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David Denman

Highest Rated: 96% Rebel Ridge (2024)

Lowest Rated: 0% Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016)

Birthday: Jul 25, 1973

Birthplace: Newport Beach, California, USA

Character actor David Denman played a wide variety of roles on television and in features in the late '90s and 2000s, including blue collar-minded Roy Anderson on "The Office" (NBC, 2005-2013) and a divorced dad on "Parenthood" (NBC, 2010-15). Born July 25, 1973 in Newport Beach, California, Denman relocated numerous times during his adolescence before eventually settling in Fountain Valley, California. There, he became involved in Fountain Valley High School's drama program, which sparked his interest in acting as a profession. After attending the summer training congress at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Denman attended the Julliard School's Drama Division, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1997. He found work on television almost immediately after graduation, making his screen debut in a 1997 episode of "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009). His feature film debut, as a deaf football player in the Keanu Reeves comedy "The Replacements," came in 2000. Denman divided his time between television and motion pictures for the next half-decade, logging roles in movies like Tim Burton's "Big Fish" (2003) and a recurring role on "Angel" (The WB, 1999-2004) as a demon determined to bring the all-powerful "Devourer" to Earth. Denman landed his breakout role in 2005 as Roy Anderson, one-time fiancée to Pam Beesly on "The Office." Initially portrayed as a sort of overgrown child in his early appearances, he takes Pam's rejection poorly, but appears to turn his life around by his final appearance in the show's ninth season, where he is depicted as both sensible and successful. Denman shared a 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award win for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy, while the exposure afforded by the popularity of "The Office" led to more substantial guest roles on series and in features, as well as a brief stint as a leading man on the Fox sitcom "Traffic Light" (2011). After landing supporting roles in the science fiction epic "After Earth" (2013) and the biopic "Jobs" (2013) as computer scientist and "Pong" designer Al Alcorn, Denman returned to series work with a recurring role on "Parenthood" as Ed, who has a brief relationship with Julia Braverman-Graham (Erika Christensen) during her separation from husband Joel (Sam Jaeger). In 2015, Denham was cast as a sniper in Michael Bay's "13 Hours," an action-drama about the 2012 terrorist attack on an American compound in Libya.

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Highest rated movies

96% 73% Rebel Ridge Watchlist 92% 76% Logan Lucky Watchlist 91% 75% The Gift Watchlist 90% 82% Joy Ride Watchlist 82% 75% Puzzle Watchlist
78% 65% Fair Game
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77% 63% Greenland Watchlist 76% 94% The Equalizer 3 Watchlist
76% 89% Big Fish
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63% 61% The Nines
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 73% Rebel Ridge Officer Evan Marston (Character) - 2024
76% 94% The Equalizer 3 Frank Conroy (Character) $92.3M 2023
90% 82% Joy Ride Joe Sullivan (Character) $12.8M 2023
45% 59% Emancipation General William Dwight (Character) - 2022
77% 63% Greenland Ralph Vento (Character) - 2020
57% 67% Brightburn Kyle Breyer (Character) $17.3M 2019
82% 75% Puzzle Louie (Character) $2.0M 2018
92% 76% Logan Lucky Moody Chapman (Character) $27.8M 2017
51% 65% Saban's Power Rangers Sam Scott (Character) $85.3M 2017
0% 92% Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Byron (Character) $39.4K 2016
51% 83% 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Dave "Boon" Benton (Character) $52.8M 2016
91% 75% The Gift Greg (Character) $43.8M 2015
62% 64% Beneath the Harvest Sky George (Character) $28.1K 2013
27% 40% Jobs Al Alcorn (Character) $16.1M 2013
12% 36% After Earth Private McQuarrie (Character) $60.5M 2013
No Score Yet 33% Let Go Walter (Character) - 2011
78% 65% Fair Game Nervous Dave (Character) $9.5M 2010
50% 39% Smart People William (Character) $9.5M 2008
11% 33% Shutter Bruno (Character) $25.9M 2008
45% 42% Take Marty Nichols (Character) $5.1K 2007
63% 61% The Nines Parole Officer / Agitated Man (Character) $62.7K 2007
8% 43% When a Stranger Calls Officer Burroughs (Character) $47.9M 2006
No Score Yet 37% The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story Tommy Vignatti (Character) - 2004
76% 89% Big Fish Don Price (age 18-22) (Character) $66.3M 2003
8% 84% Out Cold Lance (Character) $13.9M 2001
41% 66% The Replacements Murphy (Character) $44.7M 2000
No Score Yet 75% A Vow to Cherish Kyle Brighton (Character) - 1999

TV

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100% 86% Bosch: Legacy Kurt Dockweiler (Character) 2023
95% 94% Mare of Easttown Frank Sheehan (Character) 2021
57% 94% Dolly Parton's Heartstrings Deke Fletcher (Character) 2019
81% 83% Outcast Mark Holter (Character) 2016-2017
41% 58% Angel From Hell Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
94% 96% Mad Men Jerry Fanning (Guest Star) 2015
65% 66% Two and a Half Men Jack (Guest Star) 2015
88% 95% Parenthood Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
67% 62% Vegas Clay Stinson (Guest Star) 2012
92% 78% Person of Interest Graham Wyler (Guest Star) 2012
81% 89% The Office Roy Anderson (Guest Star) 2005-2008 2011-2012
67% No Score Yet Traffic Light Unknown (Character) 2011
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Tony Nicastro (Guest Star) 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight Ed Fogerty / Ed Flint (Guest Star) 2009
24% 50% Gary Unmarried Ronnie Mitchell (Guest Star) 2008
42% No Score Yet K-Ville Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
65% No Score Yet Close to Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
90% 83% Bones Phil Garfield (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Stalker Henry Gale (Guest Star) 2005
55% No Score Yet Second Time Around Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 76% King of the Hill Unknown (Guest Voice) 2003
87% 88% Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
74% 86% The X-Files Wallace Schiff (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 85% ER Jeremy Willia/Angel (Guest Star) 1997