Daniel Anthony "Danny" Torrance 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. In 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures released the film Doctor Sleep with actor Ewan McGregor playing the adult Dan Torrance.
