| D. B. Sweeney  AKA Daniel Bernard Sweeney
Born: 14-Nov-1961
Birthplace: Shoreham, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Shoeless Joe in Eight Men Out Played minor league baseball briefly for the Kenosha Twins. After dropping out of university following a motorcycle accident in 1980, Sweeney was cast on Broadway for The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1983), and was able to parlay that into appearing in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone. But he is best remembered for playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out, the story of the thrown 1919 World Series. He also had major parts in miniseries Lonesome Dove and the lead in Strange Luck, a short-lived television drama. Sister: Kathleen
Sister: Barbara
Brother: Tommy
Wife: Ashley
High School: Shoreham-Wading River High School
University: Tulane University (attended)
University: Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
TELEVISION
Strange Luck Chance Harper (1995-96)
Harsh Realm Mike Pinnochio (1999-2000)
Life As We Know It Michael Whitman (2004-)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Going to the Mat (19-Mar-2004)
Speak (20-Jan-2004)
Brother Bear (20-Oct-2003) [VOICE]
Greenmail (17-Jul-2002)
Hardball (10-Sep-2001)
After Sex (15-Aug-2000)
Dinosaur (13-May-2000) [VOICE]
Goosed (28-Sep-1999)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (14-Aug-1999)
The Book of Stars (1999)
Spawn (1-Aug-1997)
Roommates (3-Mar-1995)
Hear No Evil (26-Mar-1993)
Fire in the Sky (12-Mar-1993)
A Day in October (28-Oct-1992)
Leather Jackets (18-Jun-1992)
The Cutting Edge (27-Mar-1992)
Blue Desert (1991)
Memphis Belle (7-Sep-1990)
Lonesome Dove (5-Feb-1989)
Eight Men Out (2-Sep-1988)
No Man's Land (23-Oct-1987)
Gardens of Stone (8-May-1987)
Power (09-May-1986)
Fire with Fire (1986)
Out of the Darkness (12-Oct-1985)
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