David Blue (actor)

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David Blue
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Years active2002–present

David Blue is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on Ugly Betty , Eli Wallace on the Syfy series Stargate Universe , and Rick Twitler on both Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Danger Force .

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Early life

Blue grew up in Florida. Blue attended Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida, He graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Musical Theatre Performance.

Career

His first starring role came in the film Winter Follies, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman who also helmed Saw II , Saw III , and Saw IV .

David was one of the eight selected for the Apprentice program at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, where he worked with many acclaimed artists, such as Jennifer Hubbard and Sullivan Canaday White. He was also later granted a scholarship to the British Academy of Dramatic Arts but his burgeoning career prevented him from accepting straight away. He has training in many different acting styles including Method, Meisner, Viewpoints, and Suzuki. David has also had extensive improvisation training and comedy experience.

Blue performed in the premiere workshop production of Ain't No Mountain High Enough at the Mark Taper Forum. The musical was based on the works of Motown creator Berry Gordy and directed by Kenny Leon who had previously directed Sean Combs in the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun . The musical co-starred such TV/Film/Theatre talent as Cleavant Derricks and Ellis Williams.

On Ugly Betty , Blue starred as Cliff St. Paul, a photographer at Mode magazine and love interest to Wilhelmina Slater's faithful assistant, Marc St. James, played by Michael Urie. Before his breakthrough role on Ugly Betty, David was busy making guest appearances elsewhere, including Veronica Mars , FX's series Dirt , and Disney's hit comedy The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . Blue received a large following on CBS's Moonlight as Logan Griffen, a technology-obsessed vampire recluse who often assists Mick St. John, played by Alex O'Loughlin. CBS chose to not renew Moonlight after its first season. One of Blue's feature film appearances was in The Comebacks , a comedy spoof on inspirational sports movies starring David Koechner, Matthew Lawrence, and Bradley Cooper.

Blue was part of the one-night celebrity staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical Dreamstuff. The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by his Ugly Betty co-star Michael Urie. David starred in the show alongside Eden Espinosa, Fred Willard, Vicki Lewis, and Luke Macfarlane.

Currently producing/writing multiple projects, David was seen as one of the leads on Syfy's Stargate Universe . Starring opposite Robert Carlyle, David played the role of Eli Wallace.

David had a podcast channel called Out of the Blue where he interviews famous actors such as Torri Higginson, Claudia Black, Robert Picardo and Chase Masterson can be accessed on his Patreon page. [1]

David has been seen in a television commercial for the fast food chain DQ.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Dark RealityCarey's boyfriendDeleted scenes
2007 The Comebacks LaCrosse partygoer
2012White Room: O2B3SixShort film
Divorce Invitation Rick
2013The Ownership of the Ring Frodo / Bounder (voice)Short film
2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Theater audience memberShort film
ShevengeBradShort film
2016InjectionMartin FischerShort film
Dance Night ObsessionTony
2017The Concessionaires Must Die!Scott Frakes
2018 The Competition Jacob Hatcher
Lear's ShadowStephen
2020Atypical WednesdaySam

Television and video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Judas: Traitor or Friend?Re-creation actor Television film
Scrubs Medical internEpisode: "My Lucky Day"
2004 UFO Files Re-creation actorEpisode: "UFOs in the Bible"
World of Warcraft Blade Lord Ta'yak / General Pa'valak (voice)Video game
2006 Veronica Mars Beefy ResidentEpisode: "Spit & Eggs"
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Dr. Chip WaltersEpisode: "Nurse Zack"
2007–08 Ugly Betty Cliff St. Paul Recurring role (7 episodes)
2007 Dirt TobyEpisode: "The Thing Under the Bed"
The Game WaiterEpisode: "Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Redux"
2008 Moonlight Logan Griffen5 episodes
This Can't Be My LifeStage ManagerEpisode: "The Pink Pages"
2009–2011 Stargate Universe Eli Wallace 40 episodes
Stargate Universe Kino Eli Wallace18 episodes
2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Blade Lord Tayak / General Pav'alak (voice)Video game
2013–2015 EastSiders DavidRecurring role (4 1/2 episodes)
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Peter KaufmanEpisode: "Partners in Crime"
Castle KyleEpisode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2014 Breadwinners Nibbles (voice)Episode: "The Brave and the Mold"
Shelf LifeNew boyfriend (voice)Episode: "Retooned"
Sunset Overdrive Sam / Comic Book Store Announcer / Fargarth #2 (voice)Video game
2015SuspenseDr. John HoldenEpisode: "Casting the Runes"
2016Stalking LeVarMason Grey3 episodes
2017Totally MeganRyanEpisode: "Crush"
12 Days of GivingBaxter BillingsTelevision film
Sunset Glory: Doolittle's HeroesC-46 Pilot JeffersonEpisode: "Goldenrod"
2018Orbital ReduxSebastianEpisode: "Autoreply"
2019–2020 Henry Danger Rick Twitler4 episodes
2020The Game of RassilonCaptain Gregg Kinnear3 episodes
(home)SchooledTom1 episode
2022 NCIS Charlie SamuelsEpisode: "Turkey Trot"
2021–23 Danger Force Rick Twitler5 episodes

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References

  1. "David Blue". patreon.com. Retrieved 2023-01-29.