David Allen Brooks
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David Allen Brooks is an American actor, who had a recurring role in the short-lived science fiction
television series Crusade
.
Aside from a bit part in a television adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor
in 1970, Brooks' first professional role was Jim Dedrickson on the soap opera The Edge of Night
in 1981 and 1982. He would later be a regular on the Babylon 5
spin-off, Crusade
, playing archaeologist Max Eilerson. He also managed to land a part in the Daft Punk
video for the song "Revolution 909" where he plays a Police Officer. He also played Keith Dennison in The Young and the Restless
in 1999. Brooks was in the Windsong Perfume advertisement in the 1980s showing a closeup of his face smelling a woman's perfumed scarf.
The San Jose Mercury News
described him as the "Surfer type [who] plays the handsome young molecular biologist" in the film The Kindred.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Crusade
Crusade (TV series)
Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. A race called the Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five...
.
Aside from a bit part in a television adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life...
in 1970, Brooks' first professional role was Jim Dedrickson on the soap opera The Edge of Night
The Edge of Night
The Edge of Night is an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984...
in 1981 and 1982. He would later be a regular on the Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
spin-off, Crusade
Crusade (TV series)
Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. A race called the Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five...
, playing archaeologist Max Eilerson. He also managed to land a part in the Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
video for the song "Revolution 909" where he plays a Police Officer. He also played Keith Dennison in The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
in 1999. Brooks was in the Windsong Perfume advertisement in the 1980s showing a closeup of his face smelling a woman's perfumed scarf.
The San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
described him as the "Surfer type [who] plays the handsome young molecular biologist" in the film The Kindred.