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Danny A. Abeckaser

Danny A. Abeckaser

Actor, producer and director, also writer · Israel

Danny A. Abeckaser is an Israeli-born American actor, director, producer, and writer raised in Brooklyn, New York, of Moroccan Jewish heritage. He worked in NYC nightlife for 15 years before turning to film. As an actor he has appeared in Alpha Dog (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Irishman (2019), and Mob Cops (2025). Through his company 2B Films he directed and produced a string of independent films from First We Take Brooklyn (2018) through 12 Hours in October (2026). No major awards are on record.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Israel
Works as
Actor, producer and director, also writer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Danny A. Abeckaser's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Self
24%
Survival
16%
Power
9%
Society
9%
Bonds
7%
Ideas
5%
Redemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 13

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 8
Shadow
2 of 8
Ally
2 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Contemplative
7
Dread
7
Melancholic
7
Hopeful
5
Other
9

How their films linger

Unsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Danny A. Abeckaser's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Danny A. Abeckaser's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

35 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • 12 Hours in October(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Gamble(2025)

    Director · Producer · as Felix

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Mob Cops(2025)

    Director · Producer · as Tim Delgado

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Bardejov(2024)

    Director · as Dr. Atlas

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Engineer(2023)

    Director · Producer · as Yakov

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Inside Man(2023)

    Director · Producer · as Roy DeMeo

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • I Love Us(2021)

    Director · Producer · as Sammy Silver

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Lansky(2021)

    as Greg Kunz

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story(2020)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Mob Town(2019)

    Director · Producer · as Joe Barbara

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Irishman(2019)

    as Deadbeat

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Davi's Way(2016)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • First We Take Brooklyn(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Mikki

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Last Shaman(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Marauders(2016)

    as Antonio Leon

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Stand Up Guy(2016)

    Producer · as Sammy

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Curse of Sleeping Beauty(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Experimenter(2015)

    Producer · as Braverman

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Club Life(2015)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

    as Investor's Center Broker #2

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Iceman(2012)

    as Dino Lapron

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Freelancers(2012)

    as Louie

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star(2011)

    as AFA Presenter

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Holy Rollers(2010)

    Producer · as Jackie Solomon

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan(2008)

    as Ze'ev

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Gardener of Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Ami

  • The Education of Charlie Banks(2007)

    as Arresting Officer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • El cantante(2006)

    as Studio Engineer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Homie Spumoni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Rosa's Maitre d

  • Alpha Dog(2006)

    as Latino Youth (as Danny Abeckaser)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Point&Shoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Danny A.

  • Entourage(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Paparazzi

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Frequency of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • Killing Hitler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · as Meyer Lansky

  • The Mob Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Chazz

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 34 titles, 31 of them dated from 2004 to 2025; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

The Iceman (2012)

$4.6M worldwide

Highest rated

The Iceman (2012)

Midcredits 73rd

Most popular right now

Lansky (2021)

Film career

20042025

Peak 2007 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2007Screen debut· The Education of Charlie Banks
  • 2019Career best· Mob Town

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting28 of 34: 17 only acting, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score32ndDirecting12 of 34: 1 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score15thWriting2 of 34: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing14 of 34: 2 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score17th

34 titles, 14 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2000s8 · acting2010s14 · 11 acting · 7 crew2020s9 · 7 acting · 8 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
0717

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Danny A. Abeckaser's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 29 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor, producer

Davi's Way (2016)

99th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 55/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Danny A. Abeckaser's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 84 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles28–44 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 76 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 75 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Danny A. Abeckaser work with?

People who share at least 2 of Danny A. Abeckaser's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lionel Cohen shares the most, 10.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles