David was born in Dekalb, IL and spent the first twelve years of his life living in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles.

Secretly, David always wanted to be an actor but found his comfort as a young boy playing and excelling in sports. In high school David was a football star who eventually went on to star at Division 1-AA University of San Diego where he lead the team in tackles his Junior and Senior year. While finishing his business degree David coached one season for USD.

In college, David’s grandmother, to whom he was very close, passed way. This tragedy inspired David to look deeper at what he wanted in his life. He decided to take an acting class at Mesa Junior College in San Diego. At Mesa, David was fortunate enough to hear former alumni Annette Benning speak. He was inspired and in love. Not only with Ms. Benning but also with acting.

Upon graduating David moved back to Los Angeles where he started working doing accounting for a commercial lighting firm.

Eventually David started taking acting classes in Los Angeles. He studied acting with Thomas G. Waites and shortly thereafter booked his first play at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.

Mr. Waites’ class then formed a theatre group called the Tomcat’s Theatre Company. David participated as an actor and stage hand on many productions. One of the company benefits was a Shakespeare class taught by film star Alfred Molina. David studied Shakespeare for several terms until Mr. Molina was too busy as an actor
to teach.

In 1998, David started studying at the Beverly Hills Playhouse while still keeping his 9-to-5 doing accounting.

Eventually David left his ‘day job’, moved into Hollywood and tried his hand at acting more seriously.

At the BHP, David studied with many great teachers – Jeffrey Tambor, Richard Lawson, Gary Imhoff, Jocelyn Jones and of course Milton Katselas. David is now in Milton’s Master Class.