David Hunt

David Hunt, an English actor, producer and director, has worked on both sides of the Atlantic. Born in Covent Garden in 1954, he taught school and coached American football before heading to New York, where he studied at the Juilliard School after graduating from Loughborough University. American audiences know him best as Harlan Rook in the 1988 action picture The Dead Pool. On television he played Bill Parker on Everybody Loves Raymond and Darren McCarthy in season six of 24. His British credits include the award-winning 1991 drama The Black Velvet Gown and a regular part on the BBC series Beck. His directing work includes The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, a 2005 documentary that earned a Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival. Among the films he has produced are the TNT comedy The Engagement Ring, in which he appeared, and Amazing Grace (2006). Later roles came in The Deal (2008) and Moms' Night Out (2014).