David Leisure
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001. Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis: Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, ALF, 227, T. J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Sledge Hammer, and Nurses. Leisure was born in San Diego and attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He went on to attend Grossmont College also in El Cajon and then to San Diego State University. Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane! In 1999, he made a brief but memorable appearance in 10 Things I Hate About You as a high school soccer coach and detention monitor. More recently, falling back on his "Joe Isuzu" shtick, Leisure has been acting as a fictional and disreputable insurance lawyer in a series of commercials for various American personal-injury law firms. In different markets, different firms have licensed the footage and add in their own spokespeople and names. For much of the first quarter of 2009, Leisure appeared as Roger Wilkes on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. As of July 2010, he is in a recurring role as Salem District Attorney Woods on Days of Our Lives. Leisure also provided the voice of Metus on the animated feature BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Leisure, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Captain Roger
- 2012 · Sperm Donor as Maxwell
- 2009 · Bionicle: The Legend Reborn as Metus (voice)
- 2008 · Teed Off Too as Your Golf Guide
- 2005 · Teed Off as Your Golf Guide
- 2005 · Welcome To September as Elliott Faydo
- 2004 · Elvis Has Left the Building as Hole-in-the-Head Elvis
- 2004 · World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials as Himself - Host / Joe Isuzu
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail as Dr. Vaughn
- 2001 · One on One as Frank
- 2001 · Downward Angel as Charles
- 2000 · Behind the Seams as Milos Breneschov
- 1999 · Action as Self (uncredited)
- 1999 · Dogmatic as Pal Acres
- 1999 · 10 Things I Hate About You as Mr. Chapin
- 1999 · Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure as Nick's Dad
- 1998 · V.I.P. as DMV driving instructor
- 1998 · Fallout as Peter Colgrove
- 1997 · Hollywood Safari as Troy
- 1997 · Perversions of Science as William Tilbrook
- 1997 · Nowhere as Egg and Ducky's Dad
- 1997 · The Outsider as Dr. Greenstreet
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bob Bermuda
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Fred
- 1995 · The Brady Bunch Movie as Jason
- 1995 · The Parent 'Hood as
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Bud Masada
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Councilman Hinkley
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Stormy Gilliss
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Lenny Rosen
- 1993 · Count DeClues' Mystery Castle as The Castle (Voice)
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as
- 1992 · Renegade as Derek Devlin / Mr. Success
- 1991 · Dinosaurs as Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)
- 1990 · Blossom as
- 1990 · Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Newscaster / Game Show Host
- 1988 · Goddess of Love as Jimmy
- 1988 · Disney's All-American Sports Nuts as
- 1988 · Empty Nest as Charley Dietz
- 1988 · Perfect People as Derek
- 1988 · You Can't Hurry Love as Peter Newcomb
- 1987 · Married... with Children as Bink Winkleman
- 1986 · Sledge Hammer! as
- 1986 · Sledge Hammer! as Officer Jackson
- 1986 · ALF as Brandon Tartikoff
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Charlie Dietz
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Oliver
- 1985 · 227 as
- 1982 · Airplane II: The Sequel as Religious Zealot
- 1982 · Wait Until Dark as Policeman
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Ben Fairly
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Tuscany Valley Restaurant Waiter
- 1980 · Airplane! as First Krishna