David Keith

Keith has since appeared in numerous supporting roles, among them Major League II (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Poodle Springs (1998), U-571 (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Daredevil (2003). He also portrayed Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus’s musical comedy Heartbreak Hotel (1988), singing several numbers on the soundtrack—including “Love Me” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”—opposite Tuesday Weld.

• Name — David Keith • Birth Name — David Lemuel Keith • Born — 8 May 1954 • Birthplace — Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • director • Years Active — 1978–present • Children — 2

David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Hilda Earle, a worker for the Knox County Board of Education, and Lemuel Grady Keith, Jr., a personnel division worker for the Tennessee Valley Authority. His cousin is Mike Keith, former play-by-play announcer for the Tennessee Titans NFL football team, and the current play-by-play announcer for the University of Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers football and basketball teams.

Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker. He had supporting roles in The Rose starring Bette Midler, and An Officer and a Gentleman starring Richard Gere. Keith played a local thug in The Great Santini, starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of the Eye, and held a prominent supporting role in U-571 opposite Matthew McConaughey. Keith played opposite child-star Drew Barrymore in the 1984 thriller Firestarter and Brooke Shields in 1992's Running Wild. He is also well known for his role as Jack Parkman in Major League II starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger. Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel. He directed The Curse and The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (in which he also starred). Keith appeared in Ernest Goes to School as Squint Westwood (a spoof of Clint Eastwood) and in The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone. He played the leading role of Nate Springfield in the 2003 film Hangman's Curse. Keith also co-starred in The Class, an American sitcom, as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. Other roles include parts in Daredevil and the 2002 television film Carrie. He appeared in the 2004 film Raise Your Voice starring Hilary Duff, and the 2006 film Expiration Date. Keith has appeared on many television series, including NCIS, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, High Incident and Hawaii Five-0. In 2010, he co-starred as John Allen, father of Robert Allen (James Wolk) in the short-lived television drama Lone Star.

Keith graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater. Keith married Nancy Clark, a realtor, in 2000; they divorced in 2016. They have two children, Presley and Coulter. He is an avid University of Tennessee Volunteers fan and is present on the sidelines for Volunteer football games when his schedule allows. Keith was a National Advisory Board member and spokesperson for PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children. He was present during the sentencing phase for John Couey, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering Jessica Lunsford. Keith said that he was planning on going to Washington, D.C., with Mark Lunsford after the sentencing, to lobby Congress for more support of sex offender laws. Keith gave an interview with Tampa Bay ABC affiliate WFTS-TV, and was quoted as saying: One of the great things I said about Mark (Lunsford) is he wants justice and he wants closure in this; he wants justice for his daughter. But, what he really wants is to protect children and if we can get child molesters in jail, that's the way you protect children! Notwithstanding the above, Keith has been accused by actor Wil Wheaton of personally abusing, and enabling the abuse, of child actors on the set of the 1987 movie The Curse.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1978 — Are You in the House Alone? — Student — Uncredited • Happy Days — Fred Collins — Episode: "Richie Gets Framed" • 1979 — Friendly Fire — Leroy Hamilton — Television film • Co-ed Fever — Tucker Davis — Miniseries • 1980 — The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story — Wayne Robinson — Television film • 1985 — Gulag — Mickey Almon • 1986 — If Tomorrow Comes — Daniel Cooper — Miniseries • 1989 — Guts and glory: The rise and fall of Oliver North — Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North — Television film • 1991 — Flesh 'n' Blood — Arlo Weed — 12 episodes • 1993 — Whose child is this? The war for baby Jessica — Dan Schmidt — Television film • 1994 — XXX's & OOO's — Bullet Dobbs • Texas — Jim Bowie • If Looks Could Kill — Detective Peter Stanford • 1996 — Strangers — Richard — Episode: "Crash" • 1996–1997 — High Incident — Jim Marsh — 32 episodes • 1998 — The Outer Limits — Major Jason Mercer — Episode: "Lithia" • Perfect Prey — Dwayne Alan Clay — Television film • Poodle Springs — Larry Victor / Charles Nichols • 1999 — A Memory in My Heart — Matt • 2000 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Cliff Eagleton — Episode: "The Day of Cleansing" • Martial Law — Episode: "Honor Among Strangers" • Arli$$ — Archie Michaels — Episode: "You Can Pick Your Friends..." • 2001 — Love and Treason — Eli Dixon — Television film • Constant Payne — Alexander 'Doc' Payne — Television short; voice • Epoch — Mason Rand — Television film • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Detective John 'Hawk' Hawkins — Episode: "Redemption" • 2002 — Sabretooth — Robert Thatcher — Television film • Carrie — Detective John Mulcahey • 2003 — Deep Shock — Captain Andrew 'Andy' Raines, USN • Epoch: Evolution — Mason Rand • 2003–2004 — Still Life — Ben Morgan — Unaired; 5 episodes • 2004 — NCIS — Captain Mike Watson — Episode: "See No Evil" • 2005 — Path of Destruction — Roy Stark — Television film • Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Detective Mark Virgini — Episode: "Unchained" • Locusts: The 8th Plague — Gary Wolf — Television film • 2006–2007 — The Class — 'Yonk' Allen — 11 episodes • 2008 — CSI: Miami — Evan Caldwell — 2 episodes • 2010 — Lone Star — John Allen — 5 episodes • Chase — Alan Matthews — Episode: "Crazy Love" • 2011 — Nikita — Richard Ellison — Episode: "343 Walnut Lane" • 2011–2019 — Hawaii Five-0 — Commander Wade Gutches — 4 episodes • 2014 — Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs — Gary Engels — Television film • Reckless — Pat McCandless — 4 episodes • Killer Kids — Himself — Episode: "Raging Hormones" • 2019 — Wedding at Graceland — Laurel's Father — Television film • 2021 — Paper Empire — Al Scoggins — 2 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — OverBlood — 'Raz' — Voice