David Matthew Jenkins

David Matthew Jenkins is an American actor born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended acting and modeling school as a teenager and dreamed of moving to Hollywood to pursue a career. Upon high school graduation, he was extended an offer to one of the nation's oldest military colleges on an Army ROTC scholarship and was soon commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. He completed his bachelor's degree from Indiana University, where he also took introduction to drama and acting classes. Following a career move to Hawaii, he began auditioning and doing local commercials. His relaxed Midwestern style soon proved an asset as directors found him easy to work with on camera. He was first cast in the sequel film, Wiener Dog Internationals (2014) by Fromage Pictures, where he played a photographer covering the world of international wiener dog racing. Film maker Eric Nemoto then signed him on to star as Brian in Yellow Brick Studios/Island Film Group's comedy, Juniper Lane (2016). Internationally, Jenkins has appeared in Germany as a lawyer in the Katie Fforde made for TV movie series, Ein Haus am Meer (2019). He plays Bill Wilson a secret service agent in the sci-fi thriller First Signal (2021) and starred as Commander Lloyd Bucher in the docudrama, Pueblo (2023). Jenkins lives with his family in Los Angeles.