Danny Pintauro (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor and film producer. He starred in the sitcom Who's the Boss? and the 1983 horror film Cujo. Early life Pintauro was born in Milltown, New Jersey, the son of John J. Pintauro, a manager, and Margaret L. (née Sillcocks). 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. Career Pintauro first appeared on the television soap opera As the World Turns as the original Paul Ryan. After this, he played Tad in the film Cujo. He first came to prominence on the television series Who's the Boss?. After the series ended, he was less frequently cast. Pintauro went on to act in stage productions like The Velocity of Gary and Mommie Queerest. 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. Pintauro worked as a Tupperware sales representative and a restaurant manager in Las Vegas. Pintauro and his husband relocated to Austin, Texas, in 2016. As of May 2019, Pintauro is working as a vet tech at Austin Pets Alive. Personal life In 1997, the National Enquirer tabloid outed him as gay. In April 2013 he was engaged to his boyfriend, Wil Tabares, and they married in April 2014. Pintauro revealed in 2015 that he was HIV positive, having contracted the virus as the result of unsafe oral sex in 2003. He also disclosed that he had previously been addicted to methamphetamine. Filmography References External links 1976 births American people of Italian descent American male child actors American male soap opera actors American male stage actors American male television actors American gay actors Living people Male actors from New Jersey People from Milltown, New Jersey Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors LGBT people from New Jersey People with HIV/AIDS Middlesex County College alumni 21st-century LGBT people