American actor (born 1993)
David Corenswet
Born David Packard Corenswet
(1993-07-08 ) July 8, 1993 (age 30) Education Occupation Actor Years active 2011–present
David Packard Corenswet (born July 8, 1993)
[1] is an American actor. After graduating from
Juilliard in 2016, he began guest starring in television series, including
House of Cards in 2018. He then played lead roles in the
Netflix series
The Politician (2019–2020) and
Hollywood (2020), both created by
Ryan Murphy .
[2]
[3] He has since starred in the films
Look Both Ways and
Pearl , and the
HBO miniseries
We Own This City (all 2022).
Personal life and education
Corenswet was raised in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
[4] His father, John Corenswet, was from a prominent
Jewish family in
New Orleans ,
[5]
[6] and worked as a stage actor in New York City for many years
[4] before becoming a lawyer.
[7] His mother is also a lawyer. He has an older sister, Amy.
[8]
[9]
[10]
Corenswet's maternal grandfather is
Edward Packard , creator of the
Choose Your Own Adventure book concept, and author of more than 50 books in that series.
[11]
[12]
Corenswet graduated from
the Shipley School and earned a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 2016 from the
Juilliard School in
New York City .
[4]
[13]
[14] He applied and was accepted to Juilliard while a freshman at the
University of Pennsylvania .
[10]
Corenswet and his wife got married in New Orleans in March 2023.
[5]
Career
Early career
As a child actor, Corenswet appeared in numerous professional theater productions, including the
Arden Theatre 's 2002 production
[15] of
Arthur Miller 's
All My Sons ,
[16]
the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival 's 2003 production of
Macbeth ,
[17] the
Walnut Street Theatre 's 2003 production of La Vie En Bleu ,
[18]
[17] and the
People's Light and Theatre Company 's 2004 production of The Forgiving Harvest ,
[19]
[20] among others.
[21]
Corenswet wrote the screenplay for and acted in Following Chase (2011), directed by Greg Koorhan.
[22] He next co-wrote, produced, and starred in a two-season sketch-comedy web series, Moe & Jerryweather (2014–2016).
[23]
In 2016, director
Rob Reiner cast Corenswet as a co-lead in his planned television series, The Tap , set at Yale College in 1969. Corenswet played a student.
[24]
USA Network ordered the pilot episode,
[25] which was filmed in 2017, but declined to pick up the series.
[26]
In Corenswet's first film role after graduating from Juilliard, he starred as Michael Lawson in
Affairs of State (2018), a political thriller. The film also stars
Thora Birch ,
Mimi Rogers , and
Adrian Grenier .
Los Angeles Times described the film as "well-acted".
[27]
Corenswet then appeared in several guest-star roles, including in
House of Cards ,
Elementary , and
Instinct .
[23]
Rising profile
In
Netflix 's
The Politician (2019–2020), he portrayed River Barkley, the lover and high-school political rival of Payton Hobart (
Ben Platt ).
Vanity Fair described River as a "wealthy, sporty, straight-A student".
[28]
[29]
[30]
Corenswet starred as Jack Castello
[31]
[32] in
Hollywood (2020), a Netflix limited series about the
post-World War II film business in
Los Angeles . The project reunited him with
Ryan Murphy and
Ian Brennan , the creators of The Politician . Corenswet was also an executive producer on the series.
[33]
Men's Health magazine praised Corenswet's performance as that of a "breakout lead".
[34]
IndieWire called it "another star-proving turn from David Corenswet."
[35]
In
We Own This City , a 2022
HBO fact-based
[36] limited series from
The Wire ' s writers and executive producers
David Simon and
George Pelecanos , Corenswet co-starred as the veteran police investigator David McDougall, whose work helps uncover, in 2016, years of corruption in the Gun Trace Task Force of the Baltimore police department.
[37]
[38]
Corenswet co-starred as Jake in
Look Both Ways , a 2022 Netflix original romantic comedy-drama film.
[39]
In
Pearl , a 2022 feature film released in theaters by
A24 and directed by
Ti West , Corenswet co-starred as The Projectionist.
[40]
[41]
Along with
Lucy Boynton ,
Justin H. Min , and
Austin Crute , Corenswet co-stars in
The Greatest Hits , a film for
Searchlight Pictures written, directed, and produced by
Ned Benson .
[42] Described as a “musical time travel romance,” the film premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, March 8-16.
[43] It had a limited theater release on April 5, and began streaming April 12 (on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in the rest of the world).
[44]
Upcoming roles
Corenswet joins
Natalie Portman ,
Moses Ingram ,
Mikey Madison , and
Dylan Arnold in the forthcoming
Apple TV+ series
Lady in the Lake , directed by
Alma Har'el . The series has finished filming, and will debut in 2024.
[45]
Corenswet plays the male lead in a pilot from
20th Television , filmed in January 2023:
The Answers ,
FX 's adaptation of
Catherine Lacey 's novel of same name. His character, Christopher Skye, is a charismatic but troubled movie star involved in an enigmatic, futuristic dating experiment.
[46]
In May 2023, Corenswet was cast in
Twisters . The film is scheduled to be released by
Universal Pictures in the United States, and by
Warner Bros. Pictures internationally, on July 19, 2024.
[47]
In June 2023, Corenswet was cast as
Clark Kent / Superman in the upcoming
DC Studios film
Superman from director
James Gunn ; it is set to be the first live action film in the
DC Universe (DCU). Filming started on February 29, 2024,
[48]
[49] and it is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 11, 2025.
[50]
Filmography
Film
Key
†
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2014–18
Moe & Jerryweather
Jerryweather
17 episodes; also producer
2015
One Bad Choice
Reggie Shaw
Episode: "Reggie Shaw"
2017
Elementary
Houston Spivey
Episode: "High Heat"
2018
Instinct
Spencer Baymoore
Episode: "Live"
House of Cards
Reed
Episode: "Chapter 72"
2019–20
The Politician
River Barkley
11 episodes
2020
Hollywood
Jack Castello
Miniseries; also executive producer
2022
We Own This City
David McDougall
Miniseries
TBA
Lady in the Lake
TBA
Upcoming limited series, post-production
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