D. B. Sweeney

Daniel Bernard Sweeney (known professionally as D. B. Sweeney, born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.
== Early life ==
Sweeney was born in Shoreham, New York, on November 14, 1961. He attended both Tulane and New York University.[1]
== Career ==
Sweeney guest-starred in the television series The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire. In films, he has played Jackie Willow, a Vietnam-era soldier, in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), navigator 1st Lt. Phil Lowenthal in Memphis Belle (1990), and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). He also played former ice hockey player Doug Dorsey in The Cutting Edge (1992), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988), and Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove (1989).
He was a regular cast member on C-16 from 1997 to 1998.[2]
After voicing Iguanodon Aladar in the 2000 Disney CGI animated film Dinosaur, Sweeney starred in Life as We Know It as Michael Whitman (2004–2005).
Sweeney has guest-starred on various television series, including House (2006) as Crandall, an ex-bandmate of Dr. Gregory House; Jericho as John Goetz (2006–2008); Castle as a Los Angeles detective (2011), and more. He also had recurring roles as U.S. Marshal Sam Kassmeyer, assigned to protect Haley and Jack Hotchner on Criminal Minds (2009); as Peter Emory in season 1 of Crash (2008);[3] and as Carter in The Event (2010).
He is currently the voice-over artist for the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and his large body of voiceover work includes three seasons of Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and National Geographic Television's Ice Pilots. Past ad campaigns include Bud Light, Lincoln cars, Conoco-Phillips, John Deere, Major League Baseball and Coca-Cola.
Sweeney plays Captain John Trent in the horror web series Universal Dead.[4] In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.[5]
A supporter of the U.S. military, Sweeney founded a website, lettersfromhollywood.army.mil, to get messages of support to active-duty and retired military. He has made multiple visits to the Middle East and Europe to visit with service members. On May 4, 2008, Sweeney flew with the helicopter squadron HMM-364, "The World Famous Purple Foxes", in a CH-46E while in Iraq visiting with service members and promoting his new film, Two Tickets to Paradise.
In 2012, Sweeney voiced the adult Avatar Aang in The Legend of Korra, the sequel series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. He currently narrates the reality television series Mountain Men.[6]
== Personal life ==
In April 2000, Sweeney married Ashley Vachon; they have a son, Cade, and a daughter, Cody.[7]
== Filmography ==
Film and television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1985 	Out of the Darkness 	Mike 	Television film
1985 	Spenser: For Hire 	Rick 	Episode: "Resurrection"
1986 	Power 	College Student 	
1986 	Fire with Fire 	Baxter 	
1987 	Gardens of Stone 	Jackie Willow 	
1987 	No Man's Land 	Benjy Taylor 	
1988 	Eight Men Out 	Shoeless Joe Jackson 	
1989 	Lonesome Dove 	Dish Boggett 	Miniseries
1990 	Memphis Belle 	Lt. Phil Lowenthal 	
1991 	Blue Desert 	Steve Smith 	
1991 	Heaven is a Playground 	Zack Telander 	
1992 	The Cutting Edge 	Doug Dorsey 	
1992 	Miss Rose White 	Dan McKay 	Television film
1992 	Leather Jackets 	Mickey 	
1993 	Fire in the Sky 	Travis Walton 	
1993 	Hear No Evil 	Ben Kendall 	
1994 	Tales from the Crypt 	Clyde 	Episode: "Staired in Horror"
1995 	Roommates 	Michael Holzcek 	
1995 	Three Wishes 	Jeffery Holman 	Uncredited
1995–96 	Strange Luck 	Chance Harper 	17 episodes
1997 	Spawn 	Terry Fitzgerald 	
1997–98 	C-16 	Special Agent Dennis Grassi	13 episodes
1999 	The Book of Stars 	Prisoner 	
1999 	NYPD Blue 	Joey Dwyer 	Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
1999 	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 	Jack Denison 	Television film
1999 	Goosed 	Steve Steven 	
1999–2000 	Harsh Realm 	Mike Pinocchio 	9 episodes
2000 	After Sex 	Tony 	
2000 	Dinosaur 	Aladar 	Voice only
2000 	The Outer Limits 	Scott Bowman 	Episode: "The Grid"
2000–01 	Once and Again 	Graham Rympalski 	3 episodes
2001 	Hardball 	Matt Hyland 	
2003 	CSI: Miami 	Simon Bishop 	Episode: "Body Count"
2003 	Brother Bear 	Sitka 	Voice only
2004 	Speak 	Jack Sordino 	
2004 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Kyle Good 	Episode: "Early Rollout"
2004 	Going to the Mat 	Coach Rice 	Television film
2004 	Karen Sisco 	Harry Boyle 	Episode: "No One's Girl"
2004–05 	Life as We Know It 	Michael Whitman 	13 episodes
2006 	The Darwin Awards 	Detective Maguire 	
2006 	Two Tickets to Paradise 	Billy McGriff 	Also director, producer and writer
2006 	House 	Dylan Crandall 	Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
2006 	Yellow 	Christian Kile 	
2006; 2008 	Jericho 	John Goetz 	5 episodes
2008 	Stiletto 	Danny 	
2008 	Heatstroke 	Captain Steve O'Bannon 	
2008 	Miracle at St. Anna 	Colonel Driscoll 	
2008 	Crash 	Peter Emory 	4 episodes
2008 	Leverage 	Father Paul 	Episode: "The Miracle Job"
2009 	Criminal Minds 	U.S. Marshal Sam Kassmeyer 	3 episodes
2010 	CSI: NY 	A.D.A. Craig Hansen 	Episode: "Criminal Justice "
2010 	24 	Mark Bledsoe 	2 episodes
2010 	Three Rivers 	Detective Ted Sandefur 	Episode: "Status 1A"
2010 	The Event 	Carter 	6 episodes
2011 	Hawaii Five-0 	Richard Davis 	Episode: "Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio"
2011 	Castle 	Detective Kyle Seeger 	Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A."
2011 	Swamp Shark 	Charlie 	Television film
2011 	The Closer 	FBI Special Agent Morris 	Episode: "Relative Matters"
2012 	Taken 2 	Bernie 	
2012 	Atlas Shrugged: Part II 	John Galt 	
2012 	K-11 	Lt. Gerard Johnson 	
2012 	Vegas 	Peter Holm 	Episode: "Estinto"
2012–13; 2016	Major Crimes 	FBI Special Agent Morris 	2 episodes
2012–13 	The Legend of Korra 	Adult Aang (voice) 	4 episodes
2012–present 	Mountain Men 	Narrator 	
2013 	Underdogs 	Vince DeAntonio 	
2013 	Touch 	Howard Goss 	4 episodes
2013 	Betrayal 	Joseph Tanner 	2 episodes
2013–14 	Two and a Half Men 	Larry 	10 episodes
2014 	The Boxcar Children 	Baker (voice) 	
2015 	The Night Shift 	Dick 	Episode: "Eyes Look at Your Last"
2015 	Heist 	Bernie 	
2015 	Chi-Raq 	Mayor McCloud 	
2015 	Extraction 	Ken Robertson 	
2017 	The Resurrection of Gavin Stone	Pastor Allen Richardson 	
2017–18 	First Team: Juventus 	Himself; narrator 	6 episodes
2018 	S.W.A.T. 	Uncle Ralph 	Episode: "Hoax"
2018 	Sharp Objects 	Mr. Keene 	2 episodes
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