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My Take
David Corenswet has the thing you cannot teach: an old-Hollywood frame with a modern, slightly ironic intelligence behind the eyes. A Juilliard graduate from Philadelphia, he paid his dues in television before Ryan Murphy handed him leads in The Politician and Hollywood, and he held the screen against far flashier veterans. What I respect most is his curiosity behind the camera, writing, directing and producing, because actors who understand the whole machine tend to last. My take: he is a leading man built for the long game, and I suspect we are still watching the early chapters of a much bigger career.
Overview
David Packard Corenswet (; born July 8, 1993) is an American actor. After graduating from The Juilliard School in 2016, he began guest-starring in television series, including House of Cards in 2018. He played lead roles in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020) and Hollywood (2020), both created by Ryan Murphy.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Corenswet
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・コレンスウェット
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・これんすうぇっと
- Born
- July 8, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / television director / television producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.