David Sherrill discovered his love of acting at an early age. He began performing in school plays and local theater productions from the time he was eight years old. Always "on stage", Dave, as he is called by family and friends continued to perform whenever and wherever he could into his teens.
Upon graduating from high school, Dave entered Colorado State University where as a drama major he quickly found recognition and success performing in stage productions of "Our Town" and "A Streetcar Named Desire." Sherrill spent two years at CSU until he moved to New York to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied with Stella Adler as well as Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. To make ends meet between school and auditions, Dave landed a job in Rockefeller Plaza at Warner Communications, Inc. where he spent the next year and a half as a paid intern at Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Television and MTV.
Soon he auditioned for an "under-five" role in the ABC daytime drama, "All My Children." After spending the next year recurring in bit parts on the popular soap opera, he decided it was time to try and take his career to the next level. So, he left New York City and moved to Studio City, California. There he spent most of his time auditioning and hoping for something to happen. After a string of part time jobs, extra work and many auditions, something finally did! Sherrill was cast to co-star in his first ever feature film entitled, "The Wraith," with Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn and Clint Howard under the direction of Mike Marvin. (Hot Dog, Wishman).
His career began to pick up speed and he quickly landed his next role co-starring with Keanu Reeves in Thom Eberhardt's "The Night Before." Soon thereafter, he found himself in the Israeli desert in Columbia Pictures', "The Beast," with Jason Patric, George Dzundza and Steven Bauer for director, Kevin Reynolds ("Waterworld," " Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves"). Next, he co-starred in Warner Bros.', "The Rookie," opposite his childhood hero, Clint Eastwood who was also the film's director.
He continued to work primarily in feature films and movies made for television. However, in between film roles, he appeared in a number of network series, including "Beverly Hills, 90210," "21 Jump Street," "China Beach," "Guns of Paradise," "Grand Slam" and "FBI: The Untold Stories," to name a few. He received critical notice for his work in the CBS Movie of the Week, "Terror On Highway 91," which also starred Rick Schroeder, George Dzundza, Matt Clark and Lara Flynn Boyle.
However, to this day, Sherrill is most widely recognized for his 1993 recurring portrayal of homeless Gulf War veteran, Sgt. Jack Canner, on the 90s hit Fox television series, "Beverly Hills, 90210."
He later went on to star as Ethan, Gena Rowlands' upwardly mobile son, in the 1996 Miramax feature entitled, "Unhook The Stars" with Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu, Moira Kelly and Jake Lloyd. Soon thereafter, Dave realized another one of his dreams when in 1999, he co-wrote, developed and starred in the feature film, "Five Aces" (1999) where he was once again paired with Charlie Sheen as well as Christopher McDonald, Tia Carrere and Geoffrey Lewis.
Sherrill took a brief time out to dedicate himself to screen writing and development with an independent film production company but in 2004 stepped back in front of the camera as H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler in ESPN's "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story" and has since continued to work at a brisk pace appearing in popular television series such as WB's, "One Tree Hill" and NBC's, "Surface" to name a few.
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