David Hunt is an English actor, producer, and director who has worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His best known U.S. film role is Harlan Rook, in the 1988 action film The Dead Pool, the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry series. He has also had guest roles on the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond as Ray's nemesis neighbor, Bill Parker. He also appeared in the recurring role of Darren McCarthy during season 6 of 24. Back in the UK, Hunt was in the 1991 award-winning period drama, The Black Velvet Gown, as well as being a regular cast member of the series Beck for the BBC.
In 2005, Hunt directed the documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, which won a Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival. Other film appearances include The Deal with William H. Macy, Meg Ryan and Jason Ritter and Moms' Night Out.
Amongst Hunt's productions are the romantic comedy The Engagement Ring, a two-hour movie for TNT in which he also starred; Amazing Grace, a motion picture directed by Michael Apted and starring Albert Finney; and the television comedy Versailles, which he directed.
Biography
Hunt graduated from Loughborough University, Leicestershire. He worked as a schoolteacher and American football coach before moving to New York City. Hunt graduated from the Juilliard School in New York. In 2001, he founded a production company, Four Boys Entertainment, with his wife, American actress Patricia Heaton. They have four sons and they divide their time between Los Angeles and Cambridge. In 2019, Broti Gupta, a writer on Hunt's wife's television show Carol's Second Act, complained that David Hunt had inappropriate contact with her, a claim which Hunt and his lawyer denied. Gupta and another writer subsequently left the show and Hunt underwent work harassment sensitivity training.
Film
1988 Closing Ranks as Platoon Commander Albert Thom
1988 The Dead Pool as Harlan Rook
1989 Nasty Boys as Dale Lofton
1991 The Black Velvet Gown as Laurence Gallmington
1992 Just Like a Woman as Police Officer
1993 Trip nach Tunis as Howard Ingham
1995 Jade as Detective Pat Callendar
2001 Murder on the Orient Express as Bob Arbuthnot
2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Dr. Begg (uncredited)
2006 Amazing Grace as Lord Camden
2008 The Deal as Grier Clark
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier as Harry (voice)
2012 Liz & Dick as Ifor Jenkins
2014 Moms' Night Out as Cabbie
2017 Kepler's Dream as Abercrombie
2025 Merv as Jack Owens
Television
1988 Sonny Spoon (1 episode) as Atlas
1995 The Client (1 episode) as Tom Halstead
1998–2002 Everybody Loves Raymond (3 episodes) as Bill Parker
2005 Numb3rs (1 episode) as Elliot Cole
2005 Monk (1 episode) as Michael Norfleet
2007 24 (4 episodes) as Darren McCarthy
2011 Castle (1 episode) as Falco
2012 Mad Men (episode: "Signal 30") as Edwin Baker
2015 Transformers: Robots in Disguise as Chop Shop (voice)
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