ACTOR · BORN 1943

David Clennon

Born

10 May 1943

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1. #001

   David Clennon performs regularly at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.

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2. #002

   David Clennon appeared in four films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Bound for Glory (1976), Coming Home (1978), Missing (1982) and The Right Stuff (1983).

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3. #003

   David Clennon played the role of Miles Dentrel in two different series, Thirtysomething (1987) and Once and Again (1999).

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4. #004

   David Clennon is a good friend of Robert Picardo. They acted together in the Star Trek: Voyager (1995) episode "Nothing Human."

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5. #005

   David Clennon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer and photographer Perry Adleman, who was a camera assistant on Bull Durham (1988), and their twins.

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6. #006

   David Clennon studied at the Yale School of Drama for three years and spent an additional year there in the school's professional acting company.

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7. #007

   David Clennon is a political activist known for his hands-on approach to politics. He often takes part in rallies, readings and similar events even when cameras are not rolling. He turned down roles such as Just Cause (1995) because of his political beliefs.

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8. #008

   David Clennon studied at Notre Dame (1962-1965), and while there he appeared in University Theatre productions such as "The Threepenny Opera" (as Maheath), "The Caretaker," "King Lear" (in the lead role), "My Fair Lady" (as Henry Higgins), "Tartuffe," "Billy Budd" and "Hamlet" (as Guildenstern).

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9. #009

   In 1981 David Clennon voiced Admiral Motti in NPR's Star Wars radio drama, making him one of the few actors to appear in both the [Star Trek] (1966) and [Star Wars] (1977) universes.

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10. #010

    The producers of the Israeli series "Fauda" offered Clennon an undisclosed role in its second season, but Clennon publicly announced that he had turned down the opportunity because of his support for the Palestinians. The series later said it was sorry that Clennon did not want to join them, adding that they had cast the role in question on the day he said "No."

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11. #011

    David Clennon appeared in three films selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Being There (1979), The Thing (1982) and The Right Stuff (1983).

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