D.W. Moffett

D.W. Moffett was born in Highland Park, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. After attending Stanford University, he found himself back in Chicago.  D.W. was lured to the St. Nicholas Theater Company, where he studied with, among others, William H. Macy. Shortly thereafter, having fallen in love with the stage, he became a founding member of the Remains Theatre Company. While at Remains he starred in, directed and/or produced over 40 productions including The Tooth of Crime, Moby Dick, Waiting for Godot , Woyzeck and Speed the Plow. After a long and successful career on stage in Chicago, he went with Steppenwolf Theater to do Balm In Gilead in New York City. He then starred  in The Normal Heart at the Public Theater for which he won critical acclaim.

He appeared on Broadway in The Boys of Winter and The Real Thing and headlined the production of Contact at Lincoln Center in 2001. He was most recently seen on-stage playing opposite Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Ehle in The Phialadelphia Story at the Old Vic in London.

D.W. has had a long and successful career in film and television as well. He is most memorable in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Stephen Soderbergh’s Traffic.  D.W.’s favorite and most recent television work was just last season, starring as the “father from hell” in Season 3 of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.

SAG National Board Candidate Statement
As a SAG member for over twenty years, making my living in commercials, film and television, I am honored to come before you as a candidate. I am astounded at the rancor in our boardroom, and pledge to be a voice of moderation and a force of common sense. I have just one question for you, the voter: If there are two unions competing for the same slice of pie, who do you think loses? The producers – or you? We must find a way to responsibly join with AFTRA and move forward with one voice. http://www.UniteforStrength.com

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