I am not Tom Irwin

I have a fairly common name and my local bike shop even has two customers in their database with my name (in the same ZIP code, but fortunately on different streets), so it's not so odd that there's now a popular TV show character named “Dan Norton,” played by actor Tom Irwin, who happens to be around my age. Still, it's fun to know.

I'm not a fan of the show (“Lost”) and I'm not familiar with Irwin's work, but as he's a member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, I'm sure he's a wonderful stage performer.

In an Entertainment Weekly article, writer Doc Jensen delves into the names of several of the “Lost” characters and suggests that the character's name is a reference to one Daniel Silas Norton, co-author of the book Classical Myths in English Literature.

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Related links

• Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Tom Irwin at IMDB
• Tom Irwin at Wikipedia
• Daniel Norton (me) at IMDB