David Sherrill

David Sherrill was born on Nov 08, 1959 in USA. David Sherrill's big-screen debut came with The Wraith directed by Mike Marvin in 1986, strarring Skank. David Sherrill is known for Grand Slam directed by Bruce Kessler, John Schneider stars as Dennis Bakelenoff and Paul Rodriguez as Pedro Gomez. The upcoming new movie David Sherrill plays is Careful What You Wish For which will be released on May 06, 2015.

Benjamin David Sherrill originally attended Colorado State University as a Wildlife Biology Major but changed course after his sophomore year to become a Theater Major."Dave" as he is know to family and friends performed in numerous plays at CSU until he was encouraged by his theater professor to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied with the late Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as with the legendary Stella Adler.While at NYU and working as an intern at Warner Television, Atlantic Records and MTV, Dave landed a small but recurring role in the ABC daytime drama, "All My Children".After spending a year on and off the popular soap opera, he decided to complete his training at UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television.Upon completing his studies at UCLA in 1985 and many auditions later... Dave landed the role that would begin his professional career when he was cast as Skank, a twitchy, mohawked, punk-rock, gang member in the 1986 cult film, "The Wraith," along side Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn and Clint Howard.Sherrill's career soon began to pick up speed as he followed with his next role opposite Keanu Reeves in Thom Eberhardt's "The Night Before".Next, Dave traveled to the Israeli desert to appear in Columbia Pictures',"The Beast Of War" with Jason Patric and Steven Bauer.In the late 1980's, Dave appeared in several network television shows which included "21 Jump Street" and "China Beach".He also received critical notice from Henry Sheehan in the January 3, 1989 issue of Hollywood Reporter for his work in the CBS Movie of the Week, "Terror On Highway 91," opposite Rick Schroeder and Lara Flynn Boyle. Wrote Sheehan, "The most striking performance comes from sneering, sniveling David Sherrill as the sheriff's crooked son."Soon thereafter, Dave would go on to realize his childhood dream when he was cast in the role of Max in Warner Bros.', "The Rookie," opposite his childhood hero, Clint Eastwood who was also the film's director.Sherrill's next television appearance was in 1992 in the recurring role of homeless Gulf War veteran, Sgt. Jack Canner, in the popular FOX television series, "Beverly Hills, 90210".His following film role would be as the upwardly mobile, yuppie son of Gena Rowlands in "Unhook The Stars" which was written and directed by Nick Cassavetes.Next, Dave starred along side Charlie Sheen and Christopher McDonald in the independent feature film, "Five Aces" which garnered The Spirit of Independent Film Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.Dave would later return to North Carolina to portray NASCAR legend and Charlotte Motor Speedway president, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler in the ESPN/Disney television movie, "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story" opposite Barry Pepper.Soon thereafter, he was cast in popular television series such as "One Tree Hill","Surface" and "Army Wives".He soon followed with appearances in several independent feature films that included, "Insignificant Others", "House Of Fallen" and "The 27 Club" for director, Erica Dunton which received recognition at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.Most recently, Dave appeared on television in AMC's series, "Halt & Catch Fire" and in the independent feature film, "Careful What You Wish For" as Brian Martin, the father of musician-turned-actor, Nick Jonas.In 2016, Dave reunited with fellow "The Wraith" cast mates, Clint Howard, Chris Nash and James Bozian in the low-budget suspense thriller, "American Bigfoot" aka "Kampout".