Name David Sutcliffe Role Actor | Height 1.85 m | |
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Nominations Canadian Screen Award - Shaw Media Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Movies and TV shows Similar People Julie McCullough, Daphne Zuniga, Nisha Ganatra, Victor Zinck Jr, Audrey Wells Profiles |
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David Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden, Rory Gilmore's father and Lorelai Gilmore's on-and-off boyfriend, on the CW show Gilmore Girls.
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- David sutcliffe on hollywood and gilmore girls
- The gilmore girls and this guy david sutcliffe
- Early life
- Career
- Other work
- Charity
- Filmography
- References

The gilmore girls and this guy david sutcliffe
Early life

Sutcliffe was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but raised in Grimsby and St. Catharines, Ontario. He studied English literature at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He was recruited to play varsity basketball at university, but had to give up the sport when he was diagnosed with a herniated disk.
Career

Sutcliffe has appeared in numerous TV shows, his most notable roles are Adam Williams on Cold Feet, Patrick Owen on I'm with Her, Christopher Hayden on Gilmore Girls, Officer Kevin Nelson on Private Practice, Detective Aidan Black on Cracked and Dr. Len Barliss on Proof.

Sutcliffe's film work includes the straight to DVD film Cake, Testosterone, Under the Tuscan Sun, Misconceptions and the made-for-TV movies Murder in the Hamptons and Before You Say I Do.
He also produced and directed the 11-part documentary series Group, about a week-long group therapy retreat.
Other work

Sutcliffe is also a Certified Core Energetics Practitioner, a graduate of the Radical Aliveness Institute of Southern California.
Charity

Sutcliffe played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games, for the Hollygrove House charity. In 2013, he helped raise funds in support of children’s mental health programs in Toronto.