| Birth Name: | Daniel Luke Zelman[1] |
| Birth Date: | June 16, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Television producer, screenwriter, actor, television director |
| Education: | Harvard University (BFA) New York University (MFA) |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Aaron Zelman (brother) |
Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director.[2]
Zelman was born in New York. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1993.[3] [4] He is Jewish.[5]
Zelman is an executive producer on the FX drama series Damages, which he co-created with Todd A. Kessler and Glenn Kessler.[6] Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Zelman were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the pilot episode of Damages, titled "Get Me A Lawyer". He also wrote They Nest, , and Fool's Gold.
In 1990, Zelman met Debra Messing at New York University. 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.[7] Messing filed for divorce on June 5, 2012.[8] The divorce was officially completed on March 1, 2016.[9]
| 1995 | Let It Be Me | Gabriel's Friend | ||
| 1996 | Milk & Money | Josh | ||
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | PhD Student #4 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Law & Order | Bruce Abelson | Episode: "Black Tie" | |
| 1995 | One Life to Live | Keith | Episode #1.6860 | |
| 1996, 2017 | Ned and Stacey | Dave | 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | Prison of Secrets | Prison Spokesman | Television film | |
| 1997 | Weird Science | Soldier | Episode: "I, Chettus" | |
| 2000 | The Practice | Kevin Macklin | Episode: "Friends and Ex-Lovers" |