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About Dennis Haysbert
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954), commonly referred to as The Allstate Guy, is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, President David Palmer on the American television series 24, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit, as well as his work in commercials for Allstate Insurance.


Contents


1 Personal life
2 Career

2.1 Television
2.2 Film
2.3 Commercials
2.4 Video games
2.5 Theater


3 Filmography

3.1 Film
3.2 Television


4 References
5 External links


Personal life[edit source | edit]
Dennis Dexter Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Gladys (née Minor), a homemaker and house cleaner, and Charles Whitney Haysbert, Sr., a deputy sheriff and airline security guard. He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers. His parents were from Louisiana. Haysbert was raised Baptist. Haysbert graduated from San Mateo High School in 1972. After high school, measuring 6 feet 4.5 inches (1.94 m) tall, he was offered various athletic scholarships, but instead chose to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Haysbert is a divorced father of two. He announced in April 2009 that he was starting a TV, film, and documentary production company. His first project was to be a documentary for HBO about an up-and-coming boxer. During the 2010 California elections, Haysbert supported Democratic Senatorial Incumbent Barbara Boxer by appearing with her at campaign events as well as recording radio commercials.
Career[edit source | edit]
Television[edit source | edit]
Haysbert has been acting in film and television since 1979, starting with a guest role in The White Shadow. His television guest starring roles include Lou Grant, Growing Pains, Laverne & Shirley, The A-Team, Night Court, Dallas, The Incredible Hulk, Magnum, P.I. and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, in which Haysbert appears in the first season episode "A Dream of Jennifer" in a one-time role as a spaceport guard. In the second season, Haysbert becomes a crew member of the science starship Searcher. Haysbert played "the helmsman" in the The Guardians (season 2, episode 3) which is currently available online at Hulu."Buck Rogers: 'The Guardians'". hulu.com. p. 2. . He has the most lines in "The Hand of the Goral" (season 2, episode 9), wherein he is named Lt. Parsons. and Duckman. In 1993, he had a featured role in Return to Lonesome Dove as outlaw Cherokee Jack Jackson. In 1999, Haysbert starred with Eric Close in Now and Again, which was cancelled after its first season.
In 2001, Haysbert became better known when he was cast in 24 as U.S. Senator David Palmer, who served as America's first African American President (in the context of the show) during the second and third seasons. He also returned as a guest star in the last six episodes of season 4 and the first episode of season 5. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and for a Golden Satellite Award in 2002 for this role. Haysbert stated in an interview for the show that the three men he admires most—Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell—collectively embody his idea of what a President should be.[10] Haysbert believes that his playing of David Palmer on 24 helped Barack Obama—whom Haysbert supported—to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.[11][12]
Haysbert was the first actor to portray DC Comics character Kilowog, a member of the Green Lantern Corps, in a medium outside of comics. He provided the voice of Kilowog on various episodes of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
On March 4, 2006, Haysbert guest starred on the Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Natalie Portman as the host of a live action/animated TV Funhouse cartoon called "Belated Black History Moment". In his role, Haysbert paid homage to fictional short-lived Saturday morning cartoons featuring black characters, such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space. He also portrayed Nelson Mandela in Goodbye Bafana (also released under the name The Color of Freedom).
Haysbert portrayed the lead character Jonas Blane in the CBS action-drama The Unit, which ended after its fourth season on May 10, 2009.
Haysbert hosted and narrated the Military History Channel presentation of Secrets of Pearl Harbor, which documented his scuba dives with a film team on World War II era Japanese and American warships in the Pacific Theater of action.
In March 2013, Haysbert narrated the documentary "The World According to Dick Cheney" on the Showtime television channel
Film[edit source | edit]
In 1989, Haysbert got his first major film role portraying Pedro Cerrano, a voodoo-practicing Cuban refugee baseball player, in the movie Major League. In it, he uttered the memorable line: "Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum; is very bad". Haysbert followed that up with a role in 1990's Navy SEALs, which also starred Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn, before moving on to another baseball movie, Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck. In 1991, he also starred in 'K-9000', where he played a police officer named Nick Sanrio. In 1992, he co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field, a film about a series of events occurring contemporaneously with the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy.[13]
In 1994, Haysbert reprised his role as Cerrano in Major League II. This was followed by low key appearances in Waiting to Exhale, Heat, and Absolute Power. In 1998, Haysbert made another appearance as Cerrano in Major League: Back to the Minors. In 1999, Haysbert played a police detective in three different films: The Minus Man, The Thirteenth Floor, and Random Hearts.
In 2000, Haysbert played the role of Zeke McCall in Love & Basketball. In 2002, Haysbert played the role of gardener Raymond Deagan in Far From Heaven. He won three awards (Satellite Award, Black Reel Award, and Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award) for Best Supporting Actor for that role. In 2005, he had a supporting role in Sam Mendes's film, Jarhead. In 2007, Haysbert returned to the big screen to portray Nelson Mandela in Goodbye Bafana and an FBI agent in Breach.
On December 5, 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Haysbert will replace the recently deceased Michael Clark Duncan as Manute in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. [14]
Commercials[edit source | edit]
Haysbert is the official spokesman for the Allstate Insurance Company. His commercials typically end with one of the two Allstate Corporation official slogans, either Are you in good hands? or That's Allstate's stand. More recently however his commercials have combined the two with "That's Allstate's stand. Are you in good hands?". In 2009–2010 Allstate used the Neil Sedaka song "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" in television commercials to promote Allstate's car insurance. Breaking up is hard to do, the ads averred, unless one has an Allstate agent to undertake the deed for the customer (switching from another insurer to Allstate). The viewer learned that "breaking up is easy to do" as reassured on the screen by Haysbert. In his role as spokesman for Allstate, Haysbert officiated the coin toss prior to the 2007 Sugar Bowl between LSU and Notre Dame.[15]
In 2008, Haysbert was featured in national television ads to raise public awareness about lending discrimination. The ads were commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.[16] In one of these ads, Haysbert warns consumers about lenders' targeting minorities for inferior loan products.[17]
For the 2006 college football season, Haysbert did voice work for ticket sales promotions for Brigham Young University. He did it as a favor to his younger brother Adam, who played wide receiver at BYU in the early 1980s.[18]
Haysbert also voices the Military Channel's commercials with their official slogan: "The Military Channel—Go Behind the Lines."
Video games[edit source | edit]
In addition to his acting, Haysbert has also done voice work for various video games, most notably as Irving Lambert in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series and narrator of Call of Duty: Finest Hour. He also voiced David Palmer in 24: The Game.
Theater[edit source | edit]
In June 2010, Haysbert joined the cast of David Mamet's Race on Broadway as character Henry Brown, performing alongside actors Eddie Izzard, Richard Thomas, and Afton Williamson. The play ran until August 21, 2010.
Filmography[edit source | edit]
Film[edit source | edit]


Year
Title
Role
Notes


1979
Scoring
Lt. Harrigan



1989
Major League
Pedro Cerrano



1990
Navy Seals
Graham



1992
Mr. Baseball
Max "Hammer" Dubois



1992
Love Field
Paul Cater



1993
Suture
Clay Arlington



1994
Major League II
Pedro Cerrano



1995
Heat
Donald Breedan



1995
Waiting to Exhale
Kenneth Dawkins



1996
Amanda
Seven/Sir Jordan



1997
Absolute Power
Tim Collin



1998
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Manhattan Parks



1998
Major League: Back to the Minors
Pedro Cerrano



1999
The Minus Man
Graves



1999
The Thirteenth Floor
Detective Larry McBain



1999
Random Hearts
Detective George Beaufort



2000
What's Cooking?
Ronald Williams



2000
Love & Basketball
Zeke McCall



2002
Far from Heaven
Raymond Deagan
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor


2003
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Kale



2005
Jarhead
Major Lincoln



2007
Goodbye Bafana
Nelson Mandela



2007
Breach
Dean Plesac



2011
The Details
Lincoln



2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
Master Storming Ox



2012
LUV
Mr. Fish



2012
Wreck-It Ralph
General Hologram



2013
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Manute
post-production


Television[edit source | edit]


Year
Title
Role
Notes


1978
Lou Grant
Victor
Episode: "Schools"


1979
The White Shadow
Basketball Player
Episode: "Wanna Bet?"


1979
Laverne & Shirley
Navy Shore Patrolman
Episode: "What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?"


1980
Quincy M.E.
Fred
Episode: "New Blood"


1980
The Incredible Hulk
Guard
Episode: "Nine Hours"


1980
Galactica 1980
Imperious Leader
Episode: "Space Croppers"


1980-1981
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Various
5 episodes


1981
Quincy M.E.
Driver
Episode: "Headhunter"


1981
Grambling's White Tiger
James "Shack" Harris
Television movie


1981-1982
Code Red
Stuff Wade
8 episodes


1983
The A-Team
Psych Ward Staff
Episode: "One More Time"


1984
Dallas
Dr. Forbes
Episode: "Killer at Large"


1984
Riptide
Odell
Episode: "Father's Day"


1984
Gimme a Break!
Rev. Winfield
Episode: "Baby of the Family"


1984-1985
Off the Rack
Cletus Maxwell
7 episodes


1985
Magnum P.I.
Lieutenant Jameson, USN
Episode: "Blood and Honor"


1985
What's Happening Now!!
Policeman
Episode: "I'll Be Homeless for Christmas"


1985
Growing Pains
Police Officer
Episode: "Weekend Fantasy"


1986
The Fall Guy
Jeremy Wolf
Episode: "Trial by Fire"


1986
227
Sgt. Banks
Episode: "Redecorating Blues"


1986
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Kimambo
Episode: "Billy's Lost Weekend"


1986
The Young and the Restless
Ron Clark
8 episodes


1987
Growing Pains
Officer Wright
Episode: "Gone But Not Forgottten"


1987
Knots Landing
Police Officer
Episode: "The Unraveling"


1987
Easy Street
Chip
Episode: "The Country Club"


1987
Valerie
Dr. Ervin
Episode: "Oedipus Wrecks"


1987
Our House
Unknown
Episode: "Sounds from a Silent Clock: Part 2"


1987
The Facts of Life
Sgt. Evans
Episode: "Before the Fall"


1988
Growing Pains
Frank
Episode: "State of the Union"


1988
Crime Story
Franklin Himes
2 episodes


1988-1989
Just the Ten of Us
Coach Duane Johnson
9 episodes


1989
Night Court
James Morgan
Episode: "Pen Pal"


1989
The Robert Guillaume Show
Mr. Peterson
Episode: "Guaranteed Not to Shrink"


1991
K-9000
Nick Sanrio
Television movie


1993
Queen
Davis
Television movie


1993
Return to Lonesome Dove
Jack Jackson
3 episodes


1993
American Playhouse
Rev. Oliver Crawford
Episode: "Hallelujah"


1998
The New Batman Adventures
Barkley James
Episode: "Mean Seasons"


1998-1999
Superman
Agent #1
2 episodes


1999-2000
Now and Again
Dr. Theodore Morris
22 episodes
Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama


2001
Soul Food
Rick Grant
2 episodes


2001
The Outer Limits
Joshua Finch
Episode: "Rule of Law"


2001-2007
24
David Palmer
81 episodes
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2003-04, 2006)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2003, 2005)


2001-2002
Static Shock
Chief Barnsdale
3 episodes


2001-2004
Justice League
Kilowog
3 episodes


2006-2009
The Unit
Jonas Blane
69 episodes
Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (2007-09)


2013
Newsreaders
Det. Fenster Landau
Episode: "CCSI: Boston"


References[edit source | edit]


^ Author unknown (date unknown). Dennis Haysbert Biography. TVGuide.com. Retrieved from http://www.tvguide.com/detail/celebrity.aspx?tvobjectid=147081&more=ucCelebInfo.
^ Author unknown (date unknown). Deaths: Haysbert, Charles Whitney. NewsLibrary Search Result; access to original article restricted to subscribers. Retrieved from http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB476A66650E1F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
^ a b Avery, Laura (2007). Excerpt from Newsmakers 2007 Cumulation. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?id=hnRmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Haysbert+was+born+on+June+2,+1954,+in+San+Mateo,+California%22&dq=%22Haysbert+was+born+on+June+2,+1954,+in+San+Mateo,+California%22&hl=en.
^ "San Mateo High School Alumni". San Mateo High School. Retrieved January 15, 2013. 
^ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/14/70662.html
^ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/14/70663.html
^ Retrieved from http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16416407?nclick_check=1[dead link].
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXvWreMfC9c
^ "Buck Rogers: The Hand of the Gorals". hulu.com. 
^ "'24' Exposed (Part 1) featurette". '24' season 2 bonus DVD. 
^ "Haysbert Says '24' Role Paved the Way for Presidential Hopeful Barack Obamawork=buddytv.com". buddytv.com. ]
^ http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/02/haysbert.obama.ap/index.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
^ "Dennis Haysbert". Noted Guys. 
^ Kit, Borys (5 December 2012). "Dennis Haysbert Replaces Michael Clarke Duncan in 'Sin City 2' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 December 2012. 
^ http://article.wn.com/view/2011/12/21/Allstate_ads_to_remain_in_Haysberts_good_hands_for_three_mor/
^ http://archives.hud.gov/news/2008/pr08-108.cfm
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8LugzV6No
^ Deseret News: BYU connection yields strong voice



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