# David Call

David Steven Call (born August 14, 1982) is an American actor.

## Early life

Call was born in Issaquah, Washington. He is a graduate student of the Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School.

## Career

Call's first acting role was an uncredited role in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page, followed by roles in the 2006 films The Architect and Beautiful Ohio. In 2007, he appeared in the romantic drama film Evening. He guest-starred in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ricky Moss in the episode Neighborhood Watch, and he appeared on Army Wives. In 2009, he appeared in five episodes of the drama series Rescue Me as the adult Connor Gavin. He also joined the cast of NBC's medical drama Mercy. He got a supporting role in the 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans? starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant. He appeared in the 2010 independent films Tiny Furniture and Two Gates of Sleep.
In July 2010, Call joined the cast of The CW's young-adult teen drama series Gossip Girl as Ben Donovan, who is connected to two other then-new characters—Juliet Sharp (Katie Cassidy) and Colin Forrester (Samuel Page).
Call portrayed the recurring role of Nick Lane, on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe. The character made his first appearance in the first season episode "Bad Dreams", which was critically lauded.
In 2013, he appeared on the NBC drama series Smash as Adam, Jimmy Collins's older brother, and on the USA Network series White Collar.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Guy #1 at party | Uncredited |
| 2006 | The Architect | Kiff | |
| 2006 | Beautiful Ohio | Clive Messerman | |
| 2007 | Evening | Pip | |
| 2008 | Clown Dad | Sal | Short film |
| 2009 | Once More with Feeling | Kevin | |
| 2009 | Breaking Upwards | David | |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Doc D. Simmons | |
| 2010 | B.U.S.T. | — | Short film; director, producer, and story writer |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture | Keith | |
| 2010 | Two Gates of Sleep | Louis | |
| 2011 | The Disarticulation of Sarah Danner | Damian | Short film |
| 2011 | RearView | Nathaniel | Short film; also executive producer and writer |
| 2011 | Exhume | Aidan | Short film |
| 2011 | The Strange Ones | Man | Short film |
| 2011 | The Best Man for the Job | James | |
| 2011 | Northeast | Will | |
| 2012 | Nobody Walks | Man | |
| 2012 | Dead Man's Burden | Heck Kirkland | |
| 2012 | Nor'easter | Erik Angstrom | |
| 2013 | Mobile Homes | Evan | Short film |
| 2014 | The Heart Machine | Dale | |
| 2014 | Gabriel | Matthew | |
| 2015 | James White | Elliot | |
| 2015 | The Girl in the Book | Emmett Grant | |
| 2016 | Americana | Avery Wells | |
| 2017 | Wallflower | Murderer | |
| 2018 | Dark Was the Night | Jake | |
| 2019 | Depraved | Henry | |
| 2020 | Close Contact | | short-film |
| 2023 | Before the World Set on Fire | Cole | |
| 2023 | Insidious: The Red Door | Smash Face / Ben Burton | |
| TBA | Montauk | Collier | post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Canterbury's Law | Martin | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Army Wives | Mac | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ricky Moss | Episode: "Neighborhood Watch" |
| 2009–2012 | Fringe | Prime Nick Lane / Alternate Nick Lane / Prime-Amber Nick Lane | 3 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Rescue Me | Adult Connor Gavin | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Numbers | Benjamin Polk | Episode: "Hangman" |
| 2010 | Mercy | Paul Kempton | 6 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Gossip Girl | Ben Donovan | 12 episodes |
| 2013 | Smash | Adam | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | White Collar | Nate Griffith | Episode: "Controlling Interest" |
| 2014 | The Following | Lance | Episode: "Unmasked" |
| 2015–2016, 2019 | The Magicians | Pete | 13 episodes |
| 2016 | The Breaks | David Aaron | Television film |
| 2016 | Quantico | Jeremy Miller | Episode: "KUDOVE" |
| 2017 | The Breaks | David Aaron | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | The Blacklist | Brian Barrett | Episode: "Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III (No. 51)" |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Drew Lovatto | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Shades of Blue | Donnelly | Episode: "The Reckoning" |
| 2018 | The Sinner | Andy "Brick" Brickowski | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | The Equalizer | Elias Wilson | |