David Keith(I)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Director
David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the
son of Lemuel Grady Keith Jr. and Hilda Earle. He graduated from the
University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater.
Keith had a supporting role in
The Rose (1979) starring
Bette Midler, had a supporting role in
Brubaker (1980), and co-starred with
Richard Gere in
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
He played a local thug in
The Great Santini (1979),
starred in
The Lords of Discipline (1983)
and White of the Eye (1987), and
held a prominent supporting role opposite
Matthew McConaughey in
U-571 (2000). He played opposite
Drew Barrymore in the science
fiction horror film
Firestarter (1984), and opposite
Brooke Shields and
Martin Sheen in
Running Wild (1995).
Keith played Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus' Heartbreak Hotel (1988), the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone in Frank Oz's The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), and the leading role of Nate Springfield in the horror film Hangman's Curse (2003). He also co-starred in the sitcom The Class (2006) as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. He has appeared in the horror remake Carrie (2002), Daredevil (2003), Raise Your Voice (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003), and Hawaii Five-0 (2010). He also co-starred as Robert Allen's father John Allen on the short-lived Fox drama series Lone Star (2010).
David Keith married realtor Nancy Clark in 2000 and the couple reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Keith played Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus' Heartbreak Hotel (1988), the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone in Frank Oz's The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), and the leading role of Nate Springfield in the horror film Hangman's Curse (2003). He also co-starred in the sitcom The Class (2006) as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. He has appeared in the horror remake Carrie (2002), Daredevil (2003), Raise Your Voice (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003), and Hawaii Five-0 (2010). He also co-starred as Robert Allen's father John Allen on the short-lived Fox drama series Lone Star (2010).
David Keith married realtor Nancy Clark in 2000 and the couple reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.
