David Keith

David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is an American actor and director. His breakout role was as aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman, earning Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year. The role paved the way for leading performances in The Lords of Discipline (1983), Firestarter (1984) and the cult thriller White of the Eye (1987). Keith has since appeared in numerous supporting roles, among them Major League II (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Poodle Springs (1998), U-571 (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Daredevil (2003). He also portrayed Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus’s musical comedy Heartbreak Hotel (1988), singing several numbers on the soundtrack—including “Love Me” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”—opposite Tuesday Weld.

Early life David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Hilda Earle, a worker for the Knox County Board of Education, and Lemuel Grady Keith, Jr., a personnel division worker for the Tennessee Valley Authority. His cousin is Mike Keith, former play-by-play announcer for the Tennessee Titans NFL football team, and the current play-by-play announcer for the University of Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers football and basketball teams.

Career Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker. He had supporting roles in The Rose starring Bette Midler, and An Officer and a Gentleman starring Richard Gere. Keith played a local thug in The Great Santini, starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of the Eye, and held a prominent supporting role in U-571 opposite Matthew McConaughey. Keith played opposite child-star Drew Barrymore in the 1984 thriller Firestarter and Brooke Shields in 1992's Running Wild. He is also well known for his role as Jack Parkman in Major League II starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger.

Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel. He directed The Curse and The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (in which he also starred). Keith appeared in Ernest Goes to School as Squint Westwood (a spoof of Clint Eastwood) and in The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone. He played the leading role of Nate Springfield in the 2003 film Hangman's Curse. Keith also co-starred in The Class, an American sitcom, as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. Other roles include parts in Daredevil and the 2002 television film Carrie. He appeared in the 2004 film Raise Your Voice starring Hilary Duff, and the 2006 film Expiration Date.

Keith has appeared on many television series, including NCIS, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, High Incident and Hawaii Five-0. In 2010, he co-starred as John Allen, father of Robert Allen (James Wolk) in the short-lived television drama Lone Star.

Personal life Keith graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater.

Keith married Nancy Clark, a realtor, in 2000; they divorced in 2016. They have two children, Presley and Coulter. He is an avid University of Tennessee Volunteers fan and is present on the sidelines for Volunteer football games when his schedule allows.

Keith was a National Advisory Board member and spokesperson for PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children. He was present during the sentencing phase for John Couey, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering Jessica Lunsford. Keith said that he was planning on going to Washington, D.C., with Mark Lunsford after the sentencing, to lobby Congress for more support of sex offender laws. Keith gave an interview with Tampa Bay ABC affiliate WFTS-TV, and was quoted as saying:One of the great things I said about Mark (Lunsford) is he wants justice and he wants closure in this; he wants justice for his daughter. But, what he really wants is to protect children and if we can get child molesters in jail, that's the way you protect children!

Notwithstanding the above, Keith has been accused by actor Wil Wheaton of personally abusing, and enabling the abuse, of child actors on the set of the 1987 movie The Curse.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes 1979 The Great Santini Red Pettus The Rose Private First Class Mal 1980 Brubaker Larry Lee Bullen 1981 Back Roads Mason Take This Job and Shove It Harry Meade 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman AOC Sid Worley 1983 The Lords of Discipline Will McLean Independence Day Jack Parker 1984 Firestarter Andrew 'Andy' McGee 1985GulagMickey Almon 1987 White of the Eye Paul White The Curse Director 1988 The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck Buck Malone Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1990 The Two Jakes Lieutenant Loach 1991 Caged Fear Tommy Lane Off and Running Jack Cornett 1992 Liar's Edge Gary Kirkpatrick 1993 Desperate Motive Harry Young 1994 Major League II Jack Parkman Ernest Goes to School Squint Westwood Raw Justice Mace Temptation Bone Babancourt 1995 Running Wild Jack Hutton Till the End of the Night Garrett Hill The Indian in the Cupboard Boone Deadly Sins Jack Gales Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Ray Karnisak 1996 A Family Thing Sonny Pilcher Invasion of Privacy Sergeant Rutherford Judge and Jury Joe Meeker 1997 Red-Blooded American Girl II Mr. Colbert 1998 Ambushed Deputy Lawrence 1999 Question of Privilege Carter Roberts Secret of the Andes Brooks Willings If... Dog... Rabbit... Parole Officer Gilmore 2000 U-571 Major Matthew Coonan Men of Honor Captain Hartigan2001 EpochMason Rand Cahoots Harley Burning Down the House Carolina World Traveler Richard Behind Enemy Lines Master Chief Tom O'Malley 2002 The Stickup Ray DeCarlo Clover Blend McGary Mother Ghost Carey 2003 Daredevil Jack 'The Devil' Murdock Hangman's Curse Nate Springfield Waterville Blake Robison Director 2004 The Kings of Brooklyn Scoggins Raise Your Voice Simon Fletcher 2005 All Souls Day Sheriff Blanco Come Away Home Sheriff Jantz 2006 Miracle Dogs Too Mr. Mulvaney In Her Line of Fire Vice President Walker Expiration Date William 'Wild William' Bottoms Up Uncle Earl Peadman 2007 Succubus: Hell-Bent Wallace 2008 Clown Hunt B.J. Boys of Summerville Joe 2010 Beneath the Blue 'Hawk' Unrequited Nate Grissom 2014 Christian Mingle Bill Wood 2015 Awaken Dr. Walsh 2016 Heritage Falls Coach Charlie Fitzpatrick 2017 All Saints Boyd 2019 Finding Grace Bishop Reed 2023 I'll Be Watching Sheriff Anderson Also executive producer Walden Judge Boyle 2024 Dead Money Jack

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1978 Are You in the House Alone? Student Uncredited Happy Days Fred Collins Episode: "Richie Gets Framed" 1979 Friendly Fire Leroy Hamilton Television film Co-ed Fever Tucker Davis Miniseries 1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story Wayne Robinson Television film 1985 Gulag Mickey Almon 1986 If Tomorrow Comes Daniel Cooper Miniseries 1989 Guts and glory: The rise and fall of Oliver North Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North Television film 1991 Flesh 'n' Blood Arlo Weed 12 episodes 1993 Whose child is this? The war for baby Jessica Dan Schmidt Television film 1994 XXX's & OOO's Bullet Dobbs Texas Jim Bowie If Looks Could Kill Detective Peter Stanford 1996 Strangers Richard Episode: "Crash" 1996–1997 High Incident Jim Marsh 32 episodes 1998 The Outer Limits Major Jason Mercer Episode: "Lithia" Perfect Prey Dwayne Alan Clay Television film Poodle Springs Larry Victor / Charles Nichols 1999 A Memory in My Heart Matt 2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Cliff Eagleton Episode: "The Day of Cleansing" Martial Law Episode: "Honor Among Strangers" Arli$$ Archie Michaels Episode: "You Can Pick Your Friends..." 2001 Love and Treason Eli Dixon Television film Constant Payne Alexander 'Doc' Payne Television short; voice Epoch Mason Rand Television film Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective John 'Hawk' Hawkins Episode: "Redemption" 2002 Sabretooth Robert Thatcher Television film Carrie Detective John Mulcahey 2003 Deep Shock Captain Andrew 'Andy' Raines, USN Epoch: Evolution Mason Rand 2003–2004 Still Life Ben Morgan Unaired; 5 episodes 2004 NCIS Captain Mike Watson Episode: "See No Evil" 2005 Path of Destruction Roy Stark Television film Law & Order: Criminal Intent Detective Mark Virgini Episode: "Unchained" Locusts: The 8th Plague Gary Wolf Television film 2006–2007 The Class 'Yonk' Allen 11 episodes 2008 CSI: Miami Evan Caldwell 2 episodes 2010 Lone Star John Allen 5 episodes Chase Alan Matthews Episode: "Crazy Love" 2011 Nikita Richard Ellison Episode: "343 Walnut Lane"2011–2019 Hawaii Five-0 Commander Wade Gutches 4 episodes 2014 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs Gary Engels Television film Reckless Pat McCandless 4 episodes Killer Kids Himself Episode: "Raging Hormones" 2019 Wedding at Graceland Laurel's Father Television film 2021 Paper Empire Al Scoggins 2 episodes

Video games Year Title RoleNotes 1996 OverBlood 'Raz' Voice