David Leisure

David Leisure
The handprints of David Leisure in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.
Born	David Russell Leisure November 16, 1950 (1950-11-16) (age 60) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Patricia Bunch (1997-present) Kelly Hutchinson (1989-1994) (divorced) 1 child Flora Kleinfeld (1975-1983) (divorced) 1 child

David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001.

Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis: Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, ALF, 227, T. J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Sledge Hammer, and Nurses.

Leisure was born in San Diego and attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He went on to attend Grossmont College also in El Cajon and then to San Diego State University.

Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane! In 1999, he made a brief but memorable appearance in 10 Things I Hate About You as a high school soccer coach and detention monitor. More recently, falling back on his "Joe Isuzu" shtick, Leisure has been acting as a fictional and disreputable insurance lawyer in a series of commercials for various American personal-injury law firms. In different markets, different firms have licensed the footage and add in their own spokespeople and names.

For much of the first quarter of 2009, Leisure appeared as Roger Wilkes on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. As of July 2010, he is in a recurring role as Salem District Attorney Charles Woods on Days of Our Lives.

Leisure also provided the voice of Metus on the animated feature BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn.

External links

• David Leisure at the Internet Movie Database
• David Leisure at AllRovi

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Name	Leisure, David
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	November 16, 1950
Place of birth	San Diego, California, U.S.
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