David H. Lawrence XVII

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David H. Lawrence XVII
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Born
David Harvard Lawrence
Occupations
  • Actor
  • broadcaster
  • author
  • new media consultant
  • podcaster
  • demo producer
  • teacher
  • author
Website https://www.davidhlawrencexvii.com/

David Harvard Lawrence, commonly known as David H. Lawrence XVII is an American actor, best known for his role as The Puppetmaster on NBC's sci-fi series Heroes . [1] [2] [3] He was also the host of the daily The David Lawrence Show and weekend Online Tonight, both nationally syndicated radio talk shows that revolved around pop culture and the high-tech lifestyle. [2] [3]

Contents

The "XVII" in his name was a way for Lawrence to distinguish himself from previous David Lawrences already registered with SAG. At the time, he was the 17th David Lawrence listed on IMDb, and appended the number to his name upon his own registry. [4]

Acting

Lawrence's appearances on network television include playing a Serbian doctor opposite Dennis Haysbert in the CBS series The Unit , created by David Mamet; a car wash manager on another CBS series, CSI ; a rock and roll wannabe on TBS's Frank TV with Frank Caliendo; [5] and as one of the eponymous "villains" on NBC's Heroes . The Heroes role, that of puppetmaster Eric Doyle (one of the 12 escaped villains), was introduced in Volume 3, "Heroes: Villains" in Episode 2, "The Butterfly Effect". The character began a multi episode arc in Episode 5, "Angels and Monsters". [3] [6] Lawrence has also played the role as the station manager in Goodnight Burbank, [7] Charles Bukowski in the musical Bukowsical!, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, as well as parts in The Children's Hour, The Good Doctor, Born Yesterday, The Fall of the House of Usher and the role of Barry Champlain in Talk Radio. [3] He has performed on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. With director Bob Pondillo PhD, Lawrence played Wallace in the short film My Name Is Wallace [8] Lawrence also was executive producer of My Name Is Wallace. [3] [9] In early 2009, he appeared in an episode of the BBC reality program Beat the Boss , in which his team designed a cheesecake. In 2010, Lawrence portrayed a taxi cab driver in the sixth season of Lost , and in 2011, he guest starred in the NBC comedy action series Chuck . He is also in the Fox series The Finder and TNT series Perception .

Radio broadcast history

Lawrence was heard on the radio for nearly 35 years on stations: WMAL, WMZQ and WRQX/Washington DC, WGAR, WGCL, WDMT/Cleveland, KC101/New Haven, WTAE/Pittsburgh and WNCI and WLVQ/Columbus. He is a founding member and former executive producer of the radio comedy ensemble, The American Comedy Network. [10] He wrote the best-selling Learn HTML on The Macintosh , the first web design book created exclusively for Macintosh users.[ citation needed ] He was the anchor and executive producer of the music show, The Net Music Countdown where one of his net unknown artists was Megaphone. [11] [12]

Podcasting

Lawrence has been involved in podcasting since the inception. He holds the title of 'first podcaster' since he has been sending audio to subscribers via the internet since 1994 when he started the 'Personal Netcast'.[ citation needed ] David does voiceover work and speaks at events, including the NAB and the Portable Media Expo. [2] [13] David developed ShowTaxi, [14] a subscription management for premium podcasters. He is also the host of a premium podcast called "Patrick Tucker's Secrets of Screen Acting: The Podcast." [15] [2] [16]

Voice work

Lawrence is the voice of America Online's customer service lines, and the voice of more than 1500 other interactive voice response telephone systems. Lawrence also wrote and produced the radio programs for the video game Saints Row . [17] In 2007, he started his Demos2GoGo, his own voiceover demo reel business. [1] Starting on November 18, 2010, he did guest announcing for The Price Is Right , as he is a personal friend of host Drew Carey.

Commentator

Lawrence makes regular appearances as an industry commentator on TechTV, CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC and Tribune broadcasting outlets as well as the CBC and the BBC, where he is on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Up All Night . [16] [18]

Filmography

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Unit DoctorEpisode: "Sex Trade"
Frank TV Camp Rock CamperEpisode: "Frank of America"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Car Wash ManagerEpisode: "19 Down"
2008-2010 Heroes Eric Doyle Recurring
2009Leaving BlissJerry Dell2 episodes
Heroes: Nowhere Man Jason Tyminski / Eric DoyleMain
Raising the Bar Kessler's ClerkEpisode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey"
2010 Lost Cab driver3 episodes
How I Met Your Mother Newscast AnnouncerEpisode: "Unfinished" (uncredited)
2011 Chuck MarvinEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Muuurder"
Good Luck Charlie FredEpisode: "Bye Bye Video Diary"
A Gifted Man WCBS News Anchor (voice)Episode: "Pilot" (uncredited)
2012 How I Met Your Mother Sports Play-by-Play AnnouncerEpisode: "Tailgate" (uncredited)
The Finder Miss-teriousEpisode: "The Last Meal"
A.N.T. Farm Leonard BattaroEpisode: "ConfinemANT"
Perception Stan BaumgartnerEpisode: "Nemesis"
2013 Touch Morgue WorkerEpisode: "Two of a Kind"
HenchmenHugo ValentinoMiniseries
The Mentalist Titus StoneEpisode: "Black-Winged Redbird"
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Mole Man (voice)Episode: "Of Moles and Men"
2014The 4 to 9ers: The Day CrewSergeant Doyle4 episodes
2015 Bella and the Bulldogs JanitorEpisode: "Newbie QB, Part 1"
2016 American Crime Story NY TV DirectorEpisode: "The Run of His Life"
2023 The Afterparty Dr. ShulkindEpisode: "Isabel"
Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004The Sound of FootballPrincipal Thomas ReasinShort
Instinct vs. ReasonThe KnifeShort
Cheer Up, Sleepy JeanJeannie's FatherShort
2005Gods of Los AngelesEric Benton
The French DoubleAlain BenteShort
2006A Cut AboveRandyShort
Everything Looks PerfectAuto SalesmanShort
A Bullet Beyond RedemptionCandy ManShort
My Name Is WallaceWallaceShort
Goodnight BurbankFrank WarfieldShort
2007A New TomorrowFat Mover
Pool PartyRichard
2008The IsolationistRandyShort
Wait...Short
2009Gemini Max & the Glowing GoddessGemini Max / Maximilian / The Goddess' MomShort
The NoHo ShowAlbertShort
Hole in One Taylor Massive
The New, True, Charlie WuMr. NugatoriusShort
Enlightened!EugeneShort
Blood MoneyMarvShort
2010Olga Kay's CircusRingmasterShort
Exquisite Corpse Officer Kirwin
2011 Pizza Man Detective Moser
2012The Miracles on Honey Bee HillGodShort
Guitar FaceMikeyShort
Alice and the MonsterMike
2013 Miss Dial Mr. Koffsky
2014Turn Around JakeMurray
Video game roles
YearTitleRole
2006 Saints Row Jack Armstrong, Stefan, Grounds For Divorce Barista and Priest, Conservative Talk Host
2011 L.A. Noire Ray the Bookmaker

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