Biography

David Yost

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Born
January 7, 1969 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Birth name
David Harold Yost
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Mini bio

David Yost was born on January 7, 1969 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023), Power Rangers Cosmic Fury (2023) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993).

Family

Parents

Self-verified on IMDbPro

Gender / Gender identity
Male

Trademarks

Use of the word "Affirmative", as his character, Billy on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993)
Perhaps best known for his role as Billy/The Blue Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993)

Trivia

Attended fellow Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) co-star Thuy Trang's funeral in 2001 along with Amy Jo Johnson, also a co-star from the same show.
Was the only cast member who appeared in every episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). He was also the only cast member to appear in both the debut episode in 1993 and series finale episode in 2023 of the entire run of the Power Rangers series franchise.
Is a talented, accomplished gymnast.
Originally auditioned for the role of Jason the Red Ranger but realized the Producers were going in a different direction. David asked to then read for the role of Billy the Blue Ranger which he was eventually was cast in.
Attended Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Quotes

[Being asked on why he left the Power Rangers franchise] That's a good question and it's actually a really serious question for me, so if I cry, I apologize in advance. All that me getting old and going off to some foreign planet or something ... I don't know - I wasn't there for any of that. I don't know anything about it, I've never watched the episodes. Um, I, I walked off set one day, during the middle of lunch, halfway through the day, I just had made a decision, I'd been thinking about it for a good week, and the reason that I walked off is because I was called "f***ot" one too many times. So, um, I had just heard that several times while working on the show from creators, producers, writers, directors.

It's not that people can't talk about me and have their opinion about me, but continuing to work in an environment like that is really difficult, and I myself was struggling with who I was or what I was, and to be ... made fun of on some level or to be stereotyped or put into a category in sort of saying 'you're not' - basically, I just felt like I was continually being told that I'm not worthy of where I am because I'm a gay person and I'm not supposed to be an actor and you can't be a superhero. And I know that my costars were called in a couple of times to different producers' offices and questioned about my sexuality, which is kind of a humiliating experience to hear that and to find that out.

So there was just a lot of issues; it just felt like a bad marriage. And I could either stay and do the second movie and finish six more months of the show or just - I don't know, I guess I was kind of worried about my life. I was worried that I might take my own life. So in order for me to get a handle on what was going on, I needed to leave when I left. And so that's sort of why I left the show.