Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1940 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
David Ackroyd
Biography
Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.
Known For - Movies
Dark Angel
as Inspector Switzer
The Mountain Men
as Medicine Wolf
Against the Wall
as William Kuntsler
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Video Director
Raven
as Bill Gilley
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Tom Kerry
Exo-Man
as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Stop at Nothing
as Agent Conroy
When Your Lover Leaves
as Joe Masterson
Memories of Me
as 1st Assistant Director
Known For - TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
Murder, She Wrote
as Nate Parsons
Murder, She Wrote
as Bert Lown
MacGyver
as Lucien Trumbo
Dallas
as Gary Ewing
The A-Team
as Major Laskov
Great Performances
as Reginald Broderick
Knots Landing
as Bill Medford
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Jess Morell
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Anteus