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
Officier et gentleman (1982).
He played a local thug in
The Great Santini (1979),
starred in
La loi des seigneurs (1983)
and L'oeil du tueur (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 L'Indien du placard (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), Trouve ta voix (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series New York - Unité spéciale (1999), New York - Section criminelle (2001), Les Experts : Miami (2002), NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales (2003), and Hawaii 5-0 (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 L'Indien du placard (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), Trouve ta voix (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series New York - Unité spéciale (1999), New York - Section criminelle (2001), Les Experts : Miami (2002), NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales (2003), and Hawaii 5-0 (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.
