David Andrews (born January 1, 1952) is an American actor, best known for his role as General Robert Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Andrews was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His attended the Louisiana State University as an undergraduate and followed with a year at the Duke University School of Law and two at Stanford Law School, from which he graduated in the late 1970s. He set his career off in style by starring in the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. For the rest of the 80s Andrews did not have any major hits, mainly focusing on a TV career. In 1990 he starred in Stephen King's Graveyard Shift and in 1994 he was James Earp in Kevin Costners Wyatt Earp. His career was boosted by starring in the TV series Mann & Machine. In 1995 he played astronaut Pete Conrad, alongside Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton in the classic space drama Apollo 13. In the late 90s Andrews concentrated on more television projects and starred in TV films such as Our Son, the Matchmaker, Fifteen and Pregnant, which also starred Kirsten Dunst, and the hit TV film Switched at Birth. In 1998 he played another astronaut, Frank Borman, in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He had a brief role as Major General Eldridge G. Chapman, commander of the 13th Airborne Division, in the Band of Brothers miniseries. 1999 was a great year for Andrews: not only that he did get the success from Switched at Birth but also Fight Club, which starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Andrews started off the millennium by starring in Navigating the Heart before moving on to the sequel of the cannibal series Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins. In 2002 he appeared in A Walk to Remember, and in 2003 he starred in Two Soldiers, The Chester Story and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He also replaced John M. Jackson in the final season of JAG, playing Judge Advocate General Major General Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell. He was Edwin Jensen in the TV Movie The Jensen Project. Andrews played the role of Scooter Libby in the 2010 film, Fair Game, based on the Valerie Plame affair.

Filmography

• 2026The Gardener — Tom
• Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons — Peter Sing
• 2019A.I. 187 — William Palmer
• For All Mankind — Admiral Scott Uken
• The Boys — Senator Calhoun
• Watchmen — Deputy Director Farragut
• Tell Me a Story — Richard Winston
• 2017Forsaken Son — Pastor Colin Reed
• Shooter — Sam Vincent
• The Catch — Tony Ellis
• Cocked — Clyde
• 2015The Squeeze — Player #1 Billy Bob
• The Whispers — Secretary of Defense Frommer
• Crisis — Agent Hurst
• 2014Don't Know Yet — Swag
• How to Get Away with Murder — Hugh Murphy
• 2014Jessabelle — Leon
• House of Cards — Tim Corbet
• 2013World War Z — Navy Captain Mullenaro
• 2012Arthur Newman — Chuck Willoughby
• Perception — FBI Agent Krueger
• Revolution — Bill O'Halloran
• Scandal — George Reed
• 2010Dear John — Mr. Curtis
• 2010Fair Game — Scooter Libby
• Justified — Tillman Napier
• Marry Me — Swan Carter
• 2010The Jensen Project — Edwin
• Castle — Carl Shelton
• Drop Dead Diva — Simon Bell's Lawyer, The Walters' Lawyer
• Infomercials — William
• Lie to Me — Dr. Stanley Heaton
• Brothers and Sisters — George Lafferty
• Criminal Minds — Sheriff Bruner
• Ghost Whisperer — Dr. Albert Glassman
• 2005Stealth — Ray
• Surface — Furella
• The Closer — Donald Baxter, Jr.
• 2005The Rain Makers — Jerry
• 2004The Dead Will Tell — John Hytner
• 2004The Last Summer — Richard Finney
• 2003A Touch of Fate — James Kline
• NCIS — Errol Coyne
• 2003Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines — Robert Brewster
• 2003Two Soldiers — Lieutenant Hogenbeck
• 2002A Walk to Remember — Mr. Kelly
• CSI: Miami — Richard Bowman, Bruce Faber
• 2002Town Diary — Brian McCauley
• Band of Brothers — General Elbridge G. Chapman
• Crossing Jordan — Gerald Bayless
• 2001Hannibal — FBI Agent Pearsall
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Lloyd Anson Wilkes
• Six Feet Under — Michael Piper
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Lorian
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Officer Fromansky
• 2000Navigating the Heart — William Sanders
• 1999Fight Club — Thomas at Remaining Men Together
• 1999Switched at Birth — James Barlow
• 1999The Color of Courage — Philip Renfrew
• Dawson's Creek — Gus Weiner
• 1998Fifteen and Pregnant — Cal Spangler
• From the Earth to the Moon — Frank Borman
• 1998The Rat Pack — G-Man #3
• Just Shoot Me! — Jay Crew
• Stargate SG-1 — Se'tak
• The Practice — Judge Wilbur Stuckey
• 1997Under Pressure — Reese Braverton
• 1996Our Son, the Matchmaker — Steve Carson
• 1995Apollo 13 — Pete Conrad
• JAG — Col. / Maj. Gen. Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell
• Murder One
• 1995Shame II: The Secret — Josh McHale
• The Monroes
• 1994Deconstructing Sarah — Paul
• Touched by an Angel — Jim Sullivan
• 1994Wyatt Earp — James Earp
• 1993The Waiter — Nigel
• Mann & Machine — Det. Bobby Mann
• The Antagonists — Jack Scarlett
• 1990A Son's Promise — Wayne O'Kelley
• 1990Graveyard Shift — John Hall
• 1987Cherry 2000 — Sam Treadwell
• Pulaski — Larry Summers (aka Pulaski)
• Lime Street
• 1985Midas Valley
• The Equalizer — Del Larkin, Dale Stevens
• 1985Wild Horses — Dean Ellis
• 1984A Nightmare on Elm Street — Foreman
• Miami Vice — Jack Crockett
• 1984The Burning Bed — Wimpy Hughes
• Trapper John, M.D.
• Prodigal Sons — Jim Ballard

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2024Tales from Zone 7 - An Oral History of the Making of Cherry 2000 — Self