David Call

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David Call
Born
David Steven Call

(1982-08-14) August 14, 1982 (age 41)
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

David Steven Call (born August 14, 1982) is an American actor. [1]

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Early life

Call was born in Issaquah, Washington. [2] He is a graduate student of the Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School.

Career

Call's first acting role was an uncredited role in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page , followed by roles in the 2006 films The Architect and Beautiful Ohio . In 2007, he appeared in the romantic drama film Evening . He guest-starred in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ricky Moss in the episode Neighborhood Watch , and he appeared on Army Wives . In 2009, he appeared in five episodes of the drama series Rescue Me as the adult Connor Gavin. He also joined the cast of NBC's medical drama Mercy . He got a supporting role in the 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans? starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant. He appeared in the 2010 independent films Tiny Furniture and Two Gates of Sleep.

In July 2010, Call joined the cast of The CW's young-adult teen drama series Gossip Girl as Ben Donovan, who is connected to two other then-new characters—Juliet Sharp (Katie Cassidy) and Colin Forrester (Samuel Page).

Call portrayed the recurring role of Nick Lane, on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe . The character made his first appearance in the first season episode "Bad Dreams", which was critically lauded.

In 2013, he appeared on the NBC drama series Smash as Adam, Jimmy Collins's older brother, and on the USA Network series White Collar .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Guy #1 at partyUncredited
2006 The Architect Kiff
2006 Beautiful Ohio Clive Messerman
2007 Evening Pip
2008 Clown Dad SalShort film
2009 Once More with Feeling Kevin
2009 Breaking Upwards David
2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Doc D. Simmons
2010B.U.S.T.Short film; director, producer, and story writer
2010 Tiny Furniture Keith
2010 Two Gates of Sleep Louis
2011The Disarticulation of Sarah DannerDamianShort film
2011RearViewNathanielShort film; also executive producer and writer
2011ExhumeAidanShort film
2011The Strange OnesManShort film
2011The Best Man for the JobJames
2011NortheastWill
2012 Nobody Walks Man
2012 Dead Man's Burden Heck Kirkland
2012 Nor'easter Erik Angstrom
2013Mobile HomesEvanShort film
2014 The Heart Machine Dale
2014 Gabriel Matthew
2015 James White Elliot
2015 The Girl in the Book Emmett Grant
2016AmericanaAvery Wells
2017WallflowerMurderer
2018 Dark Was the Night Jake
2019 Depraved Henry
2020Close Contactshort-film
2023 Before the World Set on Fire Cole
2023 Insidious: The Red Door Smash Face / Ben Burton
TBA [3] MontaukCollierpost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Canterbury's Law Martin3 episodes
2008–2009 Army Wives Mac6 episodes
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Ricky MossEpisode: "Neighborhood Watch"
2009–2012 Fringe Prime Nick Lane / Alternate Nick Lane / Prime-Amber Nick Lane3 episodes
2009–2010 Rescue Me Adult Connor Gavin5 episodes
2009 Numbers Benjamin PolkEpisode: "Hangman"
2010 Mercy Paul Kempton6 episodes
2010–2011 Gossip Girl Ben Donovan 12 episodes
2013 Smash Adam5 episodes
2013 White Collar Nate GriffithEpisode: "Controlling Interest"
2014 The Following LanceEpisode: "Unmasked"
2015–2016, 2019 The Magicians Pete13 episodes
2016 The Breaks David AaronTelevision film
2016 Quantico Jeremy MillerEpisode: "KUDOVE"
2017 The Breaks David Aaron4 episodes
2018 The Blacklist Brian BarrettEpisode: "Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III (No. 51)"
2018 The Good Fight Drew Lovatto2 episodes
2018 Shades of Blue DonnellyEpisode: "The Reckoning"
2018 The Sinner Andy "Brick" Brickowski7 episodes
2021 The Equalizer Elias Wilson

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References

  1. David Call | Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | Hollywood.com
  2. Alk, Nell (May 3, 2013). "Actor David Call Talks Shop, Sex & Hypnotizing Chickens". BlackBook . Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
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