Daniel J. Watts

DANIEL J. WATTS (Crazy Eddie) has been nominated for a Tony Award® for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his performance as 'Ike Turner' in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. He is an accomplished spoken word artist, whose solo-show, The Jam: Only Child, was a tremendous success at The Public Theater’s 2020 Under TheRadar Fest. His Jams Series online installments during the pandemic earned him an inaugural Antonyo Award for Best Quarantine Content. Watts has appeared in eight Broadway shows including Tina, Hamilton, In The Heights and Memphis. TV credits include recurring roles on NBC's “Blindspot,” and HBO's “Vinyl & The Deuce”; “The Good Wife” (CBS); “Blue Bloods” (CBS); “Odd Mom Out” (Bravo); “The Night Of” (HBO); “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO); “Person of In