David Ackroyd
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(40 total)
Dark Angel
as Inspector Switzer
Against the Wall
as William Kuntsler
The Mountain Men
as Medicine Wolf
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Video Director
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Tom Kerry
Memories of Me
as 1st Assistant Director
Raven
as Bill Gilley
The Children of Times Square
as Peter Roberts
Deadly Lessons
as John Ferrar
The Fear Inside
as Brandon Cole
Mind Over Murder
as Ben Kushing
Dead On
as Dexter Davenport
Exo-Man
as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
The Best Bar in America
as Northway
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Bruce Neumann
Hell Hath No Fury
as Stanley
The Nativity
as Angel of the Lord (voice)
And I Alone Survived
as Jay Fuller
A Gun in the House
as Joe Cates
TV Shows
(42 total)
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Anteus
The A-Team
as Major Laskov
MacGyver
as Lucien Trumbo
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Jess Morell
Murder, She Wrote
as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
Murder, She Wrote
as Nate Parsons
Murder, She Wrote
as Bert Lown
Dallas
as Gary Ewing
Highway to Heaven
as Commander Matthew Rogers
Kojak
as Vincent Hackley
Hunter
as Gus Trancus
St. Elsewhere
as Chuck Cochrane
Cagney & Lacey
as Brian Cagney
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Ezekiel Rage (voice)
Knots Landing
as Bill Medford
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Eddie Dawson
Lou Grant
as Mike Kessler