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Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the '' Major League'' film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film '' Absolute Power'', Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS action drama series ''
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'',
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on the Netflix show ''
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'', and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of '' 24''. He has also appeared in the films '' Love Field'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Far from Heaven'', as well as the science fiction series '' Incorporated''.


Early life

Haysbert was born in
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, the son of Gladys (
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Minor), a homemaker and house cleaner, and Charles Whitney Haysbert Sr., a deputy
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and airline security guard. He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers. His parents were from
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. Haysbert was raised
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. Haysbert graduated from
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in 1972. After high school, being 6 ft 5 in tall, he was offered athletic scholarships but instead chose to study acting at the
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.


Career


Television

Haysbert has been acting in film and television since 1978, starting with a guest role in '' The White Shadow''. His television guest starring roles include ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Laverne & Shirley'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', ''
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'' and '' Brooklyn 99''. In 1993, he had a featured role in ''
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'' as outlaw Cherokee Jack Jackson. In 1999, Haysbert starred with
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in ''
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'', which was cancelled after one season. In 2001, Haysbert rose to prominence when he was cast in '' 24'' as
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David Palmer, who served as the first black
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(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
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in 2002 for this role. Haysbert stated in an interview for the show that the three men he admires most—
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,
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, and
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—collectively embody his idea of what a President should be. Haysbert believes that his playing of David Palmer on ''24'' helped
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—whom Haysbert supported—to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Haysbert was the first actor to portray
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character Kilowog, a member of the
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, in a medium outside of comics. He provided the voice of Kilowog on various episodes of ''
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'' and ''
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''. On March 4, 2006, Haysbert guest-starred on the ''
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'' episode hosted by
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as the host of a live-action/animated ''
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'' cartoon called "Belated Black History Moment." In his role, Haysbert paid homage to fictional short-lived Saturday morning cartoons featuring black characters, such as
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in Outer Space. He also portrayed
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in '' Goodbye Bafana'' (also released under the name ''The Color of Freedom''). Haysbert portrayed the lead character Jonas Blane in the
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military action-drama ''
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''. He hosted and narrated the
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presentation of ''Secrets of Pearl Harbor'', which documented his
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s with a film team on
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-era Japanese and
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warships in the Pacific Theater. In March 2013, Haysbert narrated the documentary ''The World According to Dick Cheney'' on the
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television channel. On May 19, 2014, Haysbert also featured in the fifth episode of the fourth season of ''
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'' as Reverend Sturdy Harris. In 2015, Haysbert played Detective John Almond in '' Backstrom''. Since September 6, 2015, Haysbert has been the opening voice introducing NBC's ''
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''. In November 2016, Haysbert began his co-starring role in '' Incorporated''. Set in a dystopian future run by corporations, Haysbert plays Julian, a ruthless security head working for one of the larger corporations.
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and
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are co-executive producers on the series, which was shot in
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, Canada, and airs on
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in Canada and
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in the U.S. He has also been cast to play God for the second half of the fifth season of ''
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''. On August 20, 2021, A&E announced that Haysbert would host a revival of ''
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'', replacing long time narrator
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.


Film

In 1989, Haysbert made his first major role as Pedro Cerrano, a
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-practicing Cuban refugee
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player, in '' Major League''. Haysbert followed that up with a role in 1990's ''
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'', which also starred
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and Michael Biehn, before moving on to another baseball film, '' Mr. Baseball'' with
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. In 1991, he also starred in ''
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'', 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
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. In 1994, Haysbert reprised his role as Cerrano in ''
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''. This was followed by minor appearances in ''
Waiting to Exhale ''Waiting to Exhale'' is a 1995 American romance film directed by Forest Whitaker (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMil ...
'', ''
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'', 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 films: ''
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'', '' The Thirteenth Floor'', and ''
Random Hearts ''Random Hearts'' is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Warren Adler, the film is about a police officer and a Congr ...
''. In 2000, Haysbert played the role of Zeke McCall in ''
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''. 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
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's film, '' Jarhead''. In 2007, Haysbert returned to the big screen to portray
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in '' Goodbye Bafana'' and an FBI agent in ''
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''. In 2012, he voiced General Hologram in ''
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'' and served as an official judge for the
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. He replaced the deceased Michael Clark Duncan as Manute in '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' (2014). In 2014, Haysbert played the role of Dean Fairbanks in ''
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'' and General Lyons '' Dead Rising: Watchtower''. In December 2018, it was announced that Haysbert was to star in the
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psychological thriller '' Secret Obsession''. The film was released on July 18, 2019.


Commercials

Since 2003, Haysbert has appeared as the official spokesman for the
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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." However, his commercials have combined the two with "That's Allstate's stand. Are you in good hands?" He has also appeared in Spanish-language commercials with the line "Con Allstate, Estás En Buenas Manos." (With Allstate, you're in good hands.) In his role as spokesman for Allstate, Haysbert officiated the coin toss prior to the 2007 Sugar Bowl between
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and Notre Dame. In 2008, Haysbert was featured in national television ads to raise public awareness about lending discrimination. The ads were commissioned by the
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's
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. In one of these ads, Haysbert warns consumers about lenders' targeting minorities for inferior loan products. For the 2006 college football season, Haysbert did voice work for ticket sales promotions for
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. He did it as a favor to his younger brother Adam, who played wide receiver at BYU in the early 1980s. Haysbert also voices the
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's commercials with their official slogan: "The Military Channel. Go Behind the Lines."


Video games

Haysbert has also done voice work for various
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s, such as Irving Lambert in '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'', the narrator in '' Call of Duty: Finest Hour'' and reprising his television role of David Palmer in '' 24: The Game''.


Theater

In June 2010, Haysbert joined the cast of
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's ''
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'' on Broadway as character Henry Brown, performing alongside actors
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, Richard Thomas and Afton Williamson. The play ran until August 21, 2010.


Personal life

Haysbert has been married to Elena Simms from 1980-1984, and Lynn Griffith from 1989-2001. They have two children. Haysbert announced in April 2009 that he was starting a 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 incumbent
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by appearing with her at campaign events and recording radio commercials.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


Theatre


References


External links


Dennis Haysbert's Official Website & DH6 Gear Store
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