David Sparrow

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David "Dave" Sparrow (born 4 March 1962; age 63) is the actor who played Loth in the Star Trek: Voyager seventh season episode "Renaissance Man".

Born as David Charles Arthur Sparrow in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, Sparrow and his family moved to Toronto, Canada in 1962. He received Bachelor degrees in English and Writing from the Stong College at York University. He worked as a paramedic, laborer, teacher, and radio announcer until he found his future in the acting business. Sparrow is also working as a director, writer, producer, and author and has released several projects, including short films, the television drama Teddy Bear (2008), comedy sketches, a children's book, and television pilots. He is the VP of Member Services for ACTRA Toronto and is living with his wife and two daughters in Toronto.

Sparrow started his acting career in the early '90s with appearances in The Santa Clause (1994, with Steve Vinovich), the action film Terminal Rush (1995), National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995, with Matt Frewer and Nicole de Boer), Critical Care (1997, with Wallace Shawn), and guest roles in F/X: The Series (1997, directed by Paul Lynch), Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998), and Due South (1998).

Further performances include One Tough Cop (1998), the television drama Cruel Justice (1999), the drama The Hurricane (1999, with Clancy Brown and Harris Yulin), Across the Line (2000, with Adrienne Barbeau and Marshall R. Teague), Angels in the Infield (2000), Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000, starring Jennifer Morrison), Serendipity (2001), Shall We Dance? (2004), The Pacifier (2005, with Carol Kane and Scott Thompson), Land of the Dead (2005, with Robert Joy and Simon Pegg), Four Brothers (2005, with Fionnula Flanagan), 16 Blocks (2006), and the horror film Skinwalkers (2006).

Television roles include a recurring role in Monk (2002), a starring role in The Enforcers (2001, with Rife Sibley), and guest roles in Twice in a Lifetime (1999), Relic Hunter (2000), Soul Food (2002), Missing (2004, with Justin Louis), Totally Spies (2004), and Corner Gas (2006).

He later appeared in the Mayday episode "Who's at the Controls?" (2008) and portrayed Coach Ripp in the comedy Finn on the Fly (2008).

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