Danza was born in Brooklyn, New York,[REF] to parents Anne Cammisa (1925-1993) and Matty Iadanza (1920-1983) [REF] His mother was a bookkeeper and his father worked as a waste collector in Brooklyn [REF].
During his first year of college, he had the Robert Crumb "Keep on Truckin'" character tattooed on his upper right arm.