David Cross Biography (1964-)

Born c. 1964; mother's name Susi (a computer retailer).

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, writer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Mr. Show (also known as Mr. Show with Bob and David), HBO,1995-
• Voice of Fear, Hercules (also known as Disney's Hercules), ABC and syndicated, 1998
• Tenacious D, HBO, 1999
• Voices, Sammy, NBC, 2000
• Specials
• Kicking Aspen: Extreme Comedy, Comedy Central, 1996
• HBO Comedy Half-Hour: David Cross, HBO, 1996
• Comics Come Home 3, Comedy Central, 1997
• Comic Relief VIII, HBO, 1998
• David Cross: The Pride Is Back, HBO, 1999
• Correspondent, Politically Incorrect After Party Presented by Pepsi, ABC, 1999
• Episodic
• Boyfriend, The Ben Stiller Show, Comedy Central, 1992
• Earl, "Drew and the Unstable Element," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1996
• Theo, "Houses of the Holy," NewsRadio, NBC, 1996
• Earl, "Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk into a Bar," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1997
• "Gallagher," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, 1997
• David, "Chock," NewsRadio, NBC, 1998
• Donnie, "Slow Donnie," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1999
• Dr. Trepanning, "Is My Daddy Crazy?," Strangers with Candy,2000
• Movies
• Second reporter at dock, Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, TNT, 1994
• Charlie, Bucket of Blood (also known as Dark Secrets, The Death Artist, and Roger Corman Presents Bucket of Blood), Showtime, 1995
• Awards Presentations
• The 19th Annual CableACE Awards, 1997
• Presenter, The 1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, 1999
• Other Television Appearances
• The TV Wheel, 1995
• Television Work
• Executive producer, Mr. Show (series; also known as Mr. Show with Bob and David), HBO, 1995
• Creator and executive producer, Tenacious D (series), HBO, 1999
• Executive producer, David Cross: The Pride Is Back (special), HBO,1999
• Film Appearances
• Ralph Dellaposa, Destiny Turns On the Radio, Savoy Pictures, 1995
• Male radio caller and bookstore man, The Truth about Cats and Dogs, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Sales manager, The Cable Guy, Columbia TriStar, 1996
• UFO expert, Waiting for Guffman, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996
• Morgue attendant, Men in Black (also known as MIB), Columbia, 1997
• Who's the Caboose?, 1997
• Irwin Wayfair, Small Soldiers, DreamWorks Distribution, 1998
• Chapman, Can't Stop Dancing, 1999
• Andy, Chain of Fools, Warner Bros., 2000
• WRITINGS
• Television Series
• (And song, "How High the Mountain") Mr. Show (also known as Mr.Show with Bob and David), HBO, 1995
• Tenacious D, HBO, 1999
• Television Specials
• David Cross: The Pride Is Back, HBO, 1999
• Politically Incorrect After Party Presented by Pepsi, ABC, 1999
• Television Episodes
• The Ben Stiller Show, Comedy Central, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Mother Jones, July, 1998, p. 66.
• Newsweek, September 29, 1997, p. 67.
• People Weekly, December 1, 1997, p. 185.
• Rolling Stone, November 14, 1996, p. 121.
• Time, December 7, 1998, p. 232.