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D.B. Sweeney
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Actor Born: November 14, 1961 in Shoreham, Long Island, NY Biography:Empire State native "D.B. Sweeney" attended both Tulane and New York University. Though he had trouble getting sizeable roles in student productions, upon his graduation he was immediately cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. He went on to guest-star stints on such TV series as "The Edge of Night" and Spencer: For Hire before entering movies, where he scored with the critics for his portrayal of an idealistic, gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in "Francis Ford Coppola"'s "Gardens of Stone" (1987). While he has accrued several noteworthy screen assignments (including the starring role of a nasty hockey player in 1992's "The Cutting Edge"), "D.B. Sweeney" is best remembered for his even-keel portrayal of the tragic Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Eight Men Out" (1988); if he looked like a "natural" on the ballfield, it was because Sweeney had once actually played minor league baseball with the... Full Biography
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