David Ackroyd

Actor

1940-05-30 · Orange, New Jersey, USA

Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.

• Dark Angel (1990) — Inspector Switzer
• Against the Wall (1994) — William Kuntsler
• The Mountain Men (1980) — Medicine Wolf
• Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
• A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) — Video Director
• Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) — Tom Kerry
• Memories of Me (1988) — 1st Assistant Director
• Raven (1996) — Bill Gilley
• The Children of Times Square (1986) — Peter Roberts
• Mind Over Murder (1979) — Ben Kushing
• Deadly Lessons (1983) — John Ferrar
• The Fear Inside (1992) — Brandon Cole
• Dead On (1994) — Dexter Davenport
• Exo-Man (1977) — Dr. Nicholas Conrad
• The Best Bar in America (2013) — Northway
• Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) — Bruce Neumann
• Hell Hath No Fury (1991) — Stanley
• The Nativity (1986) — Angel of the Lord (voice)
• And I Alone Survived (1978) — Jay Fuller
• A Gun in the House (1981) — Joe Cates
• No Strings Attached (1997) — Dr. Singer
• Amityville: The Haunting (2000) — Narrator (Voice)
• Stop at Nothing (1991) — Agent Conroy
• Amityville: Horror or Hoax (2000) — Narrator (Voice)