Character actor David Jensen was born in DuQuoin, Illinois. He studied theater at LSU with John Dennis and worked on the early film work of Steven Soderbergh, culminating with Schizopolis a low-budget comedy in the spirit of Richard Lester and Bunuel. He is known for The Mist, Midnight Special, Benjamin Button, and Love Song for Bobby Long.

Filmography

• The Hunting Wives — Doc Blevins
• 2024Average Joe — Thomas
• 2023Off Ramp — Virile
• 2021Bingo Hell — Mario
• 2020Hillbilly Elegy — Mr. Selby
• Outer Banks — Wes Genrette
• 2020The Long Shadow — Doc
• 2020The Quarry — Judge
• 2020Walkaway Joe — Merle
• 2018Hover — Farm Intruder
• 2018The Domestics — Old Man
• 2018Toto — Actor
• 2017Camera Obscura — Bernard
• 2017Geostorm — Brackish Quigley
• 2017The King of New Orleans — Larry Shirt
• 2016Free State of Jones — Quitman
• 2016Like Son — Wiley
• 2016Loving — Judge Bazile
• 2016Midnight Special — Elden
• 2016Smothered — Asshole
• 2015Black or White — Eldridge
• 2015Fantastic Four — War Room Soldier (uncredited)
• 2015Hot Pursuit — Wayne
• The Parallax Theory — Phillip Cooper
• Zoo — Victor Holman
• 2014Barefoot — Mr. Phelpmitter
• Delirium
• 2014King of Herrings — Gat, Producer
• 2014Kristy — Clerk
• 2014The Best of Me — Dr. Pundt
• True Detective — Roy Purcell
• 2013This Is the End — Cannibal #1
• 2012Alien Tornado — Armstrong
• 2012Battleship — NASA Director
• 2012Looper — Apt Super
• 2012The Courier — San Fran Tanna
• 2012Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning — Dr. Su
• 2011Apocalypse 2012: The World After Time Ends — Cannibal
• 2011Battle: Los Angeles — Psychiatrist
• 2011Carjacked — Customer
• 2011Creature — Jimmy
• 2011Seeking Justice — Gas Attendant
• 2011The Mortician — Officier Laurel
• 2011Ticking Clock — Jax
• 2010Cool Dog — Reuben Ledger
• 2010I Love You Phillip Morris — Judge
• 2010Jonah Hex — Turnbull's Guard
• 2010Welcome to the Rileys — Ed
• 2009Beyond a Reasonable Doubt — Gary Spota
• 2009Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou — Realtor
• 2009Taking Chances — Samuel Many Bulls
• 2009Wolvesbayne — Dracula
• 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Doctor at Benjamin's Birth
• 2008Warbirds — Colonel W.R. Hamilton
• 2007The Mist — Myron
• 2007The Reaping — Jim Wakeman
• 2006Déjà Vu — Ferry Official
• 2006Just My Luck — Stage Manager
• 2006The Last Time — J.D.
• Thief — Pinky
• 2005Lethal Seduction — Mitchel Harding
• 2004A Love Song for Bobby Long — Junior
• 2004Infidelity — Dr. Conway
• 2004Pop Rocks — Izzy
• 2004Searching for David's Heart — Mr. Casey
• 2003Runaway Jury — Shamburg
• 2002Solaris — Grip
• 2002Sonny — Mr. Penn
• 2001Ocean's Eleven — Eye-in-the-Sky Technician #2, Grip
• 2001Tempted — Blades Man, Electrician
• 2000Traffic — John
• 1998Out of Sight — Grip
• 1998The Newton Boys — William Fahy
• 1997Schizopolis — Elmo Oxygen
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — Grip
• 1996Gray's Anatomy — Casting, Electrician
• Profiler — Getz
• 1995Body Count — Forensics #1
• 1995The Underneath — Satellite Dish Installer
• 1994Mysteries of the Ancient World — King Henry II
• 1993King of the Hill — Front Desk Clerk, Grip
• 1991Convicts — Electrician
• 1991Kafka — The Laughing Man, Electrician
• 1991Reservoir Dogs — Joe Cabot
• 1989sex, lies, and videotape — Best Boy Grip
• 1987Winston — David
• God Hospital — Dove

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2013Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4 — Self