David Leisure
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 16, 1950 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- San Diego, California, USA
- Credits
- 54
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David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001.
Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis: Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, ALF, 227, T. J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Sledge Hammer, and Nurses.
Leisure was born in San Diego and attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He went on to attend Grossmont College also in El Cajon and then to San Diego State University.
Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane! In 1999, he made a brief but memorable appearance in 10 Things I Hate About You as a high school soccer coach and detention monitor. More recently, falling back on his "Joe Isuzu" shtick, Leisure has been acting as a fictional and disreputable insurance lawyer in a series of commercials for various American personal-injury law firms. In different markets, different firms have licensed the footage and add in their own spokespeople and names.
For much of the first quarter of 2009, Leisure appeared as Roger Wilkes on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. As of July 2010, he is in a recurring role as Salem District Attorney Woods on Days of Our Lives.
Leisure also provided the voice of Metus on the animated feature BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn.
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Known for
10 Things I Hate About You
1999Movie
Mr. Chapin
Airplane!
1980Movie
First Krishna
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982Movie
Religious Zealot
Married... with Children
1987TV
Bink Winkleman
ALF
1986TV
Brandon Tartikoff
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996TV
Bob Bermuda
Filmography
The Goldbergs
2013TV
Captain Roger
Sperm Donor
2012Movie
Maxwell
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
2009Movie
Metus (voice)
Teed Off Too
2008Movie
Your Golf Guide
Teed Off
2005Movie
Your Golf Guide
Welcome To September
2005Movie
Elliott Faydo
Elvis Has Left the Building
2004Movie
Hole-in-the-Head Elvis
World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials
2004Movie
Himself - Host / Joe Isuzu
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail
2003Movie
Dr. Vaughn
One on One
2001TV
Frank
Downward Angel
2001Movie
Charles
Behind the Seams
2000Movie
Milos Breneschov
Action
1999TV
Self (uncredited)
Dogmatic
1999Movie
Pal Acres
10 Things I Hate About You
1999Movie
Mr. Chapin
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999Movie
Nick's Dad
V.I.P.
1998TV
DMV driving instructor
Fallout
1998Movie
Peter Colgrove
Hollywood Safari
1997Movie
Troy
Perversions of Science
1997TV
William Tilbrook
Nowhere
1997Movie
Egg and Ducky's Dad
The Outsider
1997Movie
Dr. Greenstreet
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996TV
Bob Bermuda
Caroline in the City
1995TV
Fred
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995Movie
Jason
The Parent 'Hood
1995TV
The Wayans Bros.
1995TV
Bud Masada
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Councilman Hinkley
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994Movie
Costumed Guest in Kitchen
Burke's Law
1994TV
Stormy Gilliss
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
Count DeClues' Mystery Castle
1993Movie
The Castle (Voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Lenny Rosen
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993TV
Spencer Spencer
Renegade
1992TV
Derek Devlin / Mr. Success
Dinosaurs
1991TV
Mr. Teddy Wolfe (voice)
Blossom
1990TV
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990Movie
Newscaster / Game Show Host
Goddess of Love
1988Movie
Jimmy
Empty Nest
1988TV
Charley Dietz
Perfect People
1988Movie
Derek
You Can't Hurry Love
1988Movie
Peter Newcomb
Married... with Children
1987TV
Bink Winkleman
Sledge Hammer!
1986TV
Guard Chester, Officer Jackson
ALF
1986TV
Brandon Tartikoff
The Equalizer
1985TV
Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Charlie Dietz, Oliver
227
1985TV
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982Movie
Religious Zealot
Wait Until Dark
1982Movie
Policeman
T. J. Hooker
1982TV
Ben Fairly
Falcon Crest
1981TV
Tuscany Valley Restaurant Waiter
Airplane!
1980Movie
First Krishna