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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-16 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

David Leisure

Biography

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

Acting

Fallout

1998

Fallout

as

Peter Colgrove

You Can't Hurry Love

1988

You Can't Hurry Love

as

Peter Newcomb

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

2009

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

as

Metus (voice)

Dogmatic

1999

Dogmatic

as

Pal Acres

Sperm Donor

2012

Sperm Donor

as

Maxwell

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

1990

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

as

Newscaster / Game Show Host

The Outsider

1997

The Outsider

as

Dr. Greenstreet

Teed Off

2005

Teed Off

as

Your Golf Guide

Nowhere

1997

Nowhere

as

Egg and Ducky's Dad

World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials

2004

World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials

as

Himself - Host / Joe Isuzu

Count DeClues' Mystery Castle

1993

Count DeClues' Mystery Castle

as

The Castle (Voice)

Behind the Seams

2000

Behind the Seams

as

Milos Breneschov

Elvis Has Left the Building

2004

Elvis Has Left the Building

as

Hole-in-the-Head Elvis

Goddess of Love

1988

Goddess of Love

as

Jimmy

Perfect People

1988

Perfect People

as

Derek

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

as

Religious Zealot

Wait Until Dark

1982

Wait Until Dark

as

Policeman

Teed Off Too

2008

Teed Off Too

as

Your Golf Guide

Airplane!

1980

Airplane!

as

First Krishna

Welcome To September

2005

Welcome To September

as

Elliott Faydo

Downward Angel

2001

Downward Angel

as

Charles

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

as

Tuscany Valley Restaurant Waiter

Perversions of Science

Perversions of Science

as

William Tilbrook

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

as

Ben Fairly

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

as

Charlie Dietz

The Wayans Bros.

The Wayans Bros.

as

Bud Masada

227

227

as

V.I.P.

V.I.P.

as

DMV driving instructor

Empty Nest

Empty Nest

as

Charley Dietz

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

as

Man in Restaurant (uncredited)

ALF

ALF

as

Brandon Tartikoff

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs

as

Captain Roger

Renegade

Renegade

as

Derek Devlin / Mr. Success

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Lenny Rosen

Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer!

as

Officer Jackson

Married... with Children

Married... with Children

as

Bink Winkleman

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

as

Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as

Stormy Gilliss

Action

Action

as

Self (uncredited)

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as

Councilman Hinkley

One on One

One on One

as

Frank

Production

Crew

Directing