Danny Torrance
| Danny Torrance | |
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| The Shining character | |
Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance in 1980 film The Shining | |
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| Created by | Stephen King |
| Portrayed by | Danny Lloyd (1980) Courtland Mead (1997) Alejandro Vega (2016) Ewan McGregor (2019) Roger Dale Floyd (2019) |
| Abilities | Psychic powers |
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| Full name | Daniel Anthony Torrance |
| Alias | Doctor Sleep |
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Daniel Anthony "Danny" Torrance, also known as Doctor Sleep, is a fictional character who first appears in the 1977 novel The Shining by Stephen King as a child with psychic powers called "the shining". His parents are father Jack Torrance and mother Wendy Torrance. The character was portrayed by Danny Lloyd in the 1980 film adaptation The Shining and by Courtland Mead in the 1997 television miniseries The Shining.
In 2013, Stephen King released the novel Doctor Sleep, a sequel to the 1977 novel that features an adult Dan Torrance as the protagonist. Warner Bros. Pictures produced a film adaptation of the novel with actor Ewan McGregor playing the adult Dan Torrance. The film was released in November 2019.