
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.

Dark Angel
1990 · as Inspector Switzer

Memories of Me
1988 · as 1st Assistant Director

The Mountain Men
1980 · as Medicine Wolf

Raven
1996 · as Bill Gilley

Against the Wall
1994 · as William Kuntsler

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993 · as Tom Kerry

Hell Hath No Fury
1991 · as Stanley

Exo-Man
1977 · as Dr. Nicholas Conrad

A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986 · as Video Director

The Nativity
1986 · as Angel of the Lord (voice)

Deadly Lessons
1983 · as John Ferrar

Mind Over Murder
1979 · as Ben Kushing

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983 · as Bruce Neumann

No Strings Attached
1997 · as Dr. Singer

Stop at Nothing
1991 · as Agent Conroy

Dead On
1994 · as Dexter Davenport

The Fear Inside
1992 · as Brandon Cole

A Gun in the House
1981 · as Joe Cates