Danny Abeckaser

As an actor

Abeckaser had a small part in the Vince Vaughn comedy Made in 2001, which led to receiving other small parts in movies such as Alpha Dog, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and the TV show Entourage.^[10][11] 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 shared a scene with Robert De Niro as Louie the Deadbeat in the Scorsese film The Irishman (2019).^[12][13][14]

Abeckaser had his first starring role in A Stand Up Guy (2016).^[15] Abeckaser also appeared in Mob Town, Lansky, I Love Us, Inside Man, and The Engineer.^[16] He is represented by APA and LBI Entertainment.^[17][18]

As a director

He made his directorial debut with First We Take Brooklyn (2018), which he co-starred with Harvey Keitel.^[15] He has directed other movies such as I Love Us, Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, Mob Town, Inside Man,The Engineerand Bardejov and 12 Hours In October.^[19][20][21]

As a producer

In 2013, Abeckaser created the production company 2B Films banner to produce his movies.^[22][23] Abeckaser's first movie as a producer was Holy Rollers (2010), which he also starred alongside Jesse Eisenberg.^[5] Since then, he produced other movies such as The Last Shaman, Davi's Way, as well as the movies he’s directed.^[24]