David Ackroyd

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-05-30 (84 years old)

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

Actor

2013
2000
Amityville: Horror or Hoax

as Narrator (Voice)

2000
Amityville: The Haunting

as Narrator (Voice)

1997
No Strings Attached

as Dr. Singer

1996
Raven

as Bill Gilley

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Ezekiel Rage (voice)

1994
Dead On

as Dexter Davenport

1994
Against the Wall

as William Kuntsler

1993
Love, Cheat & Steal

as Tom Kerry

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Jess Morell

1992
The Fear Inside

as Brandon Cole

1992
Breaking the Silence

as Dr. Irving Berringer

1991
Stop at Nothing

as Agent Conroy

1991
1990
Dark Angel

as Inspector Switzer

1990
Wrestling with God

as Robert Owen

1988
Memories of Me

as 1st Assistant Director

1987
The Nativity

as Angel of the Lord (voice)

1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Video Director

1986
Stark: Mirror Image

as Kenneth Clayton

1986
1985
Picking Up the Pieces

as Dr. Eric Harding

1985
MacGyver

as Lucien Trumbo

1984
The Sound of Murder

as Peter Marriott

1984
The Sky's No Limit

as Col. Charlie King

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Prosecutor Tom Casselli

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Nate Parsons

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Bert Lown

1984
Highway to Heaven

as Commander Matthew Rogers

1984
Hunter

as Gus Trancus

1983
When Your Lover Leaves

as Joe Masterson

1983
Deadly Lessons

as John Ferrar

1983
1983
AfterMASH

as Dr. Boyer

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Eddie Dawson

1983
The A-Team

as Major Laskov

1982
1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Brian Cagney

1981
A Gun in the House

as Joe Cates

1980
The Mountain Men

as Medicine Wolf

1979
Mind Over Murder

as Ben Kushing

1979
Knots Landing

as Bill Medford

1979
Women in White

as Dr. Mike Rayburn

1978
And I Alone Survived

as Jay Fuller

1978
1978
The Word

as Tom Carey

1978
Dallas

as Gary Ewing

1978
1977
Exo-Man

as Dr. Nicholas Conrad

1977
Lou Grant

as Mike Kessler

1973
Kojak

as Vincent Hackley

1971
Great Performances

as Reginald Broderick

1969
Story Theatre

as Ensemble Member

Producer

1998