Jeff Mooring

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Jeff Mooring is an American retired actor. He is best known for portraying Dave on the television series Sports Night . He also appeared on The West Wing , The Nanny , Murphy Brown , The Hit List , The Cosby Show and others. [1]

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Early life and education

Mooring was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After moving to New York city, he briefly studied dance at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. [2]

Career

He worked as a backup dancer and singer for Mexican pop singer Celi Bee and toured with Broadway productions of West Side Story , Swing! , Evita and others. He later appeared in a small role on The Cosby Show and began appearing in television.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 The First Power Uniform Cop #2
2011 The Hit List Fred Gates

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 The Cosby Show GregEpisode: "Clair's Sister"
1987 Ohara HarrisEpisode: "Laura"
1988 Our House OfficerEpisode: "Two Beat, Four Beat"
1988 Houston Knights PlayerEpisode: "Cajun Spice"
1988 Amen Reverend JuniorEpisode: "The Fantasy"
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Charlie's PartnerEpisode: "Off Duty"
1989 Murphy Brown Stage ManagerEpisode: "TV or Not TV"
1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little MurderDarrellTelevision film
1996, 1996 The Nanny Bartender / Waiter2 episodes
1998–2000 Sports Night Dave44 episodes
2001 Off Centre Morris2 episodes
2001–2003 The West Wing Reporter Phil5 episodes

References

  1. "Local actor reunites with 'West Wing' cast for reboot episode". WTKR. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. "'We need to bring out the vote': Actor and former Spokane resident Jeff Mooring returns to 'The West Wing' for reunion, to inspire voters | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.