David Marshall Grant Biography (1955-)

Born June 21, 1955, in New Haven, CT (one source says Westport, CT); son of two physicians. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, playwright
Birth Details: June 21, 1955; New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Sganarelle, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1977-78
(Off-Broadway debut) Valere, "The Flying Doctor," Alcidas, "The Forced Marriage," and "A Dumb Show," Sganarelle: An Evening of Moliere Farces (triple-bill), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, New YorkCity, 1978
Table Settings, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1979
(Broadway debut) Rudy, Bent, New Apollo Theatre, New York City, 1979-80
The Further Adventures of Sally and The Wind-Up Toys, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 1980-81
Jacek, The Survivor, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1981
Ferdinand, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1981
Lakeboat, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, 1981-82
Roche, Rat in the Skull, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1985-86
Jeff, Making Movies, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1990
Also appeared in The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles; True West; The Ghost Sonata, Julius Caesar, and Tom Jones, all Yale Repertory Theatre; Angels in America and The Three Sisters, both Broadway productions; and TheTempest, Central Park, New York City.
Stage Work
Producer, Another American: Asking and Telling, St. Clement'sTheatre, New York City, 1999-2000
Directed productions of Streamers, Fig Tree Theatre, Hollywood, CA, and Bent, Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles.
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Alex, French Postcards, Paramount, 1979
The Awakening, Orion, 1980
Randy Hastings, Happy Birthday, Gemini, United Artists, 1980
Robert Lebrun, The End of August (also known as The Awakening of Eve and The Awakening), Quartet, 1982
(As David Grant) David Sommers, American Flyers, Warner Bros., 1985
Sonny Binkley, The Big Town, Columbia, 1987
Ross Carver, Bat 21, TriStar, 1988
Rob Diehl, Air America, TriStar, 1990
David, Strictly Business, Warner Bros., 1991
Lieutenant Colonel Wilcox USAF, Forever Young, 1992
Phil, Three Wishes, 1995

Governor McAllister, The Chamber, MCA/Universal, 1996
(Uncredited) The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996
Michael, Remembering Sex (also known as Getting Off), 1998
Television Appearances
Movies
Tom, Kent State, 1981
Sid Lewis, Legs, ABC, 1983
Josh, Sessions, NBC, 1983
Billy Harding, Jessie, ABC, 1984
(As David Grant) Willard "Digger" Barnes, Dallas: The Early Years,CBS, 1986
Colonel Osterman, Breaking Point, TNT, 1989
Jake, The Window, 1989
Brad, What She Doesn't Know (also known as Shades of Gray), 1992
Robert F. Kennedy, Citizen Cohn, 1992
Max Campbell, Through the Eyes of a Killer (also known as The Master Builder), 1992
Dennis Seeley, And the Band Played On, 1993
Mickey Wister, Labor of Love, Lifetime, 1998
Drug dealer, Noriega: God's Favorite, Showtime, 2000
Miniseries
Jerry Bradley, A Season in Purgatory, 1996
Father Tom McCoy, Night Sins, 1997
Specials
Voice of Mike Doonesbury, A Doonesbury Special (animated), c. 1977
Bob, The Shady Hill Kidnapping, 1982
Yuppie man, To the Moon, Alice, Showtime, 1990
Host, The Legend of Billy the Kid, 1994
Episodic
"Window," The Hitchhiker, 1989
Russell Weller, "Trust Me," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
Russell Weller, "Success," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
Russell Weller, "Strangers," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
Russell Weller, "Happy New Year," thirtysomething, ABC, 1990
Russell Weller, "Melissa and Men," thirtysomething, ABC, 1991
Stephen Tomilson, "Internal Affairs," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
"Harvest," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
Assistant District Attorney Charlie Harmon, "Shadow," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
Father Briggs, "Signs and Words," Nothing Sacred, ABC, 1998
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Snakebit, Manhattan Theatre Club-Stage 2, New York City, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Advocate, March 2, 1999, p. 59-60.
New York Times, January 4, 1980.

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