David Leisure
Born: 1950-11-16 in San Diego, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001. Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis: Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, ALF, 227, T. J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Sledge Hammer, and Nurses. Leisure was born in San Diego and attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He went on to attend Grossmont College also in El Cajon and then to San Diego State University. Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane! In 1999, he made a brief but memorable appearance in 10 Things I Hate About You as a high school soccer coach and detention monitor. More recently, falling back on his "Joe Isuzu" shtick, Leisure has been acting as a fictional and disreputable insurance lawyer in a series of commercials for various American personal-injury law firms. In different markets, different firms have licensed the footage and add in their own spokespeople and names. For much of the first quarter of 2009, Leisure appeared as Roger Wilkes on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. As of July 2010, he is in a recurring role as Salem District Attorney Woods on Days of Our Lives. Leisure also provided the voice of Metus on the animated feature BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Leisure, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2013
- The Goldbergs as Captain Roger
2012
- Sperm Donor as Maxwell
2009
- Bionicle: The Legend Reborn as Metus (voice)
2008
- Teed Off Too as Your Golf Guide
2005
- Teed Off as Your Golf Guide
- Welcome To September as Elliott Faydo
2004
- Elvis Has Left the Building as Hole-in-the-Head Elvis
- World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials as Himself - Host / Joe Isuzu
2003
- Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail as Dr. Vaughn
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2001
- One on One as Frank
- Downward Angel as Charles
2000
- Behind the Seams as Milos Breneschov
1999
- 10 Things I Hate About You as Mr. Chapin
- Action as Self (uncredited)
- Dogmatic as Pal Acres
- Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure as Nick's Dad
1997
- Hollywood Safari as Troy
- The Outsider as Dr. Greenstreet
- Nowhere as Egg and Ducky's Dad
- Perversions of Science as William Tilbrook
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bob Bermuda
1995
- Caroline in the City as Fred
- The Wayans Bros. as Bud Masada
- The Parent 'Hood
- The Brady Bunch Movie as Jason
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Councilman Hinkley
- Burke's Law as Stormy Gilliss
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Lenny Rosen
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Spencer Spencer
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Count DeClues' Mystery Castle as The Castle (Voice)
1992
- Renegade as Derek Devlin / Mr. Success
1991
- Dinosaurs as Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)
1990
- Blossom
- Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Newscaster / Game Show Host
1988
- Empty Nest as Charley Dietz
- Perfect People as Derek
- You Can't Hurry Love as Peter Newcomb
- Goddess of Love as Jimmy
- Disney's All-American Sports Nuts
1987
- Married... with Children as Bink Winkleman
1986
- ALF as Brandon Tartikoff
- Sledge Hammer!
1985
- The Golden Girls as Charlie Dietz
- The Equalizer as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
- 227
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Ben Fairly
- Airplane II: The Sequel as Religious Zealot
- Wait Until Dark as Policeman
1981
- Falcon Crest as Tuscany Valley Restaurant Waiter
1980
- Airplane! as First Krishna