# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-keith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:13:30.075Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-keith"
name: "David Keith"
slug: "david-keith"
description: "David Lemuel Keith is an American actor and director. His breakout role was as aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), earning Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year. The role paved the way for leading performances in The Lords of Discipline (1983), Firestarter (1984) and the cult thriller White of the Eye (1987). Keith has since appeared in numerous supporting roles, among them Major League II (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Poodle Springs (1998), U-571 (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Daredevil (2003). He also portrayed Elvis Presley in Chris Columbus’s musical comedy Heartbreak Hotel (1988), singing several numbers on the soundtrack—including “Love Me” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”—opposite Tuesday Weld."
tagline: "American actor and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Keith_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.95748666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001418/"
    handle:    "nm0001418"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump