D. B. Sweeney Biography

Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.

Early life

Sweeney was born and raised in Shoreham, New York, by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School where he was a member of Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity and both Tulane and New York University. Before completing his B.F.A. at NYU in 1984, he was cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.

Career

Sweeney guest starred on television series The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire before entering films. He portrayed a gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987) and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). Sweeney is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Doug Dorsey in The Cutting Edge (1992), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988), or Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove (1989).

In 2000, Sweeney voiced Aladar the Iguanodon in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur. He also starred in Life as We Know It as Michael Whitman (2004"2005) and C-16: FBI produced by Michael Robin.

Sweeney has guest-starred on various television series, including House (2006) as Crandall, an ex-bandmate of Dr. Gregory House; Jericho as John Goetz (2006"2008); Castle as a Los Angeles detective (2011), and more. He also had recurring roles as U.S. Marshal Sam Kassmeyer, assigned to protect Haley and Jack Hotchner on Criminal Minds (2009); as Peter Emory in season 1 of Crash (2008); and as Carter in The Event (2010).

He is currently the voice-over artist for the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and his large body of voiceover work includes three seasons of Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and National Geographic Television's Ice Pilots. Past ad campaigns include Bud Light, Lincoln cars, Conoco-Phillips, John Deere, Major League Baseball and Coca Cola.

Sweeney plays Captain John Trent in the horror web series, Universal Dead. In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.

A supporter of the U.S. military, Sweeney founded a website Lettersfromhollywood.army.mil to get messages of support to active duty and retired military. He has made multiple visits to the Middle East and Europe to visit with service members. On May 4, 2008, Sweeney flew with the helicopter squadron HMM-364, "The World Famous Purple Foxes", in a CH-46E while in Iraq visiting with service members and promoting his new film, Two Tickets to Paradise.

In 2012, Sweeney voiced the adult version of Avatar Aang in The Legend of Korra, the sequel series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. He also narrates the reality television series Mountain Men.

Personal life

Sweeney is married to Ashley Vachon (April 2000 - present) and they have two children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Out of the Darkness	Mike	TV movie
	Spenser: For Hire	Rick	Episode: "Resurrection"
1986	Power	College Student
	Fire with Fire	Thomas Baxter
1987	Gardens of Stone	Jackie Willow
	No Man's Land	Benjy Taylor
1988	Eight Men Out	Joseph "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
1989	Lonesome Dove	Dish Boggett	TV miniseries
	Sons	Ritchie
1990	Memphis Belle	Lt. Phil Lowenthal
1991	Blue Desert	Steve Smith
	Heaven Is a Playground	Zack Telander
1992	The Cutting Edge	Doug Dorsey
	Miss Rose White	Dan McKay	TV movie
	Leather Jackets	Mickey
	En Dag i oktober	Niels Jensen
1993	Fire in the Sky	Travis Walton
	Hear No Evil	Ben Kendall
1994	Tales From the Crypt	Clyde	Episode: "Staired in Horror"
1995	Roommates	Michael Holzcek
	Three Wishes	Jeffery Holman (uncredited)
1995"1996	Strange Luck	Chance Harper / Alex Sanders	17 episodes
1996	Frame by Frame
1997	Spawn	Terry Fitzgerald
1997"1998	C-16: FBI	Scott Stoddard	11 episodes
1999	The Book of Stars	Prisoner
	NYPD Blue	Joey Dwyer	Episode: "Big Bang Theory"
	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Jack Denison	TV movie
	The Weekend	Tony
	Goosed	Steve Steven
1999"2000	Harsh Realm	Mike Pinocchio	(TV miniseries); 9 episodes
2000	After Sex	Tony
	Dinosaur	Aladar	voice
	The Outer Limits	Scott Bowman	Episode: "The Grid"
	Warriors of Might and Magic		(Video Game); voice
2000"2001	Once and Again	Graham Rympalski
2001	Hardball	Matt Hyland
2002	Superfire	James Merrick
	Equilibrium
	Greenmail	Jeremy O'Brien
2003	CSI: Miami	Simon Bishop	Episode: "Body Count"
	Brother Bear	Sitka	(voice)
2004	Speak	Jack Sordino
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kyle Good	Episode: "Early Rollout"
	Going to the Mat	Coach Rice	(TV movie)
	Karen Sisco	Harry Boyle	Episode: "No One's Girl"
2004"2005	Life as We Know It	Michael Whitman	13 episodes
2006	The Darwin Awards	Detective Maguire
	Two Tickets to Paradise	Billy McGriff	Also wrote and directed
	House	Dylan Crandall	Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
	Yellow	Christian Kile
2006"2008	Jericho	John Goetz	5 episodes
2007	Entry Level	Clay
	Vegas: An Opulent Illusion	Narrator	(video short)
2008	Stiletto	Danny	direct-to-video
	Heatstroke	Captain Steve O'Bannon	TV movie
	Miracle at St. Anna	Colonel Driscoll
	Crash	Peter Emory	4 episodes
	Leverage	Father Paul	Episode: "The Miracle Job"
2009	Criminal Minds	U.S. Marshal Sam Kassmeyer	3 episodes
2010	CSI: NY	A.D.A. Craig Hansen	Episode: "Criminal Justice "
	24	Mark Bledsoe	2 episodes
	The Imploders		Episode: "Widow Makers and Firestorms"
	Three Rivers	Detective Ted Sandefur	Episode: "Status 1A"
	Universal Dead	Captain John Trent	3 episodes
	The Event	Carter	6 episodes
	Fencewalker	Detective	post-production
2011	Javelina	Dr. Carey
	Hawaii Five-0	Richard Davis	Episode: "Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio"
	Castle	Detective Kyle Seeger	Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A."
	Swamp Shark	Charlie	(TV movie) post-production
	Deep in the Heart	Michael	post-production
	False Creek Stories	Bill	(short film); completed
2012	The Legend of Korra	Aang (voice)	2 episodes
	Ice Pilots	Narrator	6 episodes
	Mountain Men	Narrator	8 episodes
	Taken 2	Bernie
	Atlas Shrugged: Part II	John Galt