David Starzyk

David Starzyk is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Richard Casablancas Sr. in Veronica Mars.

David Starzyk
Born	Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Kimberley Ann Fitzgerald ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	2

Career

Starzyk has guest-starred in a number of notable television series, including Home Improvement, Felicity, Sabrina the Teenage Witch Pacific Blue, NYPD Blue, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, Charmed, Two and a Half Men, Criminal Minds, What I Like About You, Bones, The Practice, Boston Legal, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Veronica Mars, Victorious, 90210 Person of Interest and among other series.^[1] In 2010, he had a recurring role as Officer Pete, boyfriend to Valerie Bertinelli's character, Melanie Moretti on TV Land's original sitcom Hot in Cleveland.

Starzyk has also appeared in a series of successful and memorable Chase Sapphire television commercials as well as in the feature films To Save a Life and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, both of which were released in 2009. He also starred in the movie Haunted Echoes launched in 2008, alongside Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh and Juliet Landau.

Personal life

Starzyk was born in Massachusetts to Helen (née Szala) and Theodore Starzyk.^[2] He is married to actress Kimberley Ann Fitzgerald and he has two sons, Liam and Finn.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Madame	Ron
1995	Huntress: Spirit of the Night	Alek Devane
1996	Decaf	Garrett Beck, DDS
1998	Free Enterprise	Brian
1999	Zig Zag	unknown role
2000	Metropolis	unknown role	TV movie
2004	A Boyfriend for Christmas	Ian	TV movie
2005	Erosion	Jim Lernard
2006	The Virgin of Juarez	Norman
2007	Sacrifices of the Heart	Adam Leventhall	TV movie
2008	Haunted Echoes	Guy Dykstra	Direct-to-Video
2009	MW	unknown role
	Bring It On: Fight to the Finish	Henry	Direct-to-Video
	To Save a Life	Glen Taylor
	Frozen Kiss	Larry
2012	Janeane from Des Moines	Tea Party Patriot
2014	Taken Away	Richard Martin	TV movie
	The Haircut	Ron	Short film
2015	The Perfect Guy	Frank
	16 and Missing	Daniel	TV movie
	Endings, Inc.	Mr. Greene	Short film
2016	Nightmare Nurse	Detective Thames
	Double Mommy	Roy	TV movie
2017	Sharing Christmas	Dan	TV movie
	Perfect Citizen	Marty Isserles	TV movie
2018	My Christmas Inn	David	TV movie
2019	Eddie's	Robert Barron	TV movie
	A Daughter's Deception	Arthur Bishop	TV movie
	Don't Say No	Christie's Father

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	University Hospital	Patrick	Episode: "Shadow of a Doubt"
	The Crew	unknown role	Episode: "The Operation"
	New York Daze	Applicant #1	Episode: "Pretend You Know Me" also called "Too Something"
	Sister, Sister	Mountie	Episode: "Halloween"
	Dweebs	Ben Reynolds	recurring role (3 episodes)
1996	The Nanny	Steve Goodman	Episode: "Ship of Fran's
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Kris Kemplar	Episode: "Love Over the Counter"
	Chicago Sons	Dan Forester	Episode: "Beauty and the Butt"
	L.A. Firefighters	Brad	Episode: "The Big One"
	Smart Guy	Mr. Hamilton	Episode: "T.J. versus the Machine"
1998	Home Improvement	Detective MacIntrye	Episode: "Bewitched"
1999	Acapulco H.E.A.T.	Van	Episode: "Code Name: Hot Chains"
	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Richard Petersen	Episode: "Prom Queen"
	Felicity	Mr. Charlie Sherwood	recurring role (2 episodes)
1999–2000	Pacific Blue	William Blake	recurring role (7 episodes)
	Veronica's Closet	Pete	recurring role (5 episodes)
2000	Son of the Beach	Joseph Anthony Gonzinia	Episode: "Two Thongs Don't Make a Right"
	The Third Coast	unknown role	Episode: "Pilot"
2000–01	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Professor Arthur Carlin	recurring role (2 episodes)
2000–03	The Practice	EPA Attorney John Myers / Martin Adler	recurring role (4 episodes)
2001	Grosse Pointe	Ken	Episode: "The End of the Affair"
	V.I.P.	Dr. Ted McClellan, DDS	Episode: "Molar Ice Cap"
	Special Unit 2	Dr. Loceff	Episode: "The Waste"
	NYPD Blue	Special Agent Boyd	recurring role (2 episodes)
2001–03	Days of Our Lives	ER Doctor / Dr. Wade	recurring role (5 episodes)
2002	Any Day Now	Mr. Gibbons	Episode: "The Real Thing"
	My Adventures in Television	Marty	recurring role (2 episodes)
2003	Mister Sterling	Anthony Marino	recurring role (6 episodes)
	The Lyon's Den	unknown role	Episode: "Ex"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Fred Stearns	Episode: "Got Murder?"
2004	The D.A.	Robert Sachs	Episode: "The People vs. Achmed Abbas"
	Joan of Arcadia	Robert Higgins	Episode: "Anonymous"
	Reba	Paul	Episode: "The Two-Girl Theory"
	LAX	Vince	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2004–05	Boston Legal	Attorney Daniel Gellman	recurring role (2 episodes)
2005	Lost	Brian Porter	Episode: "Special"
	Two and a Half Men	Eric	Episode: "It Was Mame, Mom"
	Blind Justice	Ty Largent	Episode: "Past Imperfect"
	What I Like About You	Paul	Episode: "The Kid, the Cake, and the Chemistry"
	Close to Home	Thom	Episode: "Pilot"
	CSI: NY	Charles Holden	Episode: "Jamalot"
	Bones	Ken Wright	Episode: "The Man on Death Row"
2005–06	7th Heaven	Rose's Dad	recurring role (3 episodes)
	Just Legal	Allan Marshall	recurring role (2 episodes)
2005–19	Veronica Mars	Richard Casablancas	recurring role (9 episodes)
2006	Charmed	Carl Jenkins	recurring role (2 episodes)
	Windfall	Mr. Evett	Episode: "Changing Partners"
	Entourage	Gene	Episode: "Sorry, Ari"
2006–11	CSI: Miami	Prosecuting Attorney / Nicholas Chandler	recurring role (3 episodes)
2007	NCIS	Allen J. Carter	Episode: "Sharif Returns"
	Standoff	Howard Finch	Episode: "Severance"
	Side Order of Life	Matthew Graham	Episode: "Coming Out"
	Without a Trace	Will Rogan	Episode: "Res Ipsa"
2007–08	The Young and the Restless	Dr. Paul Webb	recurring role (11 episodes)
2008	Unhitched	Evan	Episode: "Conjoined Twins Pitch No-Hitter"
	iCarly	Brad	Episode: "iCarly Saves TV"
2009	Cold Case	Mort Ackerson '88	Episode: "Breaking News"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Congressman Griffin	Episode: "Miscarriage of Justice"
	Meteor	Colonel Beck	Miniseries (2 episodes)
	Prison Break	Blue Phillips	Episode: "The Old Ball and Chain"
2009–12	Desperate Housewives	Bradley Scott	recurring role (4 episodes)
2010	90210	Athur	Episode: "Meet the Parent"
	Castle	Lee Copley	Episode: "A Deadly Game"
	Three Rivers	Dr. Guerreri	Episode: "Case Histories"
2010–11	Hot in Cleveland	Pete	recurring role (5 episodes)
2010–12	Victorious	Principal Eichner	recurring role (3 episodes)
2011	The Protector	Alex O'Dell	Episode: "Class"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Phil Young	Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"
	Criminal Minds	Matt Bradstone	Episode: "Proof"
2012	The Client List	Jared Dawson	Episode: "The Rub of Sugarland"
	Melissa & Joey	Mort Haber	Episode: "Good to Go"
	Blackout	Dr. Lyle Hendricks	Episode: "Part 1"
	Major Crimes	Dr. Ralph Tolson	Episode: "Medical Causes"
2013	Last Resort	Jack Tyne	Episode: "Damn the Torpedoes"
	Mad Men	Bob Grange	recurring role (2 episodes)
	You've Probably Dated My Mom!	George	Episode: "All Tied Up"
	The Mentalist	Ed Reed	Episode: "The Red Tattoo"
2014	Bones	Jake Winters	Episode: "The Carrot in the Kudzu"
	Revenge	Conrad's Lawyer	Episode: "Execution"
	The Bold and the Beautiful	Doctor	Episode: "#1.6857"
	Masters of Sex	Jim Pearson	Episode: "Mirror, Mirror"
	Person of Interest	David	Episode: "Nautilus"
	Happyland	unknown role	Miniseries Episode: "Disorderly Conduct"
	The Mysteries of Laura	Jason Harvell	Episode: "The Mystery of the Fertility Fatality"
2015	Blue Bloods	Evan Beck	Episode: "Home Sweet Home"
	Girl Meets World	Ron Macavoy	Episode: "Girl Meets Demolition"
	Cam Girls	unknown role	recurring role (4 episodes)
	iZombie	Terrence Fowler	Episode: "Real Dead Housewife of Seattle"
2016	NCIS: New Orleans	Brad Curry	Episode: "Father's Day"
	Hit the Floor	Elliott West	recurring role (2 episodes)
2017	Grimm	Judge Stancroft	recurring role (2 episodes)
	Switched at Birth	Dean Richard Petersen	Episode: "Occupy Truth"
2018	S.W.A.T.	Phil Granger	Episode: "Payback"
	Code Black	Dave	Episode: "Third Year"
2019	The Affair	Ron	Episode: "#5.2"

References

1. "David Starzyk Biography ((?)-)".
2. "Obituary for Helen E. (Szala) Starzyk".

External links

• David Starzyk at IMDb