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Dan Gilroy was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Frank D. Gilroy, and sculptor and writer Ruth Dorothy. His brother Tony Gilroy is a screenwriter and director; and his fraternal twin brother, John Gilroy, is a film editor. Through his father, he is of Italian, Irish and German descent.
Gilroy wrote the script for 2005 gambling drama Two for the Money (2005), starring Al Pacino and Gilroy's wife Rene Russo. His earliest credit is as co-writer of science fiction thriller Freejack (1992), followed by co-writing Dennis Hopper-directed comedy Chasers. He was also one of the writers to contribute to the unmade Superman film Superman Lives.
He made his directorial debut with the 2014 crime thriller Nightcrawler (2014). He also wrote the screenplay, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Gilroy has been married to Rene Russo since 1992, and they have one daughter, named Rose. They reside in Brentwood, California.- Actor
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Daniel Alan "Dan" Gilroy was born on May 19, 1947 in Manhattan. With his brother Ed they were living in a synagogue in Corona, Queens and were waiting tables during the day and performing their comedy routines at night under the name Bil and Gil. The synagogue served as a studio when they worked as musicians.
Dan met Madonna, then an aspiring dancer, at a party in 1979. They became romantically involved and she moved into the synagogue where the Gilroy brothers lived. Dan taught her to play the guitar and they formed the band Breakfast Club. She left the band in 1980.
By the mid-1980s, Breakfast Club consisted of the Gilroy brothers: Dan concentrated on singing, with Ed on guitar. Gary Burke joined the band, playing the bass, Paul Kauk the keyboards, and Stephen Bray the drums. In 1987, Breakfast Club signed a record deal with MCA Records and released the album "Breakfast Club".
In 1989, Dan met Shelley Duvall while filming the Disney Channel movie Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990), the two fell in love and they have been together ever since. Dan also appeared as Pete the Postman in the TV series Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994) in 1994. Then both retired and went to live to Texas Hill Country.