David Harvard Lawrence, commonly known as David H. Lawrence XVII is an American actor, best known for his role as Eric Doyle on NBC's sci-fi series Heroes. He was also the host of the daily The David Lawrence Show and weekend Online Tonight, both nationally syndicated radio talk shows that revolved around pop culture and the high-tech lifestyle.

The "XVII" in his name was a way for Lawrence to distinguish himself from previous David Lawrences already registered with SAG. At the time, Lawrence was the 17th David Lawrence listed on IMDb and appended the number to his name upon his own registry.

Acting Lawrence's appearances on network television include playing a Serbian doctor opposite Dennis Haysbert in the CBS series The Unit, created by David Mamet; a car wash manager on another CBS series, CSI; a rock and roll wannabe on TBS's Frank TV with Frank Caliendo; and as one of the "villains" on NBC's Heroes. The Heroes role, that of puppetmaster Eric Doyle (one of the 12 escaped villains), was introduced in Volume 3, "Heroes: Villains" in Episode 2, "The Butterfly Effect". The character began a multi episode arc in Episode 5, "Angels and Monsters". Lawrence has also played the role as the station manager in Goodnight Burbank, Charles Bukowski in the musical Bukowsical!, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, as well as parts in The Children's Hour, The Good Doctor, Born Yesterday, The Fall of the House of Usher and the role of Barry Champlain in Talk Radio. He has performed on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. With director Bob Pondillo PhD, Lawrence played Wallace in the short film My Name Is Wallace. Lawrence was also executive producer of My Name Is Wallace. In early 2009, he appeared in an episode of the BBC reality program Beat the Boss, in which his team designed a cheesecake. In 2010, Lawrence portrayed a taxi cab driver in the sixth season of Lost, and in 2011, he guest starred in the NBC comedy action series Chuck. He is also in the Fox series The Finder and TNT series Perception.

Radio broadcast history Lawrence was heard on the radio for nearly 35 years on stations: WMAL, WMZQ and WRQX/Washington DC, WGAR, WGCL, WDMT/Cleveland, KC101/New Haven, WTAE/Pittsburgh and WNCI and WLVQ/Columbus. He is a founding member and former executive producer of the radio comedy ensemble, The American Comedy Network. Lawrence wrote the best-selling Learn HTML on The Macintosh, the first web design book created exclusively for Macintosh users. He was the anchor and executive producer of the music show, The Net Music Countdown, where one of his net unknown artists was Megaphone.

Podcasting Lawrence has been involved in podcasting since the inception. He holds the title of 'first podcaster' since he has been sending audio to subscribers via the internet since 1994 when he started the 'Personal Netcast'. Lawrence does voiceover work and speaks at events, including the NAB and the Portable Media Expo. He developed ShowTaxi, a subscription management for premium podcasters. Lawrence is also the host of a premium podcast called "Patrick Tucker's Secrets of Screen Acting: The Podcast."

Voice work Lawrence is the voice of America Online's customer service lines, and the voice of more than 1,500 other interactive voice response telephone systems. He also wrote and produced the radio programs for the video game Saints Row. In 2007, Lawrence started his Demos2GoGo, his own voiceover demo reel business. Starting on November 18, 2010, Lawrence did guest announcing for The Price Is Right, as he is a personal friend of host Drew Carey.

Commentator Lawrence makes regular appearances as an industry commentator on TechTV, CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC and Tribune broadcasting outlets as well as the CBC and the BBC, where he is on BBC Radio 5 Live's Up All Night.

Filmography + Television roles Year Title Role Notes2008The UnitDoctorEpisode: "Sex Trade"Frank TVCamp Rock CamperEpisode: "Frank of America"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCar Wash ManagerEpisode: "19 Down"2008-2010HeroesEric DoyleRecurring2009Leaving BlissJerry Dell2 episodesHeroes: Nowhere ManJason Tyminski / Eric DoyleMainRaising the BarKessler's ClerkEpisode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey"2010LostCab driver3 episodesHow I Met Your MotherNewscast AnnouncerEpisode: "Unfinished" (uncredited)2011ChuckMarvinEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Muuurder"Good Luck CharlieFredEpisode: "Bye Bye Video Diary"A Gifted ManWCBS News Anchor (voice)Episode: "Pilot" (uncredited)2012How I Met Your MotherSports Play-by-Play AnnouncerEpisode: "Tailgate" (uncredited)The FinderMiss-teriousEpisode: "The Last Meal"A.N.T. FarmLeonard BattaroEpisode: "ConfinemANT"PerceptionStan BaumgartnerEpisode: "Nemesis"2013TouchMorgue WorkerEpisode: "Two of a Kind"HenchmenHugo ValentinoMiniseriesThe MentalistTitus StoneEpisode: "Black-Winged Redbird"Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.Mole Man (voice)Episode: "Of Moles and Men"2014The 4 to 9ers: The Day CrewSergeant Doyle4 episodes2015Bella and the BulldogsJanitorEpisode: "Newbie QB, Part 1"2016American Crime StoryNY TV DirectorEpisode: "The Run of His Life"2023 The AfterpartyDr. ShulkindEpisode: "Isabel"

+ Film roles Year Title Role Notes2004The Sound of FootballPrincipal Thomas ReasinShortInstinct vs. ReasonThe KnifeShortCheer Up, Sleepy JeanJeannie's FatherShort2005Gods of Los AngelesEric BentonThe French DoubleAlain BenteShort2006A Cut AboveRandyShortEverything Looks PerfectAuto SalesmanShortA Bullet Beyond RedemptionCandy ManShortMy Name Is WallaceWallaceShortGoodnight BurbankFrank WarfieldShort2007A New TomorrowFat MoverPool PartyRichard2008The IsolationistRandyShortWait...Short2009Gemini Max & the Glowing GoddessGemini Max / Maximilian / The Goddess' MomShortThe NoHo ShowAlbertShortHole in OneTaylor MassiveThe New, True, Charlie WuMr. NugatoriusShortEnlightened!EugeneShortBlood MoneyMarvShort2010Olga Kay's CircusRingmasterShortExquisite CorpseOfficer Kirwin2011Pizza ManDetective Moser2012The Miracles on Honey Bee HillGodShortGuitar FaceMikeyShortAlice and the MonsterMike2013Miss DialMr. Koffsky2014Turn Around JakeMurray

+ Video game roles Year Title Role2006Saints RowJack Armstrong, Stefan, Grounds For Divorce Barista and Priest, Conservative Talk Host2011L.A. NoireRay the Bookmaker

References

External links The David Lawrence Show sotto voce film works My Name is Wallace Demos2GoGo Secrets of Screen Acting Saint's Row Credits