Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.

Filmography

• 2013The Best Bar in America — Northway
• The Universe
• 2001History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators — Narrator
• 2000Amityville: Horror or Hoax — Narrator (Voice)
• 2000Amityville: The Haunting — Narrator (Voice)
• 2000Circus Freaks and Sideshows — Narrator
• 1999Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme — Narrator
• History's Mysteries — Producer
• 1998History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge — Narrator
• 1998In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials — Narrator
• 1997No Strings Attached — Dr. Singer
• 1997Raven — Bill Gilley
• In Search of History — Narrator
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Ezekiel Rage (voice)
• Xena: Warrior Princess — Anteus
• 1994Against the Wall — William Kuntsler
• 1994Dead On — Dexter Davenport
• 1993Love, Cheat & Steal — Tom Kerry
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Newscaster (voice)
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Jess Morell
• 1992Breaking the Silence — Dr. Irving Berringer
• 1992The Fear Inside — Brandon Cole
• The Round Table
• 1991Hell Hath No Fury — Stanley
• 1991Stop at Nothing — Agent Conroy
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Owner / Bus Driver (voice)
• 1990Dark Angel — Inspector Switzer
• 1990Wrestling with God — Robert Owen
• A Peaceable Kingdom
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Dr. Marcus
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story — Graham Mattison
• Studio 5-B
• 1988Memories of Me — 1st Assistant Director
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder — Jones
• 1986A Smoky Mountain Christmas — Video Director
• Blacke's Magic
• 1986Stark: Mirror Image — Kenneth Clayton
• 1986The Children of Times Square — Peter Roberts
• 1986The Nativity — Angel of the Lord (voice)
• Wildfire
• MacGyver — Lucien Trumbo
• 1985Picking Up the Pieces — Dr. Eric Harding
• Cover Up
• Highway to Heaven — Commander Matthew Rogers
• Hunter — Gus Trancus
• Murder, She Wrote — Prosecutor Tom Casselli, Nate Parsons, Bert Lown
• 1984The Sky's No Limit — Col. Charlie King
• AfterMASH — Dr. Boyer
• 1983Cocaine: One Man's Seduction — Bruce Neumann
• 1983Deadly Lessons — John Ferrar
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Eddie Dawson
• The A-Team — Major Laskov
• 1983When Your Lover Leaves — Joe Masterson
• Whiz Kids
• Cagney & Lacey — Brian Cagney
• Hotel
• St. Elsewhere — Chuck Cochrane
• Teachers Only
• 1982The Sound of Murder — Peter Marriott
• 1981A Gun in the House — Joe Cates
• Dynasty
• 1980The Mountain Men — Medicine Wolf
• The Yeagers
• Knots Landing — Bill Medford
• 1979Mind Over Murder — Ben Kushing
• The Facts of Life
• Trapper John, M.D.
• Women in White — Dr. Mike Rayburn
• 1978And I Alone Survived — Jay Fuller
• Dallas — Gary Ewing
• The Dark Secret of Harvest Home — Nick Constantine
• The Paper Chase
• The Word — Tom Carey
• 1978Tom and Joann — Gabe
• 1977Exo-Man — Dr. Nicholas Conrad
• Lou Grant — Mike Kessler
• Kojak — Vincent Hackley
• Great Performances — Reginald Broderick
• 1971Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
• 1969Story Theatre — Ensemble Member
• Another World

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2006Amityville Confidential — Self - Narrator
• 1997In Search of History - The Knights Templar — Himself - Narrator