Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Active - 1981 - 2023  |   Born - Jun 2, 1954 in San Mateo, California, United States  |   Genres - Drama, Thriller, Action

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African American actor Dennis Haysbert first appeared on the TV scene as "Stuff" Wade on the weekly actioner Code Red (1981). Haysbert went on to play such TV-series roles as Cletus Maxwell in Off the Rack (1985) and Coach Duane Johnson in Just the Ten of Us (1988-89). He was also featured as Cherokee Jack in the 1993 miniseries Return to Lonesome Dove. Dennis Haysbert's best-loved film assignment was as voodoo-worshipping ballplayer Pedro Cerrano in the two Major League movies.

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  • Was a defensive end on his high-school football team.
  • Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Art.
  • Made TV debut in a 1979 Lou Grant episode; his movie debut was 10 years later in Major League.
  • Breakthrough movie was 1992's Love Field, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer.
  • Received acclaim for 2002's Far from Heaven, in his role as a gardener to whom a 1950s housewife (Julianne Moore) is attracted; the film was a reworking of 1955 tearjerker All That Heaven Allows.
  • David Mamet's series The Unit (2006-2009) is the sixth in which Haysbert was a regular, following 24, Now and Again, Just the Ten of Us, Off the Rack and Code Red.