Biography for
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Date of Birth

8 May 1954, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Nickname

The Deek

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Lemuel Grady Keith 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 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He played a local thug in The Great Santini (1979), starred in The Lords of Discipline (1983) and White of the Eye (1987), and held a prominent supporting role opposite Matthew McConaughey in U-571 (2000). He played opposite Drew Barrymore in the horror film Firestarter (1984), and Brooke Shields in Running Wild (1992).

Keith played Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus' Heartbreak Hotel (1988), the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone in Frank Oz's The Indian in the Cupboard (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) (TV), Daredevil (2003), Raise Your Voice (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999), "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001), "CSI: Miami" (2002), "NCIS" (2003), and "Hawaii Five-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.

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Spouse

Nancy Clark

(15 April 2000 - present)

Trivia

He is on the national advisory board for the National Association to Protect Children (http://www.protect.org) and lobbies on behalf of stronger penalties for crimes against children.

Not to be confused with actor Keith David.

He was college friends with Bill Bates, who played sixteen years for the Dallas Cowboys. He was seen on the sidelines of many Cowboys games during Bates's career.

He owns a cattle ranch in Tellico Plains, Tennessee.

Has starred in two unrelated adaptations of Stephen King novels, both focusing on girls with supernatural powers: Firestarter (1984) and the television remake Carrie (2002) (TV).