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'''Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney''' (born November 14, 1961) is an American [[actor]].

==Early life==
Sweeney was born and raised in [[Shoreham, New York]], by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/D-B-Sweeney.html D. B. Sweeney Biography (1961–)]. Filmreference.com (1961-11-14). Retrieved on 2011-11-27.</ref> He attended [[Shoreham-Wading River High School]] and both [[Tulane University|Tulane]] and [[New York University]]. Before completing his B.F.A. at NYU in 1984, he was cast in the Broadway revival of ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court Martial]]''.

==Career==
Sweeney guest starred on television series ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' and ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'' before entering films. He portrayed a gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Gardens of Stone]]'' (1987) and Travis Walton in ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (1993). Sweeney is best known{{cn|date=August 2015}} for his portrayal of Doug Dorsey in ''[[The Cutting Edge]]'' (1992), [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] in ''[[Eight Men Out]]'' (1988), and Dish Boggett in ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' (1989).

In 2000, Sweeney voiced Aladar the [[Iguanodon]] in Disney's [[computer generated imagery|CGI]] film ''[[Dinosaur (film)|Dinosaur]]''. He also starred in ''[[Life as We Know It (TV series)|Life as We Know It]]'' as Michael Whitman (2004–2005) and ''C-16: FBI'' produced by Michael Robin.

Sweeney has guest-starred on various television series, including ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' (2006) as Crandall, an ex-bandmate of Dr. [[Gregory House]]; ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]'' as John Goetz (2006–2008); ''[[Castle (TV series)|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 TV series)|Crash]]'' (2008);<ref>[http://www.starz.com/originals/CRASH Original Series]. STARZ. Retrieved on 2011-11-27.</ref> and as Carter in ''[[The Event#Recurring cast|The Event]]'' (2010).

He is currently the [[voice-over]] artist for the [[Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel)|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 Channel|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''.<ref>[http://www.universaldead.com/ Universal Dead]. Universal Dead. Retrieved on 2011-11-27.</ref> In late June 2010, it was announced that ''Universal Dead'' will be made into a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indieintertube.tv/static/universal-dead-full-length-feature|title=''Universal Dead'' full length feature?}}</ref>

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 (film)|Two Tickets to Paradise]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Since 2012, Sweeney voices the adult version of [[Aang|Avatar Aang]] in ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', the sequel series of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. He also narrates the reality television series ''[[Mountain Men (2012 TV series)|Mountain Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/actordbsweeney/status/210835981451014145 |title=Twitter / actordbsweeney: Check out #mountainmen on |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-22}}</ref>
He played the role of Bernie in the movie ''[[Taken 2]]'' in 2012.

==Personal life==
In April 2000, Sweeney married Ashley Vachon, and they have two children, Cade (born August 26, 2001) and Cody (born April 16, 2004).<ref name="DB Sweeney's Married Life">{{cite web|last=Sweeney|first=Daniel|title=D.B. Sweeney's Personal Life|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/db-sweeney/bio/145704|work=D.B. Sweeney Married Life|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film and television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Out of the Darkness (film)|Out of the Darkness]]''
| Mike
| [[Television film|TV movie]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]''
| Rick
| Episode: "Resurrection"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Power (1986 film)|Power]]''
| College Student
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Fire with Fire (1986 film)|Fire with Fire]]''
| Thomas Baxter
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Gardens of Stone]]''
| Jackie Willow
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[No Man's Land (1987 film)|No Man's Land]]
| Benjy Taylor
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Eight Men Out]]''
| [[Shoeless Joe Jackson|Joseph "Shoeless Joe" Jackson]]
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Lonesome Dove (TV miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]''
| Dish Boggett
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Memphis Belle (film)|Memphis Belle]]''
| Lt. Phil Lowenthal
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Blue Desert (film)|Blue Desert]]''
| Steve Smith
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Heaven Is a Playground (film)|Heaven Is a Playground]]''
| Zack Telander
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Cutting Edge]]''
| Doug Dorsey
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Miss Rose White]]''
| Dan McKay
| TV movie
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Leather Jackets (film)|Leather Jackets]]''
| Mickey
|
1992
"A Day in October"
Director Kenneth Madsen
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Fire in the Sky]]''
| [[Travis Walton]]
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Hear No Evil (film)|Hear No Evil]]''
| Ben Kendall
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales From the Crypt]]''
| Clyde
| Episode: "Staired in Horror"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Roommates (1995 film)|Roommates]]''
| Michael Holzcek
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Three Wishes (film)|Three Wishes]]''
| Jeffery Holman
| Uncredited
|-
| 1995–1996
| ''[[Strange Luck]]''
| Chance Harper / Alex Sanders
| 17 episodes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Spawn (film)|Spawn]]''
| Terry Fitzgerald
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Book of Stars]]''
| Prisoner
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
| Joey Dwyer
| Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Introducing Dorothy Dandridge]]''
| Jack Denison
| TV movie
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
| Mike Pinocchio
| 9 episodes
|-
| 2000
| ''[[After Sex (2000 film)|After Sex]]''
| Tony
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Dinosaur (film)|Dinosaur]]''
| Aladar (voice)
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Scott Bowman
| Episode: "[[The Grid (The Outer Limits)|The Grid]]"
|-
| 2000–2001
| ''[[Once and Again]]''
| Graham Rympalski
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Hardball (film)|Hardball]]''
| Matt Hyland
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]''
| Simon Bishop
| Episode: "Body Count"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Brother Bear]]''
| Sitka (voice)
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Speak (film)|Speak]]''
| Jack Sordino
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| Kyle Good
| Episode: "Early Rollout"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Going to the Mat]]''
| Coach Rice
| TV movie
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Karen Sisco]]''
| Harry Boyle
| Episode: "No One's Girl"
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Life as We Know It (TV series)|Life as We Know It]]''
| Michael Whitman
| 13 episodes
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Darwin Awards (film)|The Darwin Awards]]''
| Detective Maguire
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Two Tickets to Paradise (film)|Two Tickets to Paradise]]''
| Billy McGriff
| Also director, writer and proucer
|-
| 2006
| ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
| Dylan Crandall
| Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Yellow (2006 feature film)|Yellow]]''
| Christian Kile
|
|-
| 2006; 2008
| ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]''
| John Goetz
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Stiletto (2008 film)|Stiletto]]''
| Danny
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Heatstroke (film)|Heatstroke]]''
| Captain Steve O'Bannon
| TV movie
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]''
| Colonel Driscoll
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash]]''
| Peter Emory
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Leverage (TV series)|Leverage]]''
| Father Paul
| Episode: "The Miracle Job"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| U.S. Marshal Sam Kassmeye|
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[CSI: NY]]''
| A.D.A. Craig Hansen
| Episode: "Criminal Justice "
|-
| 2010
| ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
| Mark Bledsoe
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Three Rivers (TV series)|Three Rivers]]''
| Detective Ted Sandefur
| Episode: "Status 1A"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Event]]''
| Carter
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Fencewalker]]''
| Detective
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Richard Davis
| Episode: "Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| Detective Kyle Seeger
| Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A."
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Swamp Shark]]''
| Charlie
| TV movie
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Elwood (short film)|Elwood]]''
| Mayor Harrington
| Short film
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Legend of Korra]]''
| [[Aang]] (voice)
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Ice Pilots NWT|Ice Pilots]]''
| Narrator
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Mountain Men (2012 TV series)|Mountain Men]]''
| Narrator
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Taken 2]]''
| Bernie
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Atlas Shrugged: Part II]]''
| [[John Galt]]
|
|-
| 2012–2013
| ''[[Major Crimes]]''
| FBI Special Agent Morris
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Betrayal (TV series)|Betrayal]]''
| Joseph Tanner
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Touch (TV series)|Touch]]''
| Howard Goss
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Underdogs (2013 drama film)|Underdogs]]''
| Vince DeAntonio
|
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
| Larry
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Boxcar Children (film)|The Boxcar Children]]''
| Baker (voice)
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]''
| Dick
| Episode: "Eyes Look at Your Last"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Heist (2015 film)|Heist]]''
| Bernie
| Filming
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Extraction (film)|Extraction]]''
| Ken Robertson
| Filming
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Chiraq (film)|Chiraq]]''
| Mayor McCloud
| Filming
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{amg name|id=69324}}
* [http://popgurls.com/2004/12/08/20-questions-with-life-as-we-know-its-d-b-sweeney/ PopGurls 20 Questions with D.B. Sweeney]

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Revision as of 02:43, 13 November 2015

D. B. Sweeney
Born
Daniel Bernard Sweeney

(1961-11-14) November 14, 1961 (age 62)
Shoreham, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
SpouseAshley Vachon (2000–present)
Children2

Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.

Early life

Sweeney was born and raised in Shoreham, New York, by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother.[1] He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School and both Tulane and New York University. Before completing his B.F.A. at NYU in 1984, he was cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.

Career

Sweeney guest starred on television series The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire before entering films. He portrayed a gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987) and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). Sweeney is best known[citation needed] for his portrayal of Doug Dorsey in The Cutting Edge (1992), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988), and Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove (1989).

In 2000, Sweeney voiced Aladar the Iguanodon in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur. He also starred in Life as We Know It as Michael Whitman (2004–2005) and C-16: FBI produced by Michael Robin.

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);[2] 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.[3] In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.[4]

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.[citation needed]

Since 2012, Sweeney voices the adult version of Avatar Aang in The Legend of Korra, the sequel series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. He also narrates the reality television series Mountain Men.[5] He played the role of Bernie in the movie Taken 2 in 2012.

Personal life

In April 2000, Sweeney married Ashley Vachon, and they have two children, Cade (born August 26, 2001) and Cody (born April 16, 2004).[6]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Out of the Darkness Mike TV movie
1985 Spenser: For Hire Rick Episode: "Resurrection"
1986 Power College Student
1986 Fire with Fire Thomas Baxter
1987 Gardens of Stone Jackie Willow
1987 No Man's Land Benjy Taylor
1988 Eight Men Out Joseph "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
1989 Lonesome Dove Dish Boggett 4 episodes
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 TV movie
1992 Leather Jackets Mickey

1992 "A Day in October" Director Kenneth Madsen

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
1995–1996 Strange Luck Chance Harper / Alex Sanders 17 episodes
1997 Spawn Terry Fitzgerald
1999 The Book of Stars Prisoner
1999 NYPD Blue Joey Dwyer Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Jack Denison TV movie
1999–2000 Harsh Realm Mike Pinocchio 9 episodes
2000 After Sex Tony
2000 Dinosaur Aladar (voice)
2000 The Outer Limits Scott Bowman Episode: "The Grid"
2000–2001 Once and Again Graham Rympalski 4 episodes
2001 Hardball Matt Hyland
2003 CSI: Miami Simon Bishop Episode: "Body Count"
2003 Brother Bear Sitka (voice)
2004 Speak Jack Sordino
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kyle Good Episode: "Early Rollout"
2004 Going to the Mat Coach Rice TV movie
2004 Karen Sisco Harry Boyle Episode: "No One's Girl"
2004–2005 Life as We Know It Michael Whitman 13 episodes
2006 The Darwin Awards Detective Maguire
2006 Two Tickets to Paradise Billy McGriff Also director, writer and proucer
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 TV movie
2008 Miracle at St. Anna Colonel Driscoll
2008 Crash Peter Emory 4 episodes
2008 Leverage Father Paul Episode: "The Miracle Job"
2009 Criminal Minds 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
2010 Fencewalker Detective
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 TV movie
2011 Elwood Mayor Harrington Short film
2012 The Legend of Korra Aang (voice) 4 episodes
2012 Ice Pilots Narrator 6 episodes
2012 Mountain Men Narrator 8 episodes
2012 Taken 2 Bernie
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II John Galt
2012–2013 Major Crimes FBI Special Agent Morris 2 episodes
2013 Betrayal Joseph Tanner 2 episodes
2013 Touch Howard Goss 4 episodes
2013 Underdogs Vince DeAntonio
2013–2014 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 Filming
2016 Extraction Ken Robertson Filming
2016 Chiraq Mayor McCloud Filming

References

  1. ^ D. B. Sweeney Biography (1961–). Filmreference.com (1961-11-14). Retrieved on 2011-11-27.
  2. ^ Original Series. STARZ. Retrieved on 2011-11-27.
  3. ^ Universal Dead. Universal Dead. Retrieved on 2011-11-27.
  4. ^ "Universal Dead full length feature?".
  5. ^ "Twitter / actordbsweeney: Check out #mountainmen on". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  6. ^ Sweeney, Daniel. "D.B. Sweeney's Personal Life". D.B. Sweeney Married Life. TV Guide. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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