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Costabile at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Born | 1967 (age 49–50) Washington, D.C, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse(s) | Eliza Baldi (m. 2012) |
Children | 1 |
David Costabile (born 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series most notably in AMC's Breaking Bad and on Suits. He also acted on film and in Broadway theatre.
Costabile was born in Washington, D.C. He is of Italian descent. He attended Gonzaga College High School, graduating in 1985, and Tufts University. He graduated from New York University's MFA program in acting in 1998.
Costabile has appeared on Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of Translations in 2007, the musical Titanic in 1997, and The Tempest in 1995. In 2005, he appeared as Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona as part of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. For Caroline, or Change, the Drama Desk Award–winning musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori (2003–2004), Costabile workshopped and performed in the original production and its Broadway transfer.
Costabile is best known for his recurring television roles on The Wire (as Thomas Klebanow, managing editor of The Baltimore Sun), Flight of the Conchords (as Doug), Damages (as Detective Rick Messer), Suits (as Daniel Hardman, former senior partner of the law firm of Pearson Hardman), and Breaking Bad (as Gale Boetticher).