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This tall (6'4"), muscular and square-jawed player quickly established himself as a TV star playing a... (Learn more)

Top Projects: JAG, The Untouchables, Close to Home (View All)

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David James Elliott’s Milestones
Began appearing in US TV guest spots
Joined the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario; won the Jean Chalmers Award for Most Promising Actor
Moved to Southern California
Played with a rock band as a teen
1979 Became interested in acting after reading "King Lear" in a theater history class at age 19
1986 Appeared in "B-Movie: The Play", a very successful production at the Edinburgh Festival
1986 - 1989 Starred in the CBC TV series "Steet Legal"; originally hired for a three-episode guest spot but made a regular
1990 Signed by Disney to a development deal
1991 US TV-movie debut, "Her Wicked Ways", a CBS drama about TV newsroom rivalries
1991 US series debut as a regular, "Fly By Night" (shown as part of CBS Late Night's "Crimetime After Primetime")
1993 Cast as a regular on the syndicated revival of "The Untouchables"
1994 Had a recurring role on "Melrose Place" (Fox) as a sex-addicted recovering alcoholic
1994 Made a memorable guest appearance on "Seinfeld" as Elaine's almost perfect man
1995 - 2005 Starred as Lt. Harmon Rabb Jr on "JAG", a military legal action series (NBC, 1995-1996; CBS 1997-2005)
1995 Starred in "Golden Gate", a busted pilot for a legal crime drama
1995 US TV miniseries debut, "Degree of Guilt"
2005 Starred in the TV-movie, "The Man Who Lost Himself" as a Canadian football player who lost his memory in a car accident
2006 Joined the cast of the CBS crime drama "Close to Home"

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : David Elliott
AKA : David Smith

Born

September, 21 1960 in Milton, Ontario, Canada

Education

  • Ryerson Polytechnical University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: an arts college comparable to Juilliard; entered in 1983; graduated

Professions

actor

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