Wiki Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
- From being discovered at the world-renowned Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal to being featured as the “British Men of Letters,” Arthur Ketch on the 12th season of the popular show Supernatural, David Haydn Jones has come a really long and colorful way.
- He gained popularity through this portrayal of a sociopathic character in the series Supernatural.
Personal Life :
- Education : David has a degree in architecture, and while he was pursuing his degree from the reputed McGill University, he started taking an interest in electives like arts, which included literature and theatre.
- Family : David Haydn-Jones was born in the humble backgrounds of Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- He was born to parents – A Welsh father and an American mother, and he describes the household in which he grew up as part-British, part-American and part-Canadian.
- As a young man, he performed at music festivals and community theatre a lot.
Early Career and Start :
- Even though he had trained to be an architect, with a BS degree in architecture, the recession proved a spanner in the wheels for David. He then started a comedy partnership called Joke Boy with his friend and started performing across Toronto.
- David got his first paying entertainment job at age 15 as a singer and dancer when his family moved to Calgary. He used his diverse background to full advantage for his performances.
- He regularly performed stand-up comedy sketches while simultaneously acting in plays from Shakespeare, Moliere, and Gilbert and Sullivan.
Start of TV Career :
- Soon, he started scoring television gigs with ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ David decided to shift to Los Angeles to be close to the place of work.
- After relocating to LA he bagged quite a few projects including NCIS, King of Queens, Charmed to name a few. He continued to polish his acting skills by being associated with Theatre Tribe, an acclaimed Theatre Company.
- David’s career graph has been on the upswing ever since and he has landed numerous roles in both super-hit as well as critically acclaimed CBC show Rumours.
- He had supporting roles in The Last Kiss and good roles in Fatal Trust opposite Amy Jo Johnson and Secrets of the Summer House opposite Lindsay Price gave his career a leg up.
- He played other prominent roles in Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior on CBS. He starred in Dear Santa opposite Amy Acker and shot a pilot episode for Layla and Jen, a CBC comedy series.
- Soon David landed a supporting role in one of the biggest movies of his career White House Down which starred Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- David did his first community theatre play at the age of six, and his role was ‘Wally’ from Our Town. He was selected to play the mysterious character of Mr. Ketch after auditioning for the role thrice. It also is his dream role.
Does he have siblings?
I knew David had to be Welsh, going from his name and his good looks.
I love him on Supernatural. I hope that he’s in more movies.
I have watched the movie Dear Santa as much as 3 times a day. Fabulous show 100% characters are the best. They have the look is what I always show. Amy smiles @ David. David always checking her out. The little girl hits it off right away which is rare in todays world. A story that goes literally from rich to poor side of town. I would love to see the look on Crystal mom’s face when she introduces them. A relationship all of us. Would love to have in real life. Yes a second dear santa with proposal, marriage and a wish for baby on the famous wishing tree. Please
Cookie Cutter Christmas and A Bramble House Christmas are also on my “gotta watch a whole bunch of times” list for Christmas movies.
I absolutely love The Bramble House !!
I agree with Diane, but I would have liked to see the face of the lady who was against and tried to get rid of Chrystal O that would have been great. And the rest I agree I watch Dear Santa nearly every day sometimes twice great film and both Amy and David plays very great and of course must’nt forget Olivia (Gina ?) Great film.
I absolutely LUV “Dear Santa!” I have watched it daily and sometimes twice. I wish they would have extended it a little, ending with a proposal. I would also like to see “After Dear Santa” with the same cast, minus the one who pretended to be loving him. She would NOT have made a mother for his daughter at all. She was sneaky!
Beginning with their wedding or proposal and couHaving the three married and growing the soup kitchen and adding a baby would be nice. Having a courtship and continuing with the soup kitchen.
She wasn’t very maternal either…
I would love to see where the story went from where it ended.