Actor

Dave Payton

10 films

Dave Payton has been acting since his elementary-school days in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from college with a BA in English, he toured with the professional Christian acting company Covenant Players, where he performed all over the country in churches, schools, prisons, and nursing homes. After his tour, he returned to Brooklyn where he was Pee Wee the Seagull, one of the mascots for the New York Mets single-A team, the Brooklyn Cyclones.

After meeting his wife on an internet dating site, Dave moved to Wisconsin, where he has founded Least of These Players. LOTP has produced "The Man in The Empty Chair" on stage and film as well as "The Gift." TMIETC marks the debut of LOTP as they hope to cultivate a bigger audience.

Dave has written several plays, mostly faith-based. He has also played many stage roles including: Harold Hill in "The Music Man", Mr. Tumnus in "The Chronicles of Narnia"; Mike Teevee in "Willy Wonka"; Lumiere in "Beauty and the Beast"; and Juror 2 in "12 Angry Men".

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First watchThe Good Shepherd20066.4as College Student (uncredited)A supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion,…View film

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5.6Random Hearts1999

Filmography

10 films as actor

TBAThrough Eyes of GracePastor Seth Adams
2024Stalked by Shadows
2023Bigfoot Kills: A True Crime DocumentaryMilton Ripp
2020CohabitationRon
2019TimbertownBill Childers
2018Thy NeighborNeighbor
2017The Perfect DayChuck
2015The Man in the Empty ChairCab
2006The Good ShepherdCollege Student (uncredited)
1999Random HeartsPassenger (uncredited)