David Corenswet

**David Packard Corenswet** (born July 8, 1993) is an American actor. After graduating from the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard\_School Juilliard School] in 2016, he began guest starring in television series, including*House of Cards (American TV series)* in 2018. He then starred in the Netflix*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Politician\_(TV\_series) The Politician]* (2019–present) and *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood\_(miniseries) Hollywood]* (2020), both created by [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan\_Murphy\_(writer) Ryan Murphy].

## Early life and education

Corenswet was raised in [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,\_Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father, John Corenswet, was from a prominent [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi\_Jews Jewish] family in [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New\_Orleans New Orleans], and worked as a stage actor in New York City for many years before becoming a lawyer; his mother, Caroline Packard, is a lawyer who specializes in nonprofit organizational conflict resolution; his sister, Amy Packard Corenswet, is a 2020 graduate of the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University\_of\_Pennsylvania\_Law\_School University of Pennsylvania Law School].

Corenswet's maternal grandfather is [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward\_Packard\_(writer) Edward Packard], creator of the *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose\_Your\_Own\_Adventure Choose Your Own Adventure]* book concept and author of more than 50 books in the series. His maternal grandmother was a prominent [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers Quaker] activist.

Corenswet graduated from [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Shipley\_School The Shipley School] and earned a [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor\_of\_Fine\_Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts] in drama in 2016 from the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard\_School Juilliard School] in [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New\_York\_City New York City]. He applied and was accepted to Juilliard while a freshman at the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University\_of\_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania].

## Career

As a child actor, Corenswet appeared in numerous professional theater productions, including the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden\_Theatre\_Company\_(Philadelphia) Arden Theatre Company]'s 2002 production of [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur\_Miller Arthur Miller]'s *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All\_My\_Sons All My Sons]*, [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Philadelphia\_Shakespeare\_Festival the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival]'s 2003 production of *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth Macbeth]*, the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut\_Street\_Theatre Walnut Street Theatre] Company's 2003 production of *La Vie En Bleu*, and the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's\_Light\_and\_Theatre\_Company People's Light and Theatre Company]'s 2004 production of *The Forgiving Harvest*, among others.

Corenswet wrote the screenplay for and acted in *Following Chase* (2011), directed by Greg Koorhan. He next co-wrote, produced, and starred in a two-season sketch-comedy web series, *Moe & Jerryweather* (2014-2016).

In 2016, director [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob\_Reiner Rob Reiner] cast Corenswet as a co-lead in his planned television series, *The Tap*, set at Yale College in 1969. Corenswet played a student. [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA\_Network USA Network] ordered the pilot episode, which was filmed in 2017, but declined to pick up the series.

In Corenswet's first film role after graduating from Juilliard, he starred as Michael Lawson in *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affairs\_of\_State\_(film) Affairs of State]* (2018), a political thriller. The film also stars [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thora\_Birch Thora Birch], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi\_Rogers Mimi Rogers], and [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian\_Grenier Adrian Grenier]. *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los\_Angeles\_Times Los Angeles Times]* described the film as "well-acted".

Corenswet has appeared in several guest-star roles, including in *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House\_of\_Cards\_(American\_TV\_series) House of Cards]*, *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary\_(TV\_series) Elementary]*, and *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct\_(American\_TV\_series) Instinct]*.

In *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Politician\_(TV\_series) The Politician]* (2019–present), he plays River Barkley, the lover and high-school political rival of Payton Hobart ([./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben\_Platt\_(actor) Ben Platt]). *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity\_Fair\_(magazine) Vanity Fair]* described River as a "wealthy, sporty, straight-A student".

Corenswet stars as Jack Castello in *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood\_(miniseries) Hollywood]* (2020), a Netflix limited series about the [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-World\_War\_II post-World War II] film business in [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los\_Angeles Los Angeles]. Corenswet is also an executive producer on the series. He stars alongside [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti\_LuPone Patti LuPone], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan\_McDermott Dylan McDermott], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren\_Criss Darren Criss], and [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland\_Taylor Holland Taylor]. *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men's\_Health Men's Health]* magazine praised Corenswet's performance as that of a "breakout lead". *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieWire IndieWire]* called it "another star-proving turn from David Corenswet."

Corenswet co-stars in *Plus/Minus*, an upcoming romantic comedy-drama film to be released on Netflix. Directed by [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanuri\_Kahiu Wanuri Kahiu] and written by April Prosser, it also stars [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili\_Reinhart Lili Reinhart], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke\_Wilson Luke Wilson], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea\_Savage Andrea Savage], [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny\_Ramirez Danny Ramirez], and [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha\_Dee Aisha Dee].

In *We Own This City,* an upcoming HBO limited series from *[./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Wire The Wire]*’s writers and executive producers [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David\_Simon David Simon] and [./https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_Pelecanos George Pelecanos], Corenswet co-stars as the veteran police investigator David McDougall, whose work helps uncover years of corruption in the Gun Trace Task Force of the Baltimore police department.  The series is based on actual events that unfolded in 2016.

## Filmography

### Film

 2013
 2018
 2019

### Television

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