Actor
David Ackroyd
Born 1940 · 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.
Acting
Xena: Warrior Princess
Anteus · 1995
MacGyver
Lucien Trumbo · 1985
The A-Team
Major Laskov · 1983
Murder, She Wrote
Prosecutor Tom Casselli · 1984
Walker, Texas Ranger
Jess Morell · 1993
Highway to Heaven
Commander Matthew Rogers · 1984
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Newscaster (voice) · 1993
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Owner / Bus Driver (voice) · 1990
Dallas
Gary Ewing · 1978
Kojak
Vincent Hackley · 1973
Dark Angel
Inspector Switzer · 1990
Hunter
Gus Trancus · 1984
Cagney & Lacey
Brian Cagney · 1982
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Ezekiel Rage (voice) · 1996
Against the Wall
William Kuntsler · 1994
Knots Landing
Bill Medford · 1979
Lou Grant
Mike Kessler · 1977
St. Elsewhere
Chuck Cochrane · 1982
Hardcastle and McCormick
Eddie Dawson · 1983
The Mountain Men
Medicine Wolf · 1980
Breaking the Silence
Dr. Irving Berringer · 1992
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
Narrator · 2001
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Nick Constantine · 1978
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
Narrator · 1998