Biography
A tall and imposing actor, David began performing as a child, singing in New York's All Borough Chorus. After graduating from the renowned High School of Performing Arts, he studied theater and voice at Juilliard. Within hours of graduating, he was rehearsing for Joseph Papp's Public Theater production of "Coriolanus" opposite Christopher Walken. He went on to understudy Raul Julia in the title role of "Othello" at the Shakespeare Festival in …
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Career Milestones
1979 | Made stage debut in the Public Theatre production of "Coriolanus"; also starred Christopher Walken |
1980 | Made Broadway debut in Edward Albee's "The Lady From Dubuque" |
1982 | Feature film debut, "The Thing" |
1986 | Appeared in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" |
1988 | Co-starred in "They Live" |
1992 | Played featured role in the Broadway production of "Jelly's Last Jam" |
1995 | Returned to Broadway to play the leading role in August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" |
1997 | Voiced Apollo in the Disney animated feature "Hercules" |
1998 | Appeared as an Army general in sci-fi blockbuster "Armageddon" |
1998 | Played Cameron Diaz's stepfather in "There's Something About Mary" |
1998 | Played golf great Tiger Woods' father Earl Woods in "The Tiger Woods Story" (Showtime) |
2000 | Starred as Leontes in the Central Park staging of "The Winter's Tale" |
2001 | Had pivotal role as a drug dealer in "Requiem for a Dream" |
2001 | Played the title role of "Othello" in a New York Shakespeare Festival staging |
2002 | Appeared as part of the acclaimed ensemble in "Barbershop" |
2002 | Played 'The Sheriff' in the off-kilter thriller "29 Palms" |
2003 | Cast as the CIA director in the youth-skewing action-comedy "Agent Cody Banks" |
2003 | Played Harrison Ford's boss in action-comedy "Hollywood Homicide" |
2004 | Reprised role as the CIA Director in "Agent Cody Banks 2" |
2005 | Cast opposite Jason Statham in "The Transporter 2" |
2006 | Co-starred with Cuba Gooding Jr. in crime drama "Dirty" |
2007 | Co-starred in the comedy "Delta Farce" |
2009 | Appeared in the comedy "All About Steve" with Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper |
2009 | Voiced the villain Doctor Facilier in Disney animated feature "The Princess and the Frog" |
2010 | Acted opposite Ice Cube and Bow Wow in the comedy feature "Lottery Ticket" |
2012 | Played multiple roles in "Cloud Atlas," based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel; film co-directed by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer |
Awards
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational) (Area Award: Possibility of One, More Than One or No Award in Jazz |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in The War |