Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
30 maggio 1940 (86)
Place of birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Conosciuto per
6.2
Film
Dark Angel
Inspector Switzer
1990
4.4
Film
Raven
Bill Gilley
1996
8.0
Series
The Universe
2007–2015
5.9
Film
The Mountain Men
Medicine Wolf
1980
5.5
Series
AfterMASH
Dr. Boyer
1983–1984
5.7
Series
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Graham Mattison
1989
4.8
Series
The Word
Tom Carey
1978
7.8
Series
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Nick Constantine
1978
7.0
Series
In Search of History
Narrator
1996–
6.8
Series
Wildfire
1986
7.7
Series
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Jones
1987
8.0
Series
Women in White
Dr. Mike Rayburn
1979
7.0
Series
The Round Table
1992
7.0
Series
Studio 5-B
1989
6.7
Series
A Peaceable Kingdom
1989
Acting credits 15 titles
The Universe
8.0
2007–2015
In Search of History
as Narrator
7.0
1996–
Raven
as Bill Gilley
4.4
1996
The Round Table
7.0
1992
Dark Angel
as Inspector Switzer
6.2
1990
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Graham Mattison
5.7
1989
A Peaceable Kingdom
6.7
1989
Studio 5-B
7.0
1989
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Jones
7.7
1987
Wildfire
6.8
1986
AfterMASH
as Dr. Boyer
5.5
1983–1984
The Mountain Men
as Medicine Wolf
5.9
1980
Women in White
as Dr. Mike Rayburn
8.0
1979
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Nick Constantine
7.8
1978
The Word
as Tom Carey
4.8
1978