David Ackroyd
Biography
David Ackroyd is an American actor who began on the stage before moving into film and TV. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, he first gained notice as a leading man in the soap operas The Secret Storm and Another World. He played Gary Ewing on Dallas before Ted Shackelford took over the role. He later appeared in The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, a miniseries, and in The Word, as well as the television movies And I Alone Survived and Exo-Man. He also costarred in AfterMASH and A Peaceable Kingdom, and had supporting parts in The Mountain Men (1980) and Dark Angel (1990). On Broadway he appeared in Unlikely Heroes and replaced John Rubinstein as the lead in Children of a Lesser God in 1981. His voice work includes Wildfire and The New Yogi Bear Show, and he has narrated documentaries such as History's Mysteries.
86years old
Turns 87 on May 30in 229 days
- Born Orange
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 17 years1979 to 1996
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A role that slipped away
Ackroyd took over the role of James Leeds in the Broadway show Children of a Lesser God in 1981, stepping in for John Rubinstein as the lead character.
Behind the camera
Ackroyd co-founded the Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, Montana, in 2003 and served as its artistic development director. The company featured appearances by Olympia Dukakis, John Lithgow and Kelli O'Hara.
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David Ackroyd shares two films with Danny Trejo, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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