Daniel Bernard (D. B.) Sweeney (born November 14, 1961 in Shoreham, New York) is an American film and television actor. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Shoreham is a village located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Sweeney 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. Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

He went on to guest star on such television series as The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire before entering films, where he scored with the critics for his portrayal of an idealistic, gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in Francis Ford Coppola's Garden of Stone (1987). The Edge of Night title card from 1956-67. ... Spenser: For Hire is a mystery, P.I. television series based on Robert B. Parkers Spenser novels. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While he has accrued several assignments (including the starring role of a nasty hockey player in The Cutting Edge (1992)), Sweeney is perhaps best remembered for his even-keel portrayal of the tragic Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988). (If he looked like a natural on the ballfield, it was because Sweeney had once played minor baseball with the Kenosha Twins, hanging up his spikes after a knee injury.) The Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Joseph Jefferson Shoeless Joe Jackson (July 16, 1888 – December 5, 1951) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. ... Eight Men Out is a drama film, released in 1988, based on the book, published in 1963, of the same name by Eliot Asinof. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sweeney also starred in films such as 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 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 results 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. Memphis Belle is a 1990 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. ... This article is about the year. ... Blue Desert (1991) is a psychological thriller film starring Courteney Cox and D.B. Sweeney, directed by Bradley Battersby. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fire in the Sky is a 1993 science fiction film. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Hardball is a 2001 film directed by Brian Robbins. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Lonesome Dove, written by Larry McMurtry, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel and the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Strange Luck was a television series on FOX starring D.B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. ... Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation. ...

Sweeney recently 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. House, also known as House, M.D., is a American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by film director Bryan Singer. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

Sweeny is the voice-over artist for Beyond the Glory, Fox Sports Net's critically acclaimed contemporary documentary series that looks at athletes' lives outside the playing arena. Beyond the Glory is a 10-time Emmy-nominated series and Fox Sports Nets highest-rated weekly program. ... Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles. ...

Sweeney recently guest-starred on Jericho playing Goetz, a mercenary employee of security company Ravenwood Solutions. This article is about the CBS television drama. ... A mercenary is a soldier who fights or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national, or political considerations, however, when the term mercenary is used to refer to a soldier of a national, regular army, it usually is an insult, epithet or pejorative. ...

External links

• D.B. Sweeney at the Internet Movie Database
• PopGurls 20 Questions with D.B. Sweeney