David Kaufman (actor)
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| Born | David Kaufman July 23, 1969 St. Louis, Missouri, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Picotte |
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David Kaufman (born July 23, 1969) is an American voice-over artist and character actor, best-known for his recent roles as the voice of Danny Phantom (Daniel Fenton) and the voice of Maggie's brother on The Buzz on Maggie.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Lisa Picotte, their daughter Gracie and their son Henry Oliver.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Kindergarten breakthrough
David began acting at a young age in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, when his kindergarten teacher handed him the plum lead role of Santa Claus in the class Christmas play. He is the oldest of two brothers, a sister, a stepbrother and a stepsister.
[edit] Going West
At the age of 18, he set out from St. Louis, Missouri to attend UCLA's Department of Theatre Arts. Since that time, he has studied and worked extensively as a professional actor in films and television.
[edit] Television series
David has regular roles in such television series as:
- Down to Earth (TBS)
- Dweebs (CBS) and Presidio Med (CBS).
He has had guest-starring roles on such series as:
- Boston Legal
- The Closer
- ER
- Stargate SG-1
- The West Wing
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Touched by an Angel
- Citizen Baines
- Hollywood Off-Ramp
- Step by Step
- Wings
- Matlock
- Just the Ten of Us
- Highway to Heaven
- Simon and Simon.
[edit] Films
- Pearl Harbor
- Enchanted
- Role of a Lifetime
- Red Riding Hood (experimental musical comedy, that was the brain-storm of Director Randal Kleiser)
- From the Earth to the Moon (produced by Tom Hanks)
- The Last Prostitute (starring with Sonia Braga)
- Kids Like These (starring with Tyne Daly and the late Richard Crenna)
[edit] Commercials
He has done dozens of national commercials, including memorable campaigns
- AT&T (starring with the late Ray Walston)
- Pepsi (starring with Cindy Crawford)
- Blockbuster (starring with Magic Johnson)
- Kid Cuisine (the voice of K. C. Penguin)
as well as spots for Honda, Maxwell House, Dentyne, Chili's, Midas, Wendy's, Twiglets and British Petroleum, among others.
[edit] Anime Roles
David starred in a few anime roles:
- Team Galactic grunt #1 in Cartoon Network's anime series Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl
[edit] Animated series
David has starred in:
- Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom
- Aldrin Pesky in The Disney Channel's hit animated series The Buzz on Maggie.
- Valen/Blue Pinguino in Nickelodeon's El Tigre:The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Todd in Wayside (Syndication reruns)
He has lent his voice to several well-known animated series, including Jimmy Olsen from Superman: The Animated Series and Dexter Douglas from Freakazoid!, as well as filling in for Michael J. Fox in both the roles of Marty McFly on Back to the Future: The Animated Series and Stuart Little in HBO's Stuart Little: The Animated Series. He voiced Human Torch in Ultimate Spider-Man (video game).
[edit] Stage work
David has earned several Los Angeles area critics' awards and nominations. He has been a member of the West Coast Ensemble in Los Angeles for over ten years, performing such varied roles as:
- Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins
- Prosecutor Gilmer in To Kill a Mockingbird
- George Lewis in Kaufman and Hart's Once in a Lifetime
- Orestes in Electra
- Tyler in Sondheim and Furth's Merrily We Roll Along
- Ronnie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves
- Callimaco in Machiavelli's The Mandrake
- Eugene Jerome in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues
- Paul Palmer in James Duff's A Quarrel of Sparrows at The Court Theatre in Los Angeles
- Stewie in the premiere of Richard Greenberg's Night and Her Stars at South Coast Repertory.
