David Ackroyd

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
May 30, 1940 (85 years old)

David Ackroyd

Known For

The Universe
0h 45m
TV Show 2007

The Universe

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

Dead On
1h 27m
Movie 1994

Dead On

In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.

Against the Wall
1h 51m
Movie 1994

Against the Wall

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Love, Cheat & Steal
1h 36m
Movie 1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up. Reno Adams has lost seven years of his life in Jail and wants revenge. After escaping, he tracks Lauren down and intends to make her and her husband's life a living hell.

The Round Table
1h 0m
TV Show 1992

The Round Table

The Round Table is an American television series that aired on NBC on Friday nights from September 18, 1992 to October 16, 1992. The series is set in Washington D.C. and focuses on the lives of a group young professionals in their mid-twenties who frequently meet at the bar The Round Table. After seven episodes, the show was canceled and many of the show's stars surfaced in other projects.

The Fear Inside
1h 55m
Movie 1992

The Fear Inside

An agoraphobic children's book illustrator is trapped inside her home by two young psychos-in-love, who terrorize her. It is only when her young son is threatened that she manages to overcome her paralyzing fears and attempt to leave her home to save him...

Breaking the Silence
1h 36m
Movie 1992

Breaking the Silence

Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must come to grips with his shameful secrets about his own mother.

Stop at Nothing
1h 36m
Movie 1991

Stop at Nothing

An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The father was accused of sexually abusing the daughter but the evidence was dismissed. Who's lying?

Hell Hath No Fury
1h 33m
Movie 1991

Hell Hath No Fury

A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged woman who actually killed him.

Wrestling with God
1h 11m
Movie 1990

Wrestling with God

Wrestling with God is the true story of Alexander Campbell, a man whose conscience came into conflict with the accepted religious precepts of his time, and the struggle and resentment he endured as a result.

Biography

Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.

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