Daniel Edward Sidney Lloyd (born October 13, 1972) is an American former

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best known for playing Danny Torrance in

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's 1980 horror film '' The Shining''. After appearing in the 1982 television film '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', Lloyd retired from acting. He became a professor at the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in 2004.

Life and career

Lloyd was born in Tremont, Illinois. At the age of six, he was cast as Danny Torrance in

's '' The Shining'', a

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adaptation of

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's 1977 novel of the same name. He was selected for the role due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods. Kubrick was protective of Lloyd during production; he believed he was acting in a

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instead of a horror movie. Lloyd said in an interview with ''

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'' that "''The Shining'' was a good experience. I look back on it fondly. What happened to me was I didn't really do much else after the film. So you kind of have to lay low and live a normal life." He was not allowed to watch the film until five years after production. After playing a young

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in the television film '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'' (1982), Lloyd retired from acting. In 2004, he became an associate professor at the department of biology at the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in

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. He does not discuss his work on ''The Shining'' with his students. In 2019, Lloyd made a cameo as a spectator at a baseball game in Mike Flanagan's horror film '' Doctor Sleep'', a sequel to ''The Shining''. He was cast after being contacted by Flanagan on

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for the role. After seeing the trailer, Lloyd remarked: "It looked really good, I was curious since there is a fine line they have to walk with Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. It looks like they found a way to pay tribute to both." Lloyd is married and has four children. He keeps his personal life private and rarely accepts interviews.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Danny 1972 births 20th-century American educators 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American educators American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Chicago People from Pekin, Illinois Schoolteachers from Kentucky