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David Harvard 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]
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]
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 .
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]
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]
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.
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | The Unit | Doctor | Episode: "Sex Trade" |
Frank TV | Camp Rock Camper | Episode: "Frank of America" | |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Car Wash Manager | Episode: "19 Down" | |
2008-2010 | Heroes | Eric Doyle | Recurring |
2009 | Leaving Bliss | Jerry Dell | 2 episodes |
Heroes: Nowhere Man | Jason Tyminski / Eric Doyle | Main | |
Raising the Bar | Kessler's Clerk | Episode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey" | |
2010 | Lost | Cab driver | 3 episodes |
How I Met Your Mother | Newscast Announcer | Episode: "Unfinished" (uncredited) | |
2011 | Chuck | Marvin | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Muuurder" |
Good Luck Charlie | Fred | Episode: "Bye Bye Video Diary" | |
A Gifted Man | WCBS News Anchor (voice) | Episode: "Pilot" (uncredited) | |
2012 | How I Met Your Mother | Sports Play-by-Play Announcer | Episode: "Tailgate" (uncredited) |
The Finder | Miss-terious | Episode: "The Last Meal" | |
A.N.T. Farm | Leonard Battaro | Episode: "ConfinemANT" | |
Perception | Stan Baumgartner | Episode: "Nemesis" | |
2013 | Touch | Morgue Worker | Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
Henchmen | Hugo Valentino | Miniseries | |
The Mentalist | Titus Stone | Episode: "Black-Winged Redbird" | |
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Mole Man (voice) | Episode: "Of Moles and Men" | |
2014 | The 4 to 9ers: The Day Crew | Sergeant Doyle | 4 episodes |
2015 | Bella and the Bulldogs | Janitor | Episode: "Newbie QB, Part 1" |
2016 | American Crime Story | NY TV Director | Episode: "The Run of His Life" |
2023 | The Afterparty | Dr. Shulkind | Episode: "Isabel" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Sound of Football | Principal Thomas Reasin | Short |
Instinct vs. Reason | The Knife | Short | |
Cheer Up, Sleepy Jean | Jeannie's Father | Short | |
2005 | Gods of Los Angeles | Eric Benton | |
The French Double | Alain Bente | Short | |
2006 | A Cut Above | Randy | Short |
Everything Looks Perfect | Auto Salesman | Short | |
A Bullet Beyond Redemption | Candy Man | Short | |
My Name Is Wallace | Wallace | Short | |
Goodnight Burbank | Frank Warfield | Short | |
2007 | A New Tomorrow | Fat Mover | |
Pool Party | Richard | ||
2008 | The Isolationist | Randy | Short |
Wait... | Short | ||
2009 | Gemini Max & the Glowing Goddess | Gemini Max / Maximilian / The Goddess' Mom | Short |
The NoHo Show | Albert | Short | |
Hole in One | Taylor Massive | ||
The New, True, Charlie Wu | Mr. Nugatorius | Short | |
Enlightened! | Eugene | Short | |
Blood Money | Marv | Short | |
2010 | Olga Kay's Circus | Ringmaster | Short |
Exquisite Corpse | Officer Kirwin | ||
2011 | Pizza Man | Detective Moser | |
2012 | The Miracles on Honey Bee Hill | God | Short |
Guitar Face | Mikey | Short | |
Alice and the Monster | Mike | ||
2013 | Miss Dial | Mr. Koffsky | |
2014 | Turn Around Jake | Murray |
Year | Title | Role |
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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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