From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Daniel Travis born March 10 1968 is an American actor Travis was born and raised in Clarkston Michigan He received a BFA in theater from Miami University in Oxford Ohio He went on to receive an MFA at The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University His early work was on the stage playing John Buchanan in Summer and Smoke The Earl of Richmond in Richard III and Paul in Barefoot in the Park In 2001 Travis made his smallscreen debut with guest appearances on the shortlived television show The Education of Max Bickford starring Richard Dreyfuss Without ever having appeared in a film Travis made his bigscreen debut in a starring role in Open Water 2004 about a couple who goes scuba diving and is left behind in the ocean by accident while on an organized dive Most recently Travis starred in the Subaru television commercial Ricky Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Travis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia