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Dennis Haysbert
Birth at
2 June 1954
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American film actor Dennis Haysbert was born in 1954 in San Mateo, California. He studied at the American Academy in the specialty “theatrical art”, which he successfully completed. After graduation, he began to look for a job in a professional field. Soon he was offered roles in television series. The most famous include Team A, Lou Grant, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Private Detective Magnum. However, Dennis Haysbert wanted to play not only in TV series. He dreamed of a serious role, and
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American film actor Dennis Haysbert was born in 1954 in San Mateo, California. He studied at the American Academy in the specialty “theatrical art”, which he successfully completed. After graduation, he began to look for a job in a professional field. Soon he was offered roles in television series. The most famous include Team A, Lou Grant, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Private Detective Magnum.
However, Dennis Haysbert wanted to play not only in TV series. He dreamed of a serious role, and in 1989 his dream finally came true. He was invited to star in the movie “Major League”. He played baseball player Pedro Serrano. This role became a turning point in his life, the directors began to actively invite him to their films. In just a few years he starred in many films. The most famous of them were “Sea SEALs”, “Field of Love”, “Mr. baseball”. Particularly popular he brought the role of an agent in the thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood.
Absolute power” .
In 2001, the shooting of the series “24 hours” began. The actor in the role of David Palmer was unrivaled, his popularity grew instantly. 2002 brought Dennis Haysbert a new job. This time he played the role of a gardener in the film Far From Heaven. The actor has long dreamed of a film award and thanks to this picture he finally received it, and, at once, in three categories.
He was later invited to the series again. This time he played the main character in the "Anti-Terror Squad". It is impossible not to note his excellent performance in the dramatic film “Farewell, Bafana”. In 2011, he tried a new activity for himself - he voiced one of the characters in the children's cartoon Kung Fu Panda-2. Then he continued a new direction in his work and voiced several computer games.
Dennis Haysbert was married 2 times and has 2 children. His hobbies include scuba diving, golf, tennis.