Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria: Biography in Details

Who is Dan Lauria?

Dan Lauria is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Jack Arnold in an American coming-of-age comedy television series The Wonder Years. His other notable appearances include Excessive Force II: Force on Force, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, The Great Los Angeles Earthquake, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Dan Lauria: Bio, Age, Education

Dan Lauria was born on April 12, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is 77 years old as of 2025. His full name is Daniel Joseph Lauria. He holds American nationality but his ethnicity is unknown. His birth sign is Aries.

He was born to Carmela (née Luongo) and Joseph J. Lauria. The info about his siblings is not available at the moment. Speaking about his educational background, He went to Lindenhurst Senior High School in 1965 and played football. Similarly, he briefly taught physical education at Lindenhurst High School. He began acting while studying at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he received a football scholarship.

Net Worth and Salary

Dan Lauria might have earned a good amount of money; His estimated net worth is around $4 million as of 2025. Information about his salary is under review. Most of his earnings are from his acting career, movies, television series, and other business ventures.

Rumours, Controversy

Dan has not been involved in controversy till now. He keeps his personal life private and has kept himself away from scandals and rumours. He ignores the activities that affect his career and image.

Career and Professional Life

Talking about his career, before pursuing an acting career, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He made his acting debut by landing the role of Secret Service Man in C.O.D. His other early appearances included roles in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Hunter, Growing Pains, L.A. Law and Cagney & Lacey.

He is best recognized for his role as Jack Arnold, the stern, but loving, money-conscious father on the TV series The Wonder Years, which ran from 1988 to 1993. He also portrayed the character of Commanding Officer, USA in 1996’s Independence Day and NASA Administrator James Webb in the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.

In a 1997 episode of Boy Meets World, he was seen alongside Ben Savage in The Wonder Years. In 2009, Lauria played General Lee Whitworth, M.D. in season 4 of Criminal Minds. Later that year, he returned to the off-Broadway stage, portraying Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin’s Good Bobby, a fictionalized story about Robert F. Kennedy’s rise.

His other television credits include:

• Sullivan & Son as Jack Sullivan
• Person of Interest as Stanley Amis
• The Good Wife as Ronnie Erickson
• Perception as Joe Moretti
• Hot in Cleveland as J.J.
• Grey’s Anatomy as Martin Davis
• Blue Bloods as Stan Rourke

In 2023, he appeared as Lou Hutchinson in Fantasy Island and Mr. Ermey in The Good Doctor.

Body Measurements: Height and Weight

Dan Lauria has maintained a healthy body shape and stands at a decent height. He has a height of 5 feet 11 inches and has an average weight that fits his body.

Similarly, he has light black hair and hazel colour eyes. His other body measurements such as chest size, biceps size, dress size, and shoe size are under review.

Social Media: Instagram and Twitter

Dan is quite active on Instagram and holds more than 15.7k followers. He has posted around 77 posts on Instagram under the username “@realdanlauria”. Similarly, he holds around 10.3k followers on Twitter and around 31k on Facebook. However, he is not active on TikTok, and YouTube.

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