D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney
D. B. Sweeney in Iraq in 2008
Born	Daniel Bernard Sweeney November 14, 1961 (1961-11-14) (age 48) Shoreham, New York, United States

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

Biography

Early life

Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother.^[1] He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School where he was a member of Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He attended both Tulane and New York University. Though he had trouble getting sizeable roles in student productions, upon his graduation he was immediately cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.

Career

Sweeney went on to guest star on such television series as The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire before entering films, where he portrayed an idealistic, gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987). While he has gone on to many roles (among them a hockey player turned figure skater in The Cutting Edge (1992), Sweeney is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of the tragic Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988), although others will argue that his role as Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove was his defining role.

Sweeney also starred in Memphis Belle (1990), Blue Desert (1991), Fire in the Sky (1993), and Hardball (2001). In addition to his film roles, he continues to work on television. He played Dish Boggett in the award-winning miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989) and in 1996 starred in the short-lived Fox series Strange Luck in which he played an amnesiac freelance photographer with strange powers that resulted from being the sole survivor of an airplane disaster. He later co-starred in another short-lived series, the science fiction offering Harsh Realm. Sweeney still appears in theatrical productions.

Sweeney guest-starred on House playing an ex-bandmate of Dr. Gregory House's named Crandall. His daughter is brought to Dr. House after suffering from hallucinations about her experiences during Hurricane Katrina on top of other issues. He is also the voice-over artist for Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and guest-starred on Jericho playing John Goetz, a mercenary employee of security company Ravenwood. He also played Michael Whitman in Life As We Know It up until the show's cancellation.

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 movie, Two Tickets to Paradise.

He currently played Peter Emory on the first season of the television series Crash.^[2]

Personal life

Sweeney is a close friend of NHL defenseman Chris Chelios, who currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings. Chelios is the godfather to Sweeney's son, Cade.

Filmography

References

External links

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