David Rees Snell (born August 20, 1966) is a television actor cast as Detective Ronnie Gardocki, on the FX Networks' crime drama The Shield. When The Shield was picked up by FX, Snell was initially hired as a supporting cast member on the show. He was told, that the writers had no plans for developing his character, due to him only being a last minute addition to an already large cast of actors. However, after merely a few episodes, his character was made a permanent member of the tactical unit aka The Strike Team. Snell has subsequentially appeared in almost every episode since, with his character garnering a sizable following amongst fans of the show. When his screen time expanded even further, during the fifth season, he became a full-time cast member. Snell is also a voice actor, who has appeared in such short films as P1 and Draw the Pirate. He also had a speaking role in the video game Need for Speed: Undercover. Back on TV, he co-starred in the 2006 Hallmark TV movie Desolation Canyon with fellow The Shield cast member Kenneth Johnson. More recently, he was cast in a recurring role as a terrorist during the fourth and final season of The Unit. Recently he could be seen guest starring on Hawthorne, Numb3rs, Lie to Me and Criminal Minds.

Filmography

• The Night Agent — Handsome Interrogator
• The Rookie: Feds — Walter
• 2020The Boy's Gone — William
• 2019Door in the Woods — Redd
• The Fix — Detective Michael Reed
• Dirty John — Therapist
• 2018In a Foreign Town — Father
• 2018Nanny Killer — Edward Martell
• S.W.A.T. — Detective John Burrows
• The Mick — Don
• 2016The Cheerleader Murders — Don
• Silicon Valley — Ross Loma Capital Executive
• 2013Eagleheart: Paradise Rising — Gribbs
• 2013The Cheating Pact — Detective Roberts
• Scandal — Agent Fielding
• 2012Shadow Witness — John Krause
• Hawaii Five-0 — Freddy Schumaker
• Hawthorne
• Lie to Me — Kevin Wilkie
• 2009The Beacon — Paul Shaw
• 2008Exit Speed — Danny Gunn
• Leverage — Greg Sherman
• Sons of Anarchy — Agent Grad Nicholas
• 2006Desolation Canyon — Edwin Bornstein
• The Unit — Leon Drake
• Criminal Minds — Detective Green
• Grey's Anatomy — Richy Rich
• Numb3rs — Herb Moore
• 2004Draw The Pirate — J. Cooper
• NCIS — Morgan Hunt
• 2002Fueling The Fire — Officer Mueller
• The Shield — Ronnie Gardocki
• 2001The Good Things — Dr. Heibert
• 1999Ride with the Devil — Poker Player
• 1998Monday After the Miracle — William Alexander

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2006The Shield: Wrap Day — Self