David Conrad played Jim Clancy from season one to season five of Ghost Whisperer.
Biography[]
David Crawford Conrad was born in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father is an engineer and his mother is a librarian; he has two older brothers.[1]
In 1989, at age 22, he earned a degree in Russian/Slavic history from Brown University.[1] A year after completing his degree, he enrolled in the acting program at Julliard, but left in his final year to pursue an acting career.[2]
David was in a relationship with his fellow Julliard student Sandy Stanton from 1991 to 1997.[1]
Career[]
David began his career in 1993, with an appearance in the feature film Under Heat. He began appearing in television series a few years later.
He is best known for his roles in the 2005 film Wedding Crashers and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In 2008, he directed a documentary called "Tamas", about the life of one of his former boarding school teachers, Tamas Szilagyi.[3]
More recently, he has transitioned into theatre, starring in plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deader, Richard II and Henry V.[4]
Filmography[]
- About Sunny (2011)
- Follow the Prophet (2009)
- Crazy (2008)
- Dumpster (2005)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Miss Match (2003)
- Anything Else (2003)
- Men of Honour (2000)
- The Weekend (1999)
- Return to Paradise (1998)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
- Under Heat (1994)
Television[]
- Masters of Sex (2016)
- The Curse of the Fuentes Women (2015)
- Castle (2015)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2018)
- The Firm (2012)
- Beautiful People (2012)
- Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory (2012)
- The Good Wife (2011)
- CSI: Miami (2010)
- The Time Tunnel (2006)
- Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010)
- House M.D. (2005)
- Beck and Call (2004)
- L.A. Confidential (2003)
- Boston Public (2003)
- Roswell High (2000)
- A Season for Miracles (1999)
- Relativity (1996-1997)
Notes and Trivia[]
- David also played a medical professional in the 2003 film Anything Else; his character's name was Dr. Phil Reed.
- He and Jennifer Love Hewitt have both appeared as guest stars on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, although in different seasons.
- In 2019, he began teaching as a guest artist at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London.[5] He described the opportunity as "a dream come true".[6]
Links[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Conrad looks to the future, Entertainment Weekly, 18 April 1997
- ↑ A Neo-Romantic For a Harsh Age, New York Times, 12 January 1997
- ↑ David Conrad turns the camera on his teacher, Post-Gazette, 6 November 2008
- ↑ The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2007 season will launch May 1 with the patriotic Shakespeare classic, Henry V, directed by artistic director Bonnie J. Monte and featuring David Conrad in the title role, Playbill, 16 April 2007
- ↑ David Conrad - LinkedIn, LinkedIn
- ↑ @davidcconrad Instagram, Instagram, 30 July 2019