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David DeLuise
DeLuise in 2007
Born	David Dominick DeLuise (1971-11-11) November 11, 1971 (age 53) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor television director podcaster
Years active	1979–present
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Spouses	Brigitte DeLuise ​ ​(m. 1994; div. 2003)​ Julia Stoepel ​(m. 2019)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Dom DeLuise Carol Arthur
Relatives	Michael DeLuise (brother) Peter DeLuise (brother)

David Dominick DeLuise (born November 11, 1971) is an American actor and television director. He has appeared on numerous television shows as well as films. He is known for Coop in the animated show Megas XLR and Jerry Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.

Career

His first leading role came in 2003 with Dantre Cole, in BachelorMan. He had a recurring role in 3rd Rock from the Sun as Bug Pollone and was a regular performer on Jesse during its first season, playing Jesse's brother Darren. He also played a recurring role in Stargate SG-1 as Pete Shanahan. He was also seen in a Purina commercial for Beneful dog food, and a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. He also had special appearances in Gilmore Girls season 4 episodes 20 and 22 as TJ's brother.

DeLuise is also known for voicing Coop on the short-lived action animated Megas XLR (later reprising his role for the Cartoon Network game FusionFall) and Sergeant Brutto in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. In 2005, he starred opposite Maggie Wheeler on the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor. In 2012, he had a guest role on Rizzoli & Isles as Dominic.

He portrayed the character of Jerry Russo, the family patriarch and former wizard on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie from 2007 to 2012. DeLuise also directed numerous episodes of the series, beginning with the episode "My Tutor, Tutor" (2009). He has since directed episodes of How to Rock, See Dad Run, Lab Rats, and The Thundermans.

In August 2012 he appeared in a commercial for KFC's Original Recipe Bites.

In February 2023 he started the podcast Wizards of Waverly Pod with Jennifer Stone, where both talk about their experience on the show Wizards of Waverly Place.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

1. Lavin, Cheryl (11 April 1999). "David DeLuise". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
2. "KFC Original Recipe Bites Hide-and-Seek Commercial".
3. ^ "David DeLuise (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 22, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
4. Dave McNary (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

External links

• David DeLuise at IMDb

• 1971 births
• Living people
• American male film actors
• American people of Italian descent
• American male television actors
• American television directors
• American male voice actors
• Male actors from Burbank, California
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• DeLuise family