who played daniel larusso?
Ralph Macchio, Sr.
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 Daniel has also played a number of real @-@ life characters , such as German State Secretary Dr. Josef Bühler in Conspiracy , a 2001 dramatisation of the Wannsee Conference at which the Final Solution was endorsed . He also played the English author and journalist Ian Fleming , creator of James Bond , in Ian Fleming : Bondmaker ( 2005 ) , as well as Sir Francis Walsingham in The Virgin Queen ( 2005 ) and English writer Saki in Who Killed Mrs De Ropp ? ( 2007 ) . In addition , he has made guest appearances in a number of British TV drama series , including Soldier Soldier ( 1992 ) , A Touch of Frost ( 1992 ) , Outside Edge ( 1994 ) , and Spooks ( 2005 ) . 

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 In 1997 's Donnie Brasco , Pacino played gangster " Lefty " in the true story of undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco ( Johnny Depp ) and his work in bringing down the mafia from the inside . In 1999 , Pacino starred as 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman in the multi @-@ Oscar nominated The Insider opposite Russell Crowe , and in Oliver Stone 's Any Given Sunday . 

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 Jeremy Davies was cast as Daniel because he was one of the writer @-@ producers ' favorite character actors , and they think that his " transformative quality [ and ] the tremendous intelligence that seems to emanate from him … seemed perfect for [ the part ] . " The producers constructed the role around Davies based on his performances in Rescue Dawn and Solaris . When Davies met costume designer Roland Sanchez , he was wearing a thin black tie . Sanchez merged this " cool , edgy look " with his idea for the character 's clothes : a " nerdy " loosely woven dress shirt from J.Crew. Davies reportedly took a " crash course " on physics to understand the character better . Showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse called Daniel Faraday " an obvious shout @-@ out to Michael Faraday , scientist and physicist " . Faraday was originally planned to be a recurring role . 

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 There have been two short @-@ lived television series based upon Casablanca , both considered prequels . The first aired from 1955 to 1956 , with Charles McGraw as Rick and Marcel Dalio , who played Emil the croupier in the movie , as Renault ; it aired on ABC as part of the wheel series Warner Bros. Presents . There were ten hour @-@ long episodes . Another , briefly broadcast on NBC in 1983 , starred David Soul as Rick , Ray Liotta as Sacha , and Scatman Crothers as a somewhat elderly Sam . Five hour @-@ long episodes were produced . 

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 Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc @-@ Ange Draco – Head of the Union Corse , a major crime syndicate and Tracy 's father ( uncredited voice by David de Keyser ) . 
