Dan has two older sisters, Erin and Heidi, and one younger sister, Alicia. His home parish is Saint Bonaventure Parish in Glenshaw. He attended Saint Sebastian School in Ross Township, followed by North Hills Junior High School. Dan graduated from North Hills Senior High School in 1997. He graduated from Grove City College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Theater and History. In 2003, Dan attended Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting in 2007. Dan’s most recent employment was as an adjunct theater professor at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California, and as a freelance actor. In Fall 2018, Dan was accepted into the priestly formation program. He currently studies at The Catholic University of America.