Jeff Conaway Biography

Fast Facts

• Wanted to be an astronaut as a child
• Made his Broadway debut at age 10 in the play All the Way Home, which starred Lillian Gish and Colleen Dewhurst
• As a teen, was in a rock band that once opened for Chuck Berry
• Was a student of both Olympia Dukakis and Martha Graham while attending New York University
• Played multiple roles in the musical Grease, including Danny Zuko (on Broadway in the early 1970s) and Kenickie (in the 1978 film version)
• Left Taxi after three seasons, but returned as a guest star during the show's fourth season
• Appeared on season 3 of Celebrity Fit Club, but left the show after three episodes to enter rehab
• He later appeared on the first two seasons of Celebrity Rehab with Dr
• Drew