Cast & creator
David Andrews
Best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, NCIS
David Andrews (born January 1, 1952) is an American actor, best known for his role as General Robert Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Andrews was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His attended the Louisiana State University as an undergraduate and followed with a year at the Duke University School of Law and two at Stanford Law School, from which he graduated in the late 1970s. He set his career off in style by starring in the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. For the rest of the 80s Andrews did not have any major hits, mainly focusing on a TV career. In 1990 he starred in Stephen King's Graveyard Shift and in 1994 he was James Earp in Kevin Costners Wyatt Earp. His career was boosted by starring in the TV series Mann & Machine. In 1995 he played astronaut Pete Conrad, alongside Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton in the classic space drama Apollo 13. In the late 90s Andrews concentrated on more television projects and starred in TV films such as Our Son, the Matchmaker, Fifteen and Pregnant, which also starred Kirsten Dunst, and the hit TV film Switched at Birth. In 1998 he played another astronaut, Frank Borman, in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He had a brief role as Major General Eldridge G. Chapman, commander of the 13th Airborne Division, in the Band of Brothers miniseries. 1999 was a great year for Andrews: not only that he did get the success from Switched at Birth but also Fight Club, which starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Andrews started off the millennium by starring in Navigating the Heart before moving on to the sequel of the cannibal series Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins. In 2002 he appeared in A Walk to Remember, and in 2003 he starred in Two Soldiers, The Chester Story and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He also replaced John M. Jackson in the final season of JAG, playing Judge Advocate General Major General Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell. He was Edwin Jensen in the TV Movie The Jensen Project. Andrews played the role of Scooter Libby in the 2010 film, Fair Game, based on the Valerie Plame affair.
Also known as: Stanley David Andrews
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film credits
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television credits
97
1979–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (97)
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Officer Fromansky
2000
Criminal Minds
Sheriff Bruner
2005
NCIS
Errol Coyne
2003
Castle
Carl Shelton
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lloyd Anson Wilkes
2001
CSI: Miami
Richard Bowman
2002CSI: Miami
Bruce Faber
2002
JAG
Col. / Maj. Gen. Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell
1995JAG
Maj. Gen. Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell
1995
Stargate SG-1
Se'tak
1997
The Boys
Senator Calhoun
2019
The Closer
Donald Baxter, Jr.
2005
Scandal
George Reed
2012
Ghost Whisperer
Dr. Albert Glassman
2005
The Practice
Judge Wilbur Stuckey
1997
Crossing Jordan
Gerald Bayless
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
Lorian
2001
How to Get Away with Murder
Hugh Murphy
2014
Touched by an Angel
Jim Sullivan
1994
Miami Vice
Jack Crockett
1984
Dawson's Creek
Gus Weiner
1998
For All Mankind
Admiral Scott Uken
2019
House of Cards
Tim Corbet
2013
Brothers and Sisters
George Lafferty
2006
Six Feet Under
Michael Piper
2001
Lie to Me
Dr. Stanley Heaton
2009
Justified
Tillman Napier
2010
Fight Club
Thomas at Remaining Men Together
1999
The Equalizer
Del Larkin
1985The Equalizer
Dale Stevens
1985
Band of Brothers
General Elbridge G. Chapman
2001
Perception
FBI Agent Krueger
2012
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Drop Dead Diva
Simon Bell's Lawyer
2009Drop Dead Diva
The Walters' Lawyer
2009
Just Shoot Me!
Jay Crew
1997
World War Z
Navy Captain Mullenaro
2013
Murder One
1995
Shooter
Sam Vincent
2016
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Foreman
1984
From the Earth to the Moon
Frank Borman
1998
Watchmen
Deputy Director Farragut
2019
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Robert Brewster
2003
Surface
Furella
2005
Tell Me a Story
Richard Winston
2018
Revolution
Bill O'Halloran
2012
The Catch
Tony Ellis
2016
Apollo 13
Pete Conrad
1995
Infomercials
William
2009
Crisis
Agent Hurst
2014
A Walk to Remember
Mr. Kelly
2002
Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons
Peter Sing
2022
The Whispers
Secretary of Defense Frommer
2015
Dear John
Mr. Curtis
2010
Fair Game
Scooter Libby
2010
Wyatt Earp
James Earp
1994
Stealth
Ray
2005
Graveyard Shift
John Hall
1990
Lime Street
1985
Mann & Machine
Det. Bobby Mann
1992
Jessabelle
Leon
2014
The Antagonists
Jack Scarlett
1991
Arthur Newman
Chuck Willoughby
2012
Cherry 2000
Sam Treadwell
1987
The Monroes
1995
Cocked
Clyde
2015Pulaski
Larry Summers (aka Pulaski)
1987
Marry Me
Swan Carter
2010
Hannibal
FBI Agent Pearsall
2001
Under Pressure
Reese Braverton
1997
The Gardener
Tom
2026
The Rat Pack
G-Man #3
1998
The Burning Bed
Wimpy Hughes
1984
Deconstructing Sarah
Paul
1994
Fifteen and Pregnant
Cal Spangler
1998
The Dead Will Tell
John Hytner
2004
A.I. 187
William Palmer
2019
The Color of Courage
Philip Renfrew
1999
A Son's Promise
Wayne O'Kelley
1990
Don't Know Yet
Swag
2014
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Steve Carson
1996
The Jensen Project
Edwin
2010
Town Diary
Brian McCauley
2002
The Squeeze
Player #1 Billy Bob
2015
A Touch of Fate
James Kline
2003
Navigating the Heart
William Sanders
2000
Shame II: The Secret
Josh McHale
1995
The Rain Makers
Jerry
2005
Tales from Zone 7 - An Oral History of the Making of Cherry 2000
Self
2024
Switched at Birth
James Barlow
1999
Wild Horses
Dean Ellis
1985
Two Soldiers
Lieutenant Hogenbeck
2003
Midas Valley
1985The Waiter
Nigel
1993
The Last Summer
Richard Finney
2004
Forsaken Son
Pastor Colin Reed
2017
Prodigal Sons
Jim Ballard