D. B. Sweeney AKA Daniel Bernard Sweeney Born: 14-Nov-1961 Birthplace: Shoreham, NY
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Shoeless Joe in Eight Men Out Played minor league baseball briefly for the Kenosha Twins. After dropping out of university following a motorcycle accident in 1980, Sweeney was cast on Broadway for The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1983), and was able to parlay that into appearing in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone. But he is best remembered for playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out, the story of the thrown 1919 World Series. He also had major parts in miniseries Lonesome Dove and the lead in Strange Luck, a short-lived television drama. Sister: Kathleen Sister: Barbara Brother: Tommy Wife: Ashley
High School: Shoreham-Wading River High School University: Tulane University (attended) University: Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
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TELEVISION Strange Luck Chance Harper (1995-96) Harsh Realm Mike Pinnochio (1999-2000) Life As We Know It Michael Whitman (2004-)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Captive State (15-Mar-2019) Sharp Objects (7-Jun-2018) Extraction (18-Dec-2015) Heist (11-Nov-2015) K-11 (26-Nov-2012) Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (12-Oct-2012) 12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue (9-Oct-2012) Taken 2 (7-Sep-2012) Swamp Shark (25-Jun-2011) Miracle at St. Anna (7-Sep-2008) Stiletto (29-Apr-2008) · Danny Entry Level (13-May-2007) · Clay Yellow (8-Dec-2006) The Darwin Awards (25-Jan-2006) · Det. Maguire Going to the Mat (19-Mar-2004) Speak (20-Jan-2004) · Jack Sordino Brother Bear (20-Oct-2003) · Sitka [VOICE] Greenmail (17-Jul-2002) · Jeremy O'Brien Hardball (10-Sep-2001) After Sex (15-Aug-2000) · Tony Dinosaur (13-May-2000) [VOICE] Goosed (28-Sep-1999) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (14-Aug-1999) The Book of Stars (1999) Spawn (1-Aug-1997) · Terry Fitzgerald Roommates (3-Mar-1995) Hear No Evil (26-Mar-1993) Fire in the Sky (12-Mar-1993) · Travis Walton A Day in October (28-Oct-1992) Leather Jackets (18-Jun-1992) Miss Rose White (26-Apr-1992) The Cutting Edge (27-Mar-1992) · Doug Heaven Is a Playground (4-Oct-1991) Blue Desert (1991) · Steve Smith Memphis Belle (7-Sep-1990) · Lt. Phil Lowenthal Lonesome Dove (5-Feb-1989) Sons (1989) Eight Men Out (2-Sep-1988) · Shoeless Joe Jackson No Man's Land (23-Oct-1987) · Benjy Taylor Gardens of Stone (8-May-1987) · Jackie Willow Power (9-May-1986) Fire with Fire (1986) · Baxter Out of the Darkness (12-Oct-1985)
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