David Ackroyd

Known for ActingBorn 1940-05-30 (age 85)Orange, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators

Breaking the Silence

Stark: Mirror Image

In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials

Circus Freaks and Sideshows

The Universe

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

Women in White

Tom and Joann

Stop at Nothing

MacGyver

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Hell Hath No Fury

Xena: Warrior Princess

The Paper Chase

Murder, She Wrote

The Nativity

The A-Team

Highway to Heaven

Lou Grant

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

In Search of History

Hunter

Walker, Texas Ranger

Kojak

The Round Table

Wrestling with God

Studio 5-B

The Facts of Life

The Best Bar in America

When Your Lover Leaves

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Cagney & Lacey

Cover Up

Wildfire

Knots Landing

Dallas

Hotel

Blacke's Magic

A Gun in the House

A Peaceable Kingdom

Whiz Kids

Trapper John, M.D.

Dynasty

Hardcastle and McCormick

History's Mysteries