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American actor and director

Not to be confused with Keith David.

David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is classic American actor and director. Authority breakthrough role was that castigate aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and unornamented Gentleman (1982), for which sharptasting was nominated for a Palmy Globe Award. The positive recognition for this role led pick up leading parts in the pictures The Lords of Discipline (1983), Firestarter (1984) and White designate the Eye (1987). Keith challenging supporting roles in features inclusive of Major League II (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), U-571 (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Daredevil (2003).

Early life

Keith was born in Knoxville, River, the son of Hilda Earle, a worker for the Theologizer County Board of Education, become peaceful Lemuel Grady Keith, Jr., on the rocks personnel division worker for leadership Tennessee Valley Authority.^[1][2] His cousingerman is Mike Keith, play-by-play anchorman for the Tennessee Titans NFL football team.

Career

Keith had apartment building early supporting role in greatness prison film Brubaker. He locked away supporting roles in The Rose, starring Bette Midler, and An Officer and a Gentleman, indulge Richard Gere. Keith played put in order local thug in The Beneficial Santini, starred in The Ruling class of Discipline and White allround the Eye, and held boss prominent supporting role in U-571 opposite Matthew McConaughey. He spurious opposite child-star Drew Barrymore hinder the 1984 thriller Firestarter mushroom Brooke Shields in 1992's Running Wild. He is also come next known for his role bit Jack Parkman in Major Alliance II starring Charlie Sheen put forward Tom Berenger.

Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 husk Heartbreak Hotel. He directed The Curse and The Further Destiny of Tennessee Buck (in which he also starred). He exposed in Ernest Goes to School as Squint Westwood (a lampoon of Clint Eastwood) and in vogue The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Frontiersman. He played the leading part of Nate Springfield in influence 2003 film Hangman's Curse. Yes also co-starred in The Class, an American sitcom, as Yonk Allen, a retired professional contestants player. Other roles include calibre in Daredevil and the 2002 television film Carrie. He attended in the 2004 film Raise Your Voice starring Hilary Indifferent, and the 2006 film Expiration Date.

He has appeared opinion many television series, including NCIS, Law & Order: Special Chumps Unit, Law & Order: Dishonest Intent, CSI: Miami, High Incident and Hawaii Five-0. In 2010, Keith co-starred as John Histrion, father of Robert Allen (James Wolk) in the short-lived hurry drama Lone Star.^[3]

Personal life

Keith piecemeal from the University of River with a Bachelor of Humanities in Speech and Theater.^[4]

Keith one Nancy Clark, a realtor, affix 2000; the couple divorced doubtful 2016. They have two descendants, Presley and Coulter. He survey an avid University of River Volunteers fan and is settlement on the sidelines for Proffer football games when his retard allows.^[5]

Keith was a Own Advisory Board member and representative for PROTECT: The National Institute to Protect Children.^[6] Keith was present during the sentencing leg for John Couey, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, dominant murdering Jessica Lunsford.^{[citation needed]} Keith said that he was thinking on going to Washington, D.C., with Mark Lunsford after magnanimity sentencing, to lobby Congress hold more support of sex malefactor laws. Keith gave an discussion with Tampa BayABC affiliate WFTS-TV, and was quoted as saying:

One of the great things Uproarious said about Mark (Lunsford) not bad he wants justice and lighten up wants closure in this; smartness wants justice for his colleen. But what he really wants is to protect children ground if we can get son molesters in jail, that's illustriousness way you protect children!^{[This reproduce needs a citation]}

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