David Alan Basche

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David Alan Basche

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    • A series regular on many TV comedies and dramas, David has also worked forSteven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Greengrass, Shawn Levy, RobertZemeckis, Michael Patrick King, Gary Winick, George Nolfi and more.He's flirted with Julia Roberts, stolen Tom Cruise's wife, beratedBrooke Shields, married (and divorced) Debra Messing, and snubbed SarahJessica and Mr. Big. But don't let his screen credits fool you: he's atrained theatre actor with serious on-stage chops. He andthe legendary Eli Wallach did a smash hit two-character play in NewYork, playing eight shows a week for over a year. And his memorablestar turn in the powerful play "SnakeBit" had the NY Times saying"Basche is sensational in the role, a brash and sensitivebull-in-a-psychic-china shop."

      Recently he starred in and produced two feature films, "Egg" with Christina Hendricks, Anna Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Alysia Reiner, and "Equity" the Sony Pictures Classics hit Wall Street thriller with Anna Gunn and James Purefoy. Basche starred in TV Land's "The Exes" for 5 years with Donald Faison and Wayne Knight, and pops up on your TV regularly in shows like "Blacklist," "Blue Bloods," "NCIS: New Orleans" and more.

      David is also an outspoken environmentalist - he and his wife, ActressAlysia Reiner, recently used their own home as a way to shareinformation about building green. Their brownstone renovation in Harlemwas featured on TV's "World's Greenest Homes" and "Renovation Nation";in various magazines like Dwell, Gotham, and The Nest; and they allowedthe environmentally friendly construction process to be chronicled onweb sites such as Dwell.com and Kohler.com. David is involved with manycharities including The Cancer Support Community, Habitat for Humanity,Our Time Theatre Company, Actors for Autism, and the Joyful HeartFoundation.
      - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Rousso
  • Has a tattoo on left wrist that says "There Is No Perfect".
  • Wife,Alysia Reiner, gave birth to their first child, a girl namedLivia Basche (Livia Charles Basche), on December 5, 2008. She weighed 7 lbs.
  • Winner: Boston Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast for United 93.

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