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D.B. Sweeney More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

14 November 1961, Shoreham, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name

Daniel Bernard Sweeney

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

Daniel Bernard (D.B.) Sweeney was born November 14, 1961, in Shoreham, New York. He has two sisters and one brother. Before he thought about acting he wanted to be a professional baseball player, but a motorcycle accident ended that dream. He graduated from Tulane University. He has made four theater appearances on both Broadway and in L.A. productions. He used the name Danny Sweeney at the beginning of his acting career, but since there was another actor with that name on the SAG/AFTRA productions, he had to change his name, and chose D.B. Sweeney. He first started out with small roles, gradually increasing the size of his parts as he began appearing in mini-series and TV shows. He has been a voice for two Disney children movies. His love of baseball did land him two roles, playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988) and a baseball coach in Hard Ball (2001). He has appeared in science-fiction movies including Fire in the Sky (1993) and he appealed to female fans in the romantic The Cutting Edge (1992), in which he played an ex-hockey layer turned figure skater. That role led to his playing hockey in celebrity games. Recently he has moved from actor to writer/director with his film _Dirt Nap (2006/II)_ , which has been a big hit at film festivals. He is married and has one child.

IMDb Mini Biography By: DBfanTS

Spouse

Ashley Vachon

(April 2000 - present) 1 child

Trivia

When filming "Strange Luck" (1995) in Vancouver, Canada, D.B. was roommates with Vancouver Canucks (now Carolina Hurricanes) defenseman Bret Hedican. Some other members of the Canucks appeared as extras in an episode of the show.

During the shooting of the film The Cutting Edge (1992), he spent over two months in figure skate training with his co-star Moira Kelly; they became close friends and remain so to this day.

After appearing in The Cutting Edge (1992), he begin playing hockey in celebrity games.

BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1985)

Personal Quotes

We really wanted to do a movie about 'guys'. American guys, not Hollywood guys. The guys we grew up with on the East Coast. Guys who never left home. Guys who feel like maybe they didn't get everything they thought was coming their way. And that became one of the themes: disappointment.

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