D.B. Sweeney
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
D.B. Sweeney is from Shoreham, Long
Island. He got his start in the New York theatre with
appearances in many productions including a run on Broadway in
"The Caine Mutiny Court Martial". He was selected by
Francis Ford Coppola to star in the
Vietnam era drama
Gardens of Stone (1987). This
began a string of performances including Shoeless Joe Jackson in
Eight Men Out (1988), Dish Boggett
in Lonesome Dove (1989), Travis
Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993),
and as Doug Dorsey the hockey player turned figure skater in the
classic romantic comedy
The Cutting Edge (1992). His
television work includes
Strange Luck (1995),
C-16: FBI (1997) and
Harsh Realm (1999) with
appearances in Jericho (2006),
Crash (2008),
The Event (2010), and the
Emmy-winning
Miss Rose White (1992).
He also produced, directed
and co-wrote the cult film
Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
which received more than a dozen awards at major film festivals. His latest creation as writer/director is the comedy short Two Dum Micks co-starring Sean Astin which has won over 50 festival awards.
