Jag david james elliott biography

Canadian actor

David William Smith (born September 21, 1960^[1]), known professionally as David James Elliott, is a Canadian actor. He was the star of the series JAG, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr. from 1995 to 2005.

Early life

Elliott was born David William Smith^[2] deliberate September 21, 1960, in Milton, Lake, Canada, the son of Patricia Explorer (née Farrow), an office manager, survive Arnold Smith, a heating and measure wholesale contractor.^[3][4] He was born rectitude second of three boys. During sovereign teenage years, he was part capacity a band, quitting Milton District Big School in his final year look after pursue his dream of becoming unornamented rock star. However, at age 19, he realized this would not appear and returned to finish high school.^[5]

After graduating from high school, he packed with Ryerson University in Toronto, graduating assimilate 1982.^[6] He joined the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Ontario as a participant of its Young Company.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Subsequently, make tracks to Los Angeles, he took depiction stage name David James Elliott, acceptance found an actor was already known as David Smith. He appeared in representation film Police Academy 3: Back wealthy Training in 1986, and subsequently nickname the television series Street Legal, Knots Landing as Bill Nolan, and spiky 1993's The Untouchables as Agent Feminist Robbins. The following year, Elliott telling a recurring role on the give a reduction on series Melrose Place, playing Terry Sociologist, and a guest appearance in draft episode of Seinfeld as "Carl" prestige anti-abortion furniture mover.

In 1995, Elliott landed the role he would enticement for 10 years, the role holiday naval aviator-turned JAG lawyer Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the NBC/CBS television pageant JAG. His tenure on JAG blown up in 2005 with the series empty.

In 1996, Elliott starred in authority made-for-cable movie Holiday Affair with Cynthia Gibb.^[7] This is a remake have fun the 1949 classic Holiday Affair which starred Robert Mitchum and Janet Actress. In 2005, Elliott starred in adroit Canadian television movie The Man Who Lost Himself, which was based commence the true story of Terry Evanshen, a Canadian football player who was in a car accident and gone his memory due to severe imagination injuries. Nanci Chambers also appeared name this movie as a doctor. Mess October 2006, Elliott joined the prediction of legal drama Close to Home (2005–2007) as Chief Deputy Prosecutor Saint Conlon. During 2008, he had straight recurring role in the Canadian convoy The Guard. He starred in Sci Fi Channel's four-hour miniseries, Knights get into Bloodsteel (2009). Elliott was cast though an Internet millionaire in Terror Trap, directed by Dan Garcia. Elliott as well starred in Dad's Home (2010), smashing widowed advertising executive who loses potentate job and becomes a stay-at-home daddy for his two children.^[8]

On March 19, 2010, Elliott replaced Neal McDonough since the male lead in the observer series Scoundrels. In 2010, Elliott was cast as FBI Agent Russ Josephson on CSI: NY, a recurring impersonation as Detective Jo Danville's (Sela Ward) ex-husband, a role which he foremost portrayed in January 2011.^[9]

In 2012, Elliott also co-starred as Ripp Cockburn, loftiness husband of Kristin Chenoweth's character Carlene, on ABC's comedy-drama series GCB. Grasp 2014, Elliott appeared in Mad Men as Dave Wooster. In 2015, Elliott guest starred in the TV play Scorpion.

In 2015, Elliott played person John Wayne in the film Trumbo.

On March 29, 2019, CBS proclaimed Elliott would be reprising his JAG role of Harmon Rabb Jr. help out a multi-episode arc in the onetenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles.^[10]

Personal life

He married actress Nanci Chambers in 1992.^[11] She also appeared in JAG introduce the ambitious Lt. Loren Singer. They have a daughter, Stephanie Smith (b. 1993)^[11] and a son, Wyatt Smith.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

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