David Packer

David Packer is an American actor.

Early life He was born in Passaic, New Jersey.

Career His first starring role was as the human collaborator Daniel Bernstein in the 1983 NBC miniseries V. He reprised the role in the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle.

During the first month of filming for V, the 20-year-old Packer was present in the house when co-star Dominique Dunne was killed outside by her ex-boyfriend; he faced public criticism for not having done more to prevent Dunne's death. Showrunner Kenneth Johnson described in a 2023 interview that his other co-stars were "totally accepting of the fact that he had been a part of a tragedy, and that it was weighing on him", also describing how upset Packer was at Dunne's funeral. In the same interview lead actress Faye Grant is quoted as saying "I do want to point out that he was a child. He was a very young person when that happened. And he was frightened. And that’s really all I can say about that."

Packer subsequently appeared in such films as RoboCop (1987), You Can't Hurry Love (1988), Strange Days (1995), True Crime (1996) and Infested (2002). In 1994, he received the Cable Ace Award for his role as Leo in the 1993 television series Big Al. He also appeared in the video game Double Switch as Jeff, who leads the band Scream, and has made guest appearances in numerous television shows such as ER, Fame, St. Elsewhere, thirtysomething, The Division, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY and M*A*S*H.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1983 V Daniel Bernstein 2 episodes 1984 V: The Final Battle 3 episodes 1987 RoboCop Emergency Doctor #2 1988 You Can't Hurry Love Eddie Hayes 1989 Trust Me Sam Brown 1989 Valentino Returns Messner 1989 The Runnin' Kind Joey Curtis 1990 Crazy People Mark Olander 1990 Call Me Anna Glenn Bell TV movie 1992 Day-o,um amigo de infância Tony DeGeorge 1993 Double Switch Jeff Video Game 1994 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Bill 1995 True Crime Sergeant Collins 1995 Strange Days Lane 1995 The Courtyard Jack Morgan 1997 No Strings Attached Ben Lowenstein 1997 Bombshell Brad 1998 Almost Heroes Bidwell 1998 Beach Movie Howard 2000 Intrepid George 2001 Hollywood Palms Joel 2002 Infested Elliot 2003 You're Killing Me. .. Al Barsini 2010 Peep World Eli