David Jensen
Acting • Born 1952-09-23
Biography
Character actor David Jensen was born in DuQuoin, Illinois. He studied theater at LSU with John Dennis and worked on the early film work of Steven Soderbergh, culminating with Schizopolis a low-budget comedy in the spirit of Richard Lester and Bunuel. He is known for The Mist, Midnight Special, Benjamin Button, and Love Song for Bobby Long.
Filmography
80 credits
The Reaping
Movie • 2007
Jim Wakeman
Bingo Hell
Movie • 2021
Mario
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie • 2008
Doctor at Benjamin's Birth
Jonah Hex
Movie • 2010
Turnbull's Guard
Welcome to the Rileys
Movie • 2010
Ed
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Movie • 2009
Gary Spota
Taking Chances
Movie • 2009
Samuel Many Bulls
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Movie • 2004
Junior
The Last Time
Movie • 2006
J.D.
Warbirds
Movie • 2008
Colonel W.R. Hamilton
God Hospital
Movie
Dove
Battleship
Movie • 2012
NASA Director
Battle: Los Angeles
Movie • 2011
Psychiatrist
Schizopolis
Movie • 1997
Elmo Oxygen
Pop Rocks
Movie • 2004
Izzy
Tempted
Movie • 2001
Blades Man
Cool Dog
Movie • 2010
Reuben Ledger
Carjacked
Movie • 2011
Customer
Seeking Justice
Movie • 2011
Gas Attendant
The Newton Boys
Movie • 1998
William Fahy
The Mortician
Movie • 2011
Officier Laurel
The Courier
Movie • 2012
San Fran Tanna
Alien Tornado
Movie • 2012
Armstrong
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Movie • 2012
Dr. Su
Apocalypse 2012: The World After Time Ends
Movie • 2011
Cannibal
Infidelity
Movie • 2004
Dr. Conway
Kristy
Movie • 2014
Clerk
Hillbilly Elegy
Movie • 2020
Mr. Selby
Midnight Special
Movie • 2016
Elden
Searching for David's Heart
Movie • 2004
Mr. Casey
Barefoot
Movie • 2014
Mr. Phelpmitter
Off Ramp
Movie • 2023
Virile
Creature
Movie • 2011
Jimmy
The Quarry
Movie • 2020
Judge
Fantastic Four
Movie • 2015
War Room Soldier (uncredited)
The Best of Me
Movie • 2014
Dr. Pundt
Lethal Seduction
Movie • 2005
Mitchel Harding
Free State of Jones
Movie • 2016
Quitman
Like Son
Movie • 2016
Wiley
Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4
Movie • 2013
Self
King of the Hill
Movie • 1993
Front Desk Clerk
The Mist
Movie • 2007
Myron
Looper
Movie • 2012
Apt Super
Average Joe
Movie • 2024
Thomas
Loving
Movie • 2016
Judge Bazile
Hot Pursuit
Movie • 2015
Wayne
Reservoir Dogs
Movie • 1991
Joe Cabot
Black or White
Movie • 2014
Eldridge
I Love You Phillip Morris
Movie • 2010
Judge
The Underneath
Movie • 1995
Satellite Dish Installer
Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Movie • 2009
Realtor
Ticking Clock
Movie • 2011
Jax
Smothered
Movie • 2016
Asshole
Sonny
Movie • 2002
Mr. Penn
Déjà Vu
Movie • 2006
Ferry Official
Hover
Movie • 2018
Farm Intruder
Runaway Jury
Movie • 2003
Shamburg
Toto
Movie • 2018
Actor
The Domestics
Movie • 2018
Old Man
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 2001
Eye-in-the-Sky Technician #2
Walkaway Joe
Movie • 2020
Merle
Wolvesbayne
Movie • 2009
Dracula
This Is the End
Movie • 2013
Cannibal #1
Traffic
Movie • 2000
John
Kafka
Movie • 1991
The Laughing Man
King of Herrings
Movie • 2014
Gat
The Long Shadow
Movie • 2020
Doc
Winston
Movie • 1987
David
The King of New Orleans
Movie • 2017
Larry Shirt
Camera Obscura
Movie • 2017
Bernard
Just My Luck
Movie • 2006
Stage Manager (as David E. Jensen)
Zoo
TV • 2015
Victor Holman
The Parallax Theory
TV • 2015
Phillip Cooper
Outer Banks
TV • 2020
Wes Genrette
Delirium
TV • 2014
True Detective
TV • 2014
Roy Purcell
Manhunt
TV • 2017
Jerry Burns
Outer Banks
TV • 2020
Genrette
The Hunting Wives
TV • 2025
Doc Blevins
Profiler
TV • 1996
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