David Leisure
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.
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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-11-16 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Acting

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

Welcome To September as Elliott Faydo

2005

Teed Off as Your Golf Guide

2004

Elvis Has Left the Building as Hole-in-the-Head Elvis

2004

World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials as Himself - Host / Joe Isuzu

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

10 Things I Hate About You as Mr. Chapin

1999

Action as Self (uncredited)

1999

Dogmatic as Pal Acres

1998

V.I.P. as DMV driving instructor

1998

Fallout as Peter Colgrove

1997

Perversions of Science as William Tilbrook

1997

Nowhere as Egg and Ducky's Dad

1997

Hollywood Safari as Troy

1997

The Outsider as Dr. Greenstreet

1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bob Bermuda

1995

The Parent 'Hood as Not available

1995

The Wayans Bros. as Bud Masada

1995

The Brady Bunch Movie as Jason

1994

Touched by an Angel as Councilman Hinkley

1994

Burke's Law as Stormy Gilliss

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Lenny Rosen

1993

Intimate Portrait as Self

1993

Count DeClues' Mystery Castle as The Castle (Voice)

1992

Renegade as Derek Devlin / Mr. Success

1991

Dinosaurs as Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)

1990

Blossom as Not available

1990

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Newscaster / Game Show Host

1988

Empty Nest as Charley Dietz

1988

You Can't Hurry Love as Peter Newcomb

1988

Goddess of Love as Jimmy

1988

Perfect People as Derek

1988

Disney's All-American Sports Nuts as Not available

1987

Married... with Children as Bink Winkleman

1986

ALF as Brandon Tartikoff

1986

Sledge Hammer! as Not available

1986

Sledge Hammer! as Officer Jackson

1985

The Equalizer as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)

1985

The Golden Girls as Charlie Dietz

1985

The Golden Girls as Oliver

1985

227 as Not available

1982

T. J. Hooker as Ben Fairly

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel as Religious Zealot

1982

Wait Until Dark as Policeman

1981

Falcon Crest as Tuscany Valley Restaurant Waiter

1980

Airplane! as First Krishna