David Sutcliffe

David Sutcliffe
Born	June 8, 1969 (1969-06-08) (age 42) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Spouse	Julie McCullough (2001–2003)

David Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden, Rory Gilmore's father and Lorelai Gilmore's on-and-off boyfriend, on the CW show Gilmore Girls.

A 1990 graduate of Victoria College at the University of Toronto, he studied English literature, and played varsity basketball before succumbing to a career-ending knee injury. While in college, he waited tables at local greasy spoon Michael's on Bay.^{[citation needed]} Before heading to Hollywood, he starred in the independent feature film Two or Three Words, directed by Toronto-local Evan Georgiades.

He subsequently appeared in the straight to DVD film Cake with Heather Graham, Taye Diggs, Sandra Oh and Sarah Chalke, and the film Testosterone opposite Antonio Sabato Jr. and Sônia Braga. In 2003, Sutcliffe appeared at the very end of Under the Tuscan Sun with Diane Lane and Sandra Oh. He played the character Ed, a writer who falls in love with Frances in the last scenes of the movie. He played financier Ted Ammon in the made-for-TV movie Murder in the Hamptons.

He has appeared in numerous TV shows such as I'm with Her (where he had the lead male role, along with Teri Polo), Friends, Will and Grace, Accidentally on Purpose, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Feet.

He also had a recurring role on Private Practice, where was signed for 13 episodes during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. He played a police officer smitten with the lead character Dr. Addison Montgomery.

He also starred in the 2009 film Before You Say I Do. Sutcliffe recently finished filming Misconceptions in St. Petersburg, Florida with Orlando Jones. The film is being directed by a retired television director and Eckerd College professor.

Sutcliffe also played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games, for the Hollygrove House charity. He is divorced from actress Julie McCullough.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Note
1999	Will and Grace	Campbell	Episode: Secrets and Lays-Series 1
1999	Two Of A Kind	Rick	Episode: "First Crush"
2000	Friends	Kyle	Episode: "The One with the Engagement Picture"
	Grapevine	Matt Brewer	5 episodes
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ian Wolf	Episode: "Overload"
	Providence	Russell Banks	Episode: "Love Story"
2001–2007	Gilmore Girls	Christopher Hayden	37 episodes
2002	Mutant X	Mark Kearney	Episode: "Body and Soul"
	Body & Soul	Barry Matheson	Episode: "The Curse"
2003	Under the Tuscan Sun	Ed
	Testosterone	Dean Seagrave
	The Division	Jonah	6 episodes
	The Atwood Stories	Morrison	unknown episodes
	CSI: Miami	Rick Breck	Episode: "Evidence of Things Unseen"
2005	Murder in the Hamptons	Ted Ammon
	Cake	Ian
	Happy Endings	Gil
	Snow Wonder	Jim	TV movie
	His and Her Christmas	Tom Lane	TV movie
2007–2009	Private Practice	Kevin Nelson	13 episodes (season 1 - season 2)
2008	Sticks and Stones	Neil Martin
	Inconceivable	Jon Du Bose
	Norm	Norm
	Misconceptions	Parker Bliss Sr
2009	Before You Say I Do	George	TV movie
	Accidentally on Purpose	Brian	Episodes: "The Third Man", "One Night Stand"
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Charles Ellis	Episodes: "The Long Road to Napa"
	Lie to Me	John Stafford	Episode: "Beyond Belief" (Season 3, Episode 6)
	On Strike for Christmas	Stephen	TV movie
2011	Mega Cyclone	Jason	TV movie

External links

• David Sutcliffe at the Internet Movie Database
• GROUP: A Documentary Web Series by David Sutcliffe
• David Sutcliffe talks to theTVaddict.com

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Name	Sutcliffe, David
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Date of birth	June 8, 1969
Place of birth	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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