Biography

David Elliott was born at St. Mary's Hospital, Newcastle. He was a forceps baby.

As a teenager he worked on various television and film projects, playing minor or background roles while developing his craft on stage with The Royal Shakespeare Company and local community theatre groups. David's first screenplay was sold when he was 18. He used this money to finance a move to the United States.

David spent a decade in the Chicago area, taking on further small roles, working as a freelance writer/director, and training with such notable groups as Second City, Steppenwolf, and the Annoyance. His short films placed at TIFF among other film festivals, his plays and revues were met with sell-out crowds, and his documentaries won awards such as Current TV's Doc of the Week. It was at this point David took a seven year hiatus to focus on sobriety, volunteer work, and traveling to various third world countries to help build farms.

Since his return to the arts, he has appeared on panel shows, murder mystery shows, in the background of several commercials, and very technically worked with Stephen Spielberg twice, but only if you don't ask any follow up questions. He's also sold two screenplays (unmade, but the pay was the same either way).
- IMDb mini biography by: Harry Schluz

Removing a jacket to reveal another jacket

Entering the room, looking for something, and then immediately leaving

As a result of years of martial arts training, he has broken every bone in each foot.

Has several tattoos, include one of Bluto on his inner-thigh.

Chicago, IL. David is currently directing Immigrant Song, a sell out sketch comedy about life as an Immigrant.

His "Leap Day" birthday of February 29 (1984) makes him the only "Harry Potter" cast member (in any of the movies) with this unique birth date.

There's a lot of talented people I've seen fall to the wayside, and a lot of losers are now starting their second or third high paying TV job. The scum also rises, I guess.

When I got to the US, I learned just how incredibly sleazy the whole process was. It slowed my process in a lot of ways, because I didn't want to lose myself to the pursuit of fame and become an unbearable asshole.

One reason I went on my hiatus is that I realized how much of everything was a fiction: from biographies to work history to awards, if you want, you can frame it however you want--even success could just be a matter of your uncle making a call rather than actually grinding away at small venues for a decade. But conversely, one of the reasons I came back is exactly the same: I want to show just how customizable reality has become, especially if you have a PR firm or some bots at your disposal.