ze'ev | |
2010 | Holy Rollers | Jackie Solomon | Producer |
2011 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | AFA Presenter | |
2012 | Freelancers | Louie | |
2012 | The Iceman | Dino Lapron | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Investor's Center Broker #2 | |
2015 | Experimenter | Braverman | Producer |
2015 | Club Life | Mark | also producer and writer |
2016 | A Stand Up Guy | Sammy | Producer |
2016 | The Curse of Sleeping Beauty | Executive producer only | |
2016 | Marauders | Antonio Leon | |
2018 | First We Take Brooklyn | Mikki | Writer, Producer and Director |
2019 | The Irishman | Deadbeat | |
2019 | Mob Town | Joe Barbara | Director and Producer |
2020 | Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story | Producer and Director only | |
2021 | Lansky | Greg Kunz | |
2021 | I Love Us | Sammy Silver | Director |
TBA | The Gemini Lounge | Director and Producer |