Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark (born May 21, 1964) is an American athlete, television personality, actor, and producer. He is best known for his role as gladiator Nitro on the TV show
American Gladiators.
Danny Nitro is also a drummer for the UK Sleaze/ hard rock band Toxic Shoxx
Biography
Clark began his career as an athlete, playing
football for
San Jose State University where he was a standout
defensive lineman. He then went on to play briefly for the
Los Angeles Rams of the
NFL, and in the Professional European League.
Clark, a health and fitness expert, is best known from the
game show American Gladiators, having worked on both the original version and the revival; from 1989–92, and again in 1994-95, he was the gladiator Nitro; during the original show's final season, he was the analyst and co-host for the show. In the
2008 revival, he is the coordinating producer for the show. The original series aired in over 40 countries, with reruns on
USA Network,
TNT,
Spike, and airs currently
ESPN Classic. The revival aired on NBC.
When
American Gladiators returned to the U.S. airwaves on
ESPN Classic on April 1, 2007, the network aired a marathon of episodes. Clark was the on-air host for that marathon, telling behind-the-scenes stories and trivia about the series in between the episodes. Clark also conducted an ESPN chat session related with the show, where he announced that MGM was in consideration of a revival of the show, which began taping in November 2007 for 2008...
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