David Call

{{short description|American actor}}

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| birth_name = David Steven Call

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|8|14}}

| birth_place = Issaquah, Washington, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2005–present

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David Steven Call (born August 14, 1982) is an American actor.[https://archive.today/20130125095928/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/3471144/David_Call David Call | Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | Hollywood.com]

Early life

Call was born in Issaquah, Washington.{{cite web |last=Alk |first=Nell |url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/tv/actor-david-call-talks-shop-sex-hypnotizing-chickens-1.61846 |title=Actor David Call Talks Shop, Sex & Hypnotizing Chickens |work=BlackBook |date=May 3, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507145205/http://www.blackbookmag.com/tv/actor-david-call-talks-shop-sex-hypnotizing-chickens-1.61846 |archive-date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }} He is a graduate student of the Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School.

Career

Call's first acting role was an uncredited role in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page, followed by roles in the 2006 films The Architect and Beautiful Ohio. In 2007, he appeared in the romantic drama film Evening. He guest-starred in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ricky Moss in the episode Neighborhood Watch, and he appeared on Army Wives. In 2009, he appeared in five episodes of the drama series Rescue Me as the adult Connor Gavin. He also joined the cast of NBC's medical drama Mercy. He got a supporting role in the 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans? starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant. He appeared in the 2010 independent films Tiny Furniture and Two Gates of Sleep.

In July 2010, Call joined the cast of The CW's young-adult teen drama series Gossip Girl as Ben Donovan, who is connected to two other then-new characters—Juliet Sharp (Katie Cassidy) and Colin Forrester (Samuel Page).

Call portrayed the recurring role of Nick Lane, on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe. The character made his first appearance in the first season episode "Bad Dreams", which was critically lauded.

In 2013, he appeared on the NBC drama series Smash as Adam, Jimmy Collins's older brother, and on the USA Network series White Collar.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

| {{sortname|The|Notorious Bettie Page}}

| Guy #1 at party

| Uncredited

2006

| {{sortname|The|Architect|dab=2006 film}}

| Kiff

|

2006

| Beautiful Ohio

| Clive Messerman

|

2007

| Evening

| Pip

|

2008

| Clown Dad

| Sal

| Short film

2009

| Once More with Feeling

| Kevin

|

2009

| Breaking Upwards

| David

|

2009

| Did You Hear About the Morgans?

| Doc D. Simmons

|

2010

| B.U.S.T.

| {{n/a}}

| Short film; director, producer, and story writer

2010

| Tiny Furniture

| Keith

|

2010

| Two Gates of Sleep

| Louis

|

2011

| {{sortname|The|Disarticulation of Sarah Danner|nolink=1}}

| Damian

| Short film

2011

| RearView

| Nathaniel

| Short film; also executive producer and writer

2011

| Exhume

| Aidan

| Short film

2011

| {{sortname|The|Strange Ones|nolink=1}}

| Man

| Short film

2011

| {{sortname|The|Best Man for the Job|nolink=1}}

| James

|

2011

| Northeast

| Will

|

2012

| Nobody Walks

| Man

|

2012

| Dead Man's Burden

| Heck Kirkland

|

2012

| Nor'easter

| Erik Angstrom

|

2013

| Mobile Homes

| Evan

| Short film

2014

| {{sortname|The|Heart Machine}}

| Dale

|

2014

| Gabriel

| Matthew

|

2015

| James White

| Elliot

|

2015

| {{sortname|The|Girl in the Book}}

| Emmett Grant

|

2016

| Americana

| Avery Wells

|

2017

| Wallflower

| Murderer

|

2018

| Dark Was the Night

| Jake

|

2019

| Depraved

| Henry

|

2020

| Close Contact

|

| short-film

2023

| Before the World Set on Fire

| Cole

|

2023

| Insidious: The Red Door

| Smash Face / Ben Burton

|

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| Montauk

| Collier

| post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2008

| Canterbury's Law

| Martin

| 3 episodes

2008–2009

| Army Wives

| Mac

| 6 episodes

2008

| Law & Order: Criminal Intent

| Ricky Moss

| Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"

2009–2012

| Fringe

| Prime Nick Lane / Alternate Nick Lane / Prime-Amber Nick Lane

| 3 episodes

2009–2010

| Rescue Me

| Adult Connor Gavin

| 5 episodes

2009

| Numbers

| Benjamin Polk

| Episode: "Hangman"

2010

| Mercy

| Paul Kempton

| 6 episodes

2010–2011

| Gossip Girl

| Ben Donovan

| 12 episodes

2013

| Smash

| Adam

| 5 episodes

2013

| White Collar

| Nate Griffith

| Episode: "Controlling Interest"

2014

| {{sortname|The|Following}}

| Lance

| Episode: "Unmasked"

2015–2016, 2019

| {{sortname|The|Magicians|dab=American TV series}}

| Pete

| 13 episodes

2016

| {{sortname|The|Breaks|dab=2016 film}}

| David Aaron

| Television film

2016

| Quantico

| Jeremy Miller

| Episode: "KUDOVE"

2017

| {{sortname|The|Breaks|dab=TV series}}

| David Aaron

| 4 episodes

2018

| {{sortname|The|Blacklist|dab=TV series}}

| Brian Barrett

| Episode: "Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III (No. 51)"

2018

| {{sortname|The|Good Fight}}

| Drew Lovatto

| 2 episodes

2018

| Shades of Blue

| Donnelly

| Episode: "The Reckoning"

2018

| {{sortname|The|Sinner|dab=TV series}}

| Andy "Brick" Brickowski

| 7 episodes

2021

| The Equalizer

| Elias Wilson

| Episode: "True Believer"

References

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