David Hunt

Actor

Popular As David Hunt (actor)

Birthday December 10, 1953

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Covent Garden, London, England

Age 70 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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David Hunt is an English actor, producer, and director who has worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

1988

His best known U.S. film role is Harlan Rook, in the 1988 action film The Dead Pool, the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry series.

He has also had guest roles on the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond as Ray's nemesis neighbor, Bill Parker.

He also appeared in the recurring role of Darren McCarthy during season 6 of 24.

1991

Back in the UK, Hunt was in the 1991 award-winning period drama, The Black Velvet Gown, as well as being a regular cast member of the series Beck for the BBC.

2001

In 2001, he founded a production company, FourBoys Entertainment, with his wife, American actress Patricia Heaton.

They have four sons and they divide their time between Los Angeles and Cambridge.

2005

In 2005, Hunt directed the documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, which won a Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival.

Other film appearances include The Deal with William H. Macy, Meg Ryan and Jason Ritter and Moms' Night Out.

Amongst Hunt's productions are the romantic comedy The Engagement Ring, a two-hour movie for TNT in which he also starred; Amazing Grace, a motion picture directed by Michael Apted and starring Albert Finney; and the television comedy Versailles, which he directed.

Hunt graduated from Loughborough University, Leicestershire.

He worked as a schoolteacher and American football coach before moving to New York City.

Hunt graduated from the Juilliard School in New York.

2019

In 2019, Broti Gupta, a writer on Hunt's wife's television show Carol's Second Act, complained that David Hunt had inappropriate contact with her, a claim which Hunt and his lawyer denied.

Gupta and another writer subsequently left the show and Hunt underwent work harassment sensitivity training.