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Daniel Peter Masterson (born March 13, 1976) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his role as Steven Hyde
Steven Hyde

Steven James Hyde is a fictional character from Fox Broadcasting Company' That '70s Show, played by Danny Masterson. He is Eric Forman best friend and by the end of season one, his de facto adopted brother....
 in That '70s Show
That '70s Show

That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
.

erson starred as Justin in Cybill
Cybill

Cybill is an United States sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring Cybill Shepherd in the lead role....
, Jimmy Girvin in Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)

Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
, and has made several guest appearances on Punk'd
Punk'd

Punk'd was an United States hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003....
 and MADtv
MADtv

MADtv is an United States sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad , but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs....
. He is a co-owner of Dolce, a restaurant he founded with That '70s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher

Christopher Ashton Kutcher , best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor and former fashion model best known for playing Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show and his role as Jesse Montgomery in Dude, Where's My Car?....
, and Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Antonio Valderrama is an United States actor, best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show. Valderrama is also the host of the MTV series Yo Momma , and the voice of Manny in the children's show, Handy Manny....
. He co-hosted the Fox TV special Woodstock 1999 with close friends and That '70s Show co-stars Kutcher and Valderrama.

Masterson also frequently DJs
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 night clubs under his name, DJ MomJeans, formerly DJ Donkey Punch
Donkey punch

Donkey punch is a slang term for an apocryphal and potentially lethal sexual practice supposedly performed during anal sex. The purported practice involves the penetrating partner punch the receiving partner in the back of the head or neck allegedly causing the receiving partner's anal passage to tense up and increase the pleasure of the...
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Daniel Peter Masterson (born March 13, 1976) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his role as Steven Hyde
Steven Hyde

Steven James Hyde is a fictional character from Fox Broadcasting Company' That '70s Show, played by Danny Masterson. He is Eric Forman best friend and by the end of season one, his de facto adopted brother....
 in That '70s Show
That '70s Show

That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
.

Biography


Career

Masterson starred as Justin in Cybill
Cybill

Cybill is an United States sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring Cybill Shepherd in the lead role....
, Jimmy Girvin in Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)

Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
, and has made several guest appearances on Punk'd
Punk'd

Punk'd was an United States hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003....
 and MADtv
MADtv

MADtv is an United States sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad , but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs....
. He is a co-owner of Dolce, a restaurant he founded with That '70s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher

Christopher Ashton Kutcher , best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor and former fashion model best known for playing Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show and his role as Jesse Montgomery in Dude, Where's My Car?....
, and Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Antonio Valderrama is an United States actor, best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show. Valderrama is also the host of the MTV series Yo Momma , and the voice of Manny in the children's show, Handy Manny....
. He co-hosted the Fox TV special Woodstock 1999 with close friends and That '70s Show co-stars Kutcher and Valderrama.

Masterson also frequently DJs
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 night clubs under his name, DJ MomJeans, formerly DJ Donkey Punch
Donkey punch

Donkey punch is a slang term for an apocryphal and potentially lethal sexual practice supposedly performed during anal sex. The purported practice involves the penetrating partner punch the receiving partner in the back of the head or neck allegedly causing the receiving partner's anal passage to tense up and increase the pleasure of the...
. DJ viva la scam played a 2 hour set at the 2008 Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
 festival in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
. Masterson also co-hosted, with local nightlife impressario Brent Bolthouse, a Monday night radio show titled Feel My Heat, on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles, California. The show was canceled in October 2008.

Personal life

Masterson was born on Long Island, New York, the son of Carol (his manager) and Peter Masterson, a State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance

State Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies. State Farm has remained the largest automobile insurance in the United States continuously since 1942 and insures more cars and homes in the United States than any other insurer....
 agent. The two divorced in 1984. He has a younger brother, Christopher Masterson
Christopher Masterson

Christopher Kennedy Masterson is an American actor, best known for his role as eldest brother Francis in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle....
, who portrayed the unruly Francis on Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an United States sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series Premiere on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons....
 and the recurring character of Stephen on That '70s Show. His other younger siblings are his younger paternal half-brother, Will Masterson (who attends the University of Southern California), a younger maternal half-brother Jordan Reaiche (pronounced Reesh), and a younger maternal half-sister named Alanna Reaiche (who is also an actress, appearing in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle and on Y&R
The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
 as Colleen Cecile Carlton from 1994–1995). She has recently appeared on the ABC Family Show Episode 'GREEK' and just recently on the TV Series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Jordan and Alanna's dad Joe Reaiche was a famous professional Rugby League
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 player in Sydney Australia); and raised Danny and his brother Chris when they were just kids. The families have grown up in professional environments and despite remarriages are still close.

Masterson was raised as a member of the Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology Scientology beliefs and practices....
. He once said, "I have been acting since age 4. I have always been working and I have always been in Scientology my entire life. Each service in Scientology is something I have added to my toolbox of data for living." In December 2005, he helped promote the gala opening of Scientology's controversial "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death"
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death is a museum in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, as well as several touring exhibitions. It is owned and operated by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights , an anti-psychiatry organization founded by the Church of Scientology....
 museum.

Filmography


  • Beethoven's 2nd
    Beethoven's 2nd

    Beethoven's 2nd is a 1993 in film family film, and the first sequel to the 1992 film, Beethoven . It starred Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt, and Beethoven's four puppies, Tchaikovsky, Chubby, Dolly, and Mo....
     (1993), Seth
  • Bye Bye Love
    Bye Bye Love (film)

    Bye Bye Love is a 1995 in film comedy-drama that deals with the central issue of divorce. It was directed by Sam Weisman and written by Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall....
     (1995), Mikey
  • Star Kid
    Star Kid

    Star Kid is a 1998 in film Science fiction film/family film directed and written by Manny Coto....
     (1997), Kevin, Stacey's Boyfriend
  • Trojan War
    Trojan War (film)

    Trojan War is a 1997 romantic comedy directed by George Huang . It stars Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Marley Shelton....
     (1997), Seth
  • Face/Off
    Face/Off

    Face/Off is an Academy Award-nominated 1997 in film action film directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The two both play an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume the physical appearance of the other....
     (1997), Karl
  • The Faculty
    The Faculty

    The Faculty is a 1998 horror film/science-fiction film, written by Kevin Williamson , writer of Scream and its Scream 2, and directed by Robert Rodr?guez, director of Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn....
     (1998), F'%# Up #1
  • Too Pure (1998), Tipper
  • Wild Horses (1998/I), Danny
  • Dirt Merchant (1999), Dirt Merchant
  • Dracula 2000
    Dracula 2000

    Dracula 2000 is a 2000 in film horror film which attempts to transfer the story of Dracula into the setting of a modern teen film horror film....
     (2000), Nightshade
  • How to Make a Monster
    How to Make a Monster (2001 film)

    How To Make A Monster is a film released in 2001 starring Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Jason Marsden and Tyler Mane, . It is the third release in the Creature Features series of film remakes by Stan Winston....
     (2001), Jeremy
  • Alex in Wonder (2001), Patrick
  • Strange Frequency (2001), Randy
  • Hold On (2002)
  • Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool (2002)
  • Comic Book Villains
    Comic Book Villains

    Comic Book Villains is a 2002 in film United States film....
     (2002), Conan
  • Puff, Puff, Pass
    Puff, Puff, Pass

    Puff, Puff, Pass is a 2006 in film comedy stoner crime film, also known as Living High, directed by Mekhi Phifer....
     (2006), Larry
  • You Are Here (2007), Derek
  • Smiley Face
    Smiley Face (film)

    Smiley Face is a 2007 in film comedy film film. It is the ninth feature film film director by Gregg Araki and was screenwriter by Dylan Haggerty....
     (2007), Steve The Roommate
  • Capers (2008), Fitz
  • Yes Man
    Yes Man (film)

    Yes Man is a Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and starring Jim Carrey. The film is based on the true story and 2005 book The Yes Man by British people humourist Danny Wallace ....
     (2008), Rooney
  • Made for Each Other (2009), Morris
  • The Bridge to Nowhere
    The Bridge to Nowhere

    The Bridge to Nowhere is a 2009 in film crime drama film directed by Blair Underwood in his directorial debut....
     (2009), Kevin
  • Wake (2009), Shane


Television

  • Jake and the Fatman
    Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles....
     (1988), Butch
  • Joe's Life (1993), Leo Gennaro
  • NYPD Blue
    NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue is an United States TV show police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan.....
     (1994), John
  • Roseanne
    Roseanne (TV series)

    Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
     (1994), Jimmy
  • Extreme (1995), Skeeter
  • Party of Five
    Party of Five

    Party of Five was an United States drama television series that aired on FOX Network for six seasons, from September 12, 1994 until May 3, 2000....
     (1996), Matt
  • Tracey Takes On...
    Tracey Takes On...

    Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedian Tracey Ullman.In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit FOX comedy television program, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO....
     (1996), King the dog
  • Her Last Chance (1996), Ryan
  • Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996), Seth
  • American Gothic
    American Gothic (TV series)

    American Gothic is an United States Satire Horror and terror created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show Premiere on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was cancelled after a single season on July 11, 1996....
     (1996), Ray
  • Cybill
    Cybill

    Cybill is an United States sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring Cybill Shepherd in the lead role....
     (1996-1998), Justin Thorpe
  • Sliders
    Sliders

    Sliders is an United States science fiction television program that ran for five seasons from 1995 in television to 2000 in television. The series focuses on a group of travellers who "slide" between Parallel universe by use of a wormhole referred to as an "Sliders#Vortex."...
     (1997), Renfield
  • That '70s Show
    That '70s Show

    That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
     (1998-2006), Steven Hyde
    Steven Hyde

    Steven James Hyde is a fictional character from Fox Broadcasting Company' That '70s Show, played by Danny Masterson. He is Eric Forman best friend and by the end of season one, his de facto adopted brother....
  • Strange Frequency (2001), Randy - Segment "Disco Inferno"
  • Grounded for Life
    Grounded for Life

    Grounded for Life was an United States television Situation comedy that debuted on January 10, 2001 in television as a mid-season replacement on the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (2001), Vince
  • How to Make a Monster
    How to Make a Monster (2001 film)

    How To Make A Monster is a film released in 2001 starring Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Jason Marsden and Tyler Mane, . It is the third release in the Creature Features series of film remakes by Stan Winston....
     (2001), Jeremy - Uncredited
  • King of the Hill
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill is an Television in the United States List of animated television series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (2003) clerk
  • MADtv
    MADtv

    MADtv is an United States sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad , but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs....
     (2002 & 2004)
  • Entourage
    Entourage (TV series)

    Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase ? a young A-list movie star ? and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, California....
     (2005), Himself
  • Punk'd
    Punk'd

    Punk'd was an United States hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003....
     (2005), Himself
  • Robot Chicken
    Robot Chicken

    Robot Chicken is an Emmy Award-winning United States stop motion list of animated television series created and Executive producer by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich....
     (2006), Himself - Claymation
  • The Dead Zone
    The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone may refer to:* The Dead Zone , a 1979 novel by Stephen King* The Dead Zone , a 1983 film adaption of the novel, starring Christopher Walken and directed by David Cronenberg...
     (2006)


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