David Youse

David Youse was born in Philadelphia PA on January 19th 1966 He grew up in Jenkintown PA and started working in local dinner theaters in the Philadelphia area At the age of 14 he started performing at the Huntingdon Valley Dinner Theater in such shows as The Music Man Damn Yankees and The Boyfriend of which he understudied the lead role played by Broadways Hugh Panaro Moving to New York in 1983 David attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts but did not complete the second year His first NY job was an offoff Broadway play My Papas Wine which starred David as a teen suffering from water on the brain This play was a hit and also starred Laura San Giacomo Ted Marcoux and Zohra Lampert David was singled out by the NY Times and landed many other theater roles in NY He also started to work in TV doing such shows as Spenser For Hire and a CBS Schoolbreak Special Soldier Boys with James Earl Jones and Dylan Walsh Moving to LA in 1989 David has tackled the TV world and his one of those actors who seems to work consistently Turning to Producing and Directing Davids one man short The Callback has been screened at many film festivals and can be seen online at this website David recently produced The 25th Anniversary Reading of The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer as a benefit for The Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic in LA CA Directed by Joel Grey it reunited David with Dylan Walsh and old friends Jonathan Del Arco and David Eigenberg along with Lisa Kudrow Tate Donovan Clark Gregg Tim Bagley Jon Tenney and Alec Mapa