David Keith(I)

David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Lemuel Grady Keith Jr. 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 - kiveäkin kovempi (1980), and co-starred with Richard Gere in Upseeri ja herrasmies (1982). He played a local thug in Jääräpää Santini (1979), starred in Vaikene tai kuole (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 science fiction horror film Tulessa syntynyt (1984), and opposite Brooke Shields and Martin Sheen in Running Wild (1995).

Keith played Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus' Eläköön Elvis (1988), the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone in Frank Oz's Intiaani lipastossa (1995), and the leading role of Nate Springfield in the horror film Hirttäjän kirous (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), Daredevil (2003), Kesän sävelet (2004) starring Hilary Duff, and Expiration Date (2006). He has also appeared on the television series Kova laki: Erikoisyksikkö (1999), Kova laki: Rikollinen mieli (2001), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS Rikostutkijat (2003), and Havaiji 5-0 (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.