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Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying President David Palmer on the American television show 24 as well as Jonas Blane in the CBS series The Unit. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hillsdale Inn, Honeymoon Suite (demolished 5 April 2001) San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. ...
24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their home lives, wives and girlfriends. ...
June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...
David Palmer is a fictional Democratic President of the United States of America played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series, 24. ...
24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, callsign: Snake Doctor) is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. ...
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their home lives, wives and girlfriends. ...
Biography
Personal life Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California to Charles Haysbert, Sr., a deputy sheriff, and Gladys Minor, a homemaker.[1] He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers.[2] After high school, measuring 6 feet 4.5 inches (1.94 m) tall, Haysbert was offered various athletic scholarships, but instead chose to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Haysbert is a divorced father of two. He is close friends with former 24 co-stars Glenn Morshower and Gregory Itzin. Hillsdale Inn, Honeymoon Suite (demolished 5 April 2001) San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. ...
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Morshower on 24 Glenn Morshower (born April 24, 1959 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on the television drama 24. ...
Gregory Itzin (born April 20, 1948) is an Emmy nominated American TV actor. ...
Career Haysbert has been acting in film and television since 1979, starting with a guest role in The White Shadow. His television guest starring roles include Lou Grant, Laverne & Shirley, The A-Team, Dallas, Magnum, P.I., Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Duckman. Title screen from the credits of The White Shadow The White Shadow was a television series that ran on the CBS network from 1978 to 1981. ...
Linda Kelsey and Edward Asner as Billie Newman and Lou Grant in MTMs Lou Grant Lou Grant was a popular and critically acclaimed television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. ...
Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ...
For the 2008 movie, see The A-Team (film). ...
Dallas redirects here. ...
Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ...
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is the title of an American motion picture produced by Universal Studios and released in 1979, and is also the title of a television series based upon the film that was aired by NBC for two seasons between 1979 and 1981. ...
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On film, Haysbert has appeared in Absolute Power, Random Hearts and Far From Heaven among others. In 1989, Haysbert portrayed Pedro Cerrano, a voodoo-practicing Cuban refugee baseball player in the movie Major League, in which he uttered the memorable line: "It is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. Very bad". In 1992, Haysbert co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field, a film about the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy. In 1999, Haysbert starred with Eric Close in Now and Again, which was cancelled after its first season. Absolute Power is a 1997 political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. ...
Random Hearts is a 1984 novel by American author Warren Adler that was made into a 1999 American motion picture drama and romance. ...
Far from Heaven is a 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Ryan Ward, Patricia Clarkson, and James Rebhorn. ...
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Major League is a 1989 movie starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. ...
Michelle Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. ...
Love Field is a 1992 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Don Roos. ...
Eric Close (born May 24, 1967 in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an actor. ...
Now and Again was an American television series which aired in the USA on the 24th September 1999 and ran till 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government developing the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain. ...
In 2001, Haysbert became better known when he was cast in 24 playing U.S. Senator (later President) David Palmer. He maintained his status as a cast member through seasons two and three. As a guest star, he appeared in the last six episodes of season 4 and the first episode of season 5. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...
A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
David Palmer is a fictional Democratic President of the United States of America played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series, 24. ...
In addition to television and film acting, Haysbert has also done voice work for various video games, most notably as Irving Lambert in Pandora Tomorrow the second installment of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series and narrator of Call of Duty: Finest Hour. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ...
Irving Lambert is one of the supporting characters from Tom Clancys Splinter Cell series. ...
An image from the original Splinter Cell Splinter Cell is a series of video games endorsed by American author Tom Clancy. ...
Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a first-person shooter for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube video game consoles. ...
Haysbert is the official spokesman for the Allstate Insurance Company. His commercials typically end with one of two the Allstate Corporation's official slogans, either Are you in good hands? or That's Allstate's stand. Haysbert also voices the Military Channel's commercials with their official slogan: "The Military Channel -- Go Behind the Lines." The Allstate Corporation NYSE: ALL is the largest publicly held personal lines insurer in the United States. ...
The Military Channel is a recent addition to the Discovery Channel group of programming options. ...
He also is an active character in the CBS action-drama The Unit, portraying Jonas Blane. The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their home lives, wives and girlfriends. ...
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, callsign: Snake Doctor) is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. ...
On March 4, 2006, Haysbert guest starred on Saturday Night Live. He hosted the "Belated Black History Moment" segment, which featured fictional African-American cartoons that tried, but failed, to make an impact upon American culture in the 1990s. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ...
He is billed as playing Nelson Mandela in Goodbye Bafana (2007). Mandela redirects here. ...
Goodbye Bafana is a forthcoming film about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, one of his prison guards, based on the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend by James Gregory. ...
Filmography Major League is a 1989 movie starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. ...
Navy SEALs is a 1990 film, directed by Lewis Teague. ...
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Love Field is a 1992 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Don Roos. ...
Suture is a 1993 neo-noir film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel and stars Dennis Haysbert and Mel Harris. ...
Major League II (1994) is a sequel to the 1989 film Major League. ...
Heat is a crime thriller/drama film released on December 15, 1995. ...
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ...
Unforgiven is a 1997 political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. ...
How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig. ...
For the 1989 album by The Grapes of Wrath, see Now and Again (album). ...
The Minus Man is a movie that opened October 8, 1999. ...
Random Hearts is a 1984 novel by American author Warren Adler that was made into a 1999 American motion picture drama and romance. ...
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. ...
Love & Basketball is a 2000 romantic drama film, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. ...
24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...
Far from Heaven is a 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Ryan Ward, Patricia Clarkson, and James Rebhorn. ...
Jarhead is a 2005 film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swoffords 2003 Gulf War memoir Jarhead: A Marines Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford. ...
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their home lives, wives and girlfriends. ...
Goodbye Bafana is a forthcoming film about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, one of his prison guards, based on the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend by James Gregory. ...
Breach is a 2007 film starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, and Laura Linney. ...
Footnotes - ^ http://www.tvguide.com/detail/celebrity.aspx?tvobjectid=147081&more=ucCelebInfo
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n8_v48/ai_13923128
External links - Dennis Haysbert at the Internet Movie Database
- Dennis Haysbert Bio at CBS - The Unit
- Dennis Haysbert's bio at The Unit Headquarters
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