David Brian Alley

David has been a professional actor for 18 years, and a member of the UT Theatre faculty for 8 years as an Artist-in-Residence.  He teaches Acting in the Undergraduate program, is a regular performer with the Clarence Brown Theatre Company, and he also coaches dialect.  David holds an MFA in Theatre-Performance and a BA in Theatre from UT, as well as an AA in Acting from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.  He also studied at South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory in Costa Mesa, CA.  David earned his Actor’s Equity Card at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1990, where he worked with the Taper’s Improvisational Theatre Project, and also appeared as an Attendant in the West Coast Premiere of MISS EVERS’ BOYS.  In Chicago, he appeared with House Team FAULTY WIRING at the ImprovOlympic for a two-year run, where he played, on occasion, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.  CBT Credits include THE WOMAN IN BLACK, INHERIT THE WIND, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, THE RAINMAKER, ALL IN THE TIMING, ‘ART’, OLIVER!, MIDWIVES, BURIED CHILD, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE DRESSER, ANNA KARENINA, METAMORPHOSES, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (’05, ’07, ’08), STONES IN HIS POCKETS, BORN YESTERDAY, A FLEA IN HER EAR, MAJOR BARBARA, THE LIFE OF GALILEO, and GUYS AND DOLLS.  David also appeared in STONES IN HIS POCKETS at PlayMaker’s Repertory in Chapel Hill, NC.  Film and TV Credits include IT’S A MIRACLE, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, THE HEART IS DECEITFUL, and GINA: AN ACTRESS AGE 29 which won the 2001 Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.  David was also a founding member of Knoxville’s Actors Co-op theatre company, where he met his lovely wife Katie.  They are the proud parents of two beautiful children, Devin and Caroline.

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

David Brian Alley
Acting
215 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996

Phone: (865) 974-8373

E-mail: daboalley@knology.net or
dalley@utk.edu