Daniel "Danny" Pintauro (born January 6, 1976)[citation needed] is an American actor and film producer.
In 1994 he took time off from professional acting and attended Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, and later Stanford University to study English and theater; he graduated in 1998.
Pintauro first appeared on the television soap opera As the World Turns as the original Paul Ryan.
[3] He appeared as a contestant on a special TV child stars episode of The Weakest Link in 2001 where he got voted off in round 4.
[9] Pintauro revealed in 2015 that he was HIV positive, having contracted the virus as the result of unsafe oral sex in 2003.