David Blue (actor)

For other people named David Blue, see David Blue (disambiguation).

David Blue is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on Ugly Betty, Eli Wallace on the Syfy series Stargate Universe, and Rick Twitler on both Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Danger Force.

David Blue
David Blue in 2013
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Early life

Blue grew up in Florida. Blue attended Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida, He graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Musical Theatre Performance.

Career

His first starring role came in the film Winter Follies, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman who also helmed Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV.

David was one of the eight selected for the Apprentice program at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, where he worked with many acclaimed artists, such as Jennifer Hubbard and Sullivan Canaday White. He was also later granted a scholarship to the British Academy of Dramatic Arts but his burgeoning career prevented him from accepting straight away. He has training in many different acting styles including Method, Meisner, Viewpoints, and Suzuki. David has also had extensive improvisation training and comedy experience.

Blue performed in the premiere workshop production of Ain't No Mountain High Enough at the Mark Taper Forum. The musical was based on the works of Motown creator Berry Gordy and directed by Kenny Leon who had previously directed Sean Combs in the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun. The musical co-starred such TV/Film/Theatre talent as Cleavant Derricks and Ellis Williams.

On Ugly Betty, Blue starred as Cliff St. Paul, a photographer at Mode magazine and love interest to Wilhelmina Slater's faithful assistant, Marc St. James, played by Michael Urie. Before his breakthrough role on Ugly Betty, David made guest appearances on Veronica Mars, FX's series Dirt, and Disney's comedy The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Blue received a large following on CBS's Moonlight as Logan Griffen, a technology-obsessed vampire recluse who often assists Mick St. John, played by Alex O'Loughlin. CBS chose to not renew Moonlight after its first season. One of Blue's feature film appearances was in The Comebacks, a comedy spoof on inspirational sports movies starring David Koechner, Matthew Lawrence, and Bradley Cooper.

Blue was part of the one-night celebrity staging of Howard Ashman's unproduced musical Dreamstuff. The musical was re-imagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by his Ugly Betty co-star Michael Urie. David starred in the show alongside Eden Espinosa, Fred Willard, Vicki Lewis, and Luke Macfarlane.

David was seen as one of the leads on Syfy's Stargate Universe. Starring opposite Robert Carlyle, David played the role of Eli Wallace.

David had a podcast channel called Out of the Blue where he interviews famous actors such as Torri Higginson, Claudia Black, Robert Picardo and Chase Masterson can be accessed on his Patreon page.

David has been seen in a television commercial for the fast food chain DQ.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Dark Reality	Carey's boyfriend	Deleted scenes
2007	The Comebacks	LaCrosse partygoer
2012	White Room: O2B3	Six	Short film
	Divorce Invitation	Rick
2013	The Ownership of the Ring	Frodo / Bounder (voice)	Short film
2015	Wrestling Isn't Wrestling	Theater audience member	Short film
	Shevenge	Brad	Short film
2016	Injection	Martin Fischer	Short film
	Dance Night Obsession	Tony
2017	The Concessionaires Must Die!	Scott Frakes
2018	The Competition	Jacob Hatcher
	Lear's Shadow	Stephen
2020	Atypical Wednesday	Sam

Television and video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Judas: Traitor or Friend?	Re-creation actor	Television film
	Scrubs	Medical intern	Episode: "My Lucky Day"
2004	UFO Files	Re-creation actor	Episode: "UFOs in the Bible"
	World of Warcraft	Blade Lord Ta'yak / General Pa'valak (voice)	Video game
2006	Veronica Mars	Beefy Resident	Episode: "Spit & Eggs"
	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Dr. Chip Walters	Episode: "Nurse Zack"
2007–08	Ugly Betty	Cliff St. Paul	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2007	Dirt	Toby	Episode: "The Thing Under the Bed"
	The Game	Waiter	Episode: "Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Redux"
2008	Moonlight	Logan Griffen	5 episodes
	This Can't Be My Life	Stage Manager	Episode: "The Pink Pages"
2009–2011	Stargate Universe	Eli Wallace	40 episodes
	Stargate Universe Kino	Eli Wallace	18 episodes
2012	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Blade Lord Tayak / General Pav'alak (voice)	Video game
2013–2015	EastSiders	David	Recurring role (4 1/2 episodes)
2013	Rizzoli & Isles	Peter Kaufman	Episode: "Partners in Crime"
	Castle	Kyle	Episode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2014	Breadwinners	Nibbles (voice)	Episode: "The Brave and the Mold"
	Shelf Life	New boyfriend (voice)	Episode: "Retooned"
	Sunset Overdrive	Sam / Comic Book Store Announcer / Fargarth #2 (voice)	Video game
2015	Suspense	Dr. John Holden	Episode: "Casting the Runes"
2016	Stalking LeVar	Mason Grey	3 episodes
2017	Totally Megan	Ryan	Episode: "Crush"
	12 Days of Giving	Baxter Billings	Television film
	Sunset Glory: Doolittle's Heroes	C-46 Pilot Jefferson	Episode: "Goldenrod"
2018	Orbital Redux	Sebastian	Episode: "Autoreply"
2019–2020	Henry Danger	Rick Twitler	4 episodes
2019–2020	The Game of Rassilon	Captain Gregg Kinnear	5 episodes
	(home)Schooled	Tom	1 episode
2022	NCIS	Charlie Samuels	Episode: "Turkey Trot"
2021–23	Danger Force	Rick Twitler	5 episodes

External links

• Official website
• David Blue at IMDb