The ability of actor David Keith to create different images is amazing: a singer, a boxer, a young man in love and a psychopath. His talent for singing helps him not only to act in films, but also to record clips and soundtracks for films. And the love for cinema inspires to directing.
Biography
David Keith was born in 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee. While still at school, he noticed a talent for singing and acting, so the choice of the next path was obvious. The family supported his desire for creativity.
Keith went to university in Tennessee, and immediately began acting in university theater. He played in classical productions and musicals, and was often given leading roles. As the actor himself later said, it was an invaluable experience - in those years his acting skills were refined, and he received many useful skills.
It was at the university that David was firmly established in the opinion that the acting profession should become the main business of his life. Therefore, having received his education, he went to New York and became an artist of musical theater.
Film career
Keith sang in musicals for a year, and then decided to move to Los Angeles to try his luck at the movies. Very soon he made his debut in the sitcom Happy Days and then in the comedy Co-Ed Fever.
Every aspiring actor dreams of a leading role, and Keith was lucky in this regard with the painting "Rose" (1979), where he played a bodyguard. This film was followed by the pictures "The Great Santini" (1979), "Generating Fire" (1984) and others. The last tape brought David worldwide fame.
In 1982, Keith had a chance to co-star with Richard Gere in The Officer and the Gentleman. This is the story of the cadets of the flight school, forced to go through the difficulties of a military drill, through love torments and the search for the meaning of life. Young people passed all the tests with honor, becoming real officers. For his role in this film, David Keith was nominated for a Golden Globe as a supporting actor.
In the following years, Keith starred a lot, and still has a lot of various projects related to film and music in his plans. Back in 1988, he starred in Hearts Broken Hotel, where he got the role of Elvis Presley.
Among the latest acting works of David are the films "Waterfall of Memory" (2016) and "All Saints" (2017). His best films are the films "U-571", "The Officer and the Gentleman", "Superstar" and "The Military Diver".
In 1987, David sat down in the director's chair to direct The Curse. The film was a success, and Keith decided to continue to do this business - he directed the film "The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck" (1988), and then acted as a producer and director of the film "Waterville" (2003). It is currently unknown if Keith plans to make another movie.
Personal life
In ordinary life, David Keith is quite modest and does not have the habit of specifically drawing the attention of journalists to his person. Until about 45 years old, he was engaged only in cinema and music, devoting all his time to these occupations.
And only in 2000 he married Nancy Clark, who works as a real estate agent. The couple has no children.
