David de Vries

David de Vries is an actor, voice artist and director. Born in upstate New York of Dutch parents (Willem and Jenny), he moved to Lynchburg, Virginia after his father died, where his mother was a professor of German Language and Literature at Randolph-Macon Women's College. She later became Dean of the College until her retirement. David became immersed in community theatre from a young age and went on to study acting at Carnegie-Mellon University as a teenager and received his Bachelor's Degree in Performing Arts from American University in Washington D.C. He quickly established himself as a rising voice talent in the advertising world after graduation and was featured in many large-scale campaigns for Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, IBM, Delta Airlines and many others. Along with appearances in TV Movies of the Week --A Time to Triumph (1986), Mayflower Madam (1987) -- and feature films --King Kong Lives (1986), Remember the Titans (2000) -- David was a busy actor on Atlanta stages. He was performing in "The Sisters Rosensweig" at the Alliance Theatre where he was seen by the casting director for Disney Theatrical and was asked to audition for the role of Lumiere in the Canadian production of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" in 1996. He spent the next year performing the role that he would reprise many times in several National Tours--and spent time in both Broadway companies at the Palace and the Lunt-Fontanne theatres. He closed the show at the Lunt in 2007. From there, he joined the company of "Wicked" and played the show in Chicago, Los Angeles and on the 2nd National Tour as Dr. Dillamond. Recently, in addition to his stage, film and television appearances, David has been an award-winning (Audie, Earphones) audiobook narrator. David holds a Masters degree in Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University and has one son, Willem (b. 1998). - IMDb Mini Biography By: David H de Vries