David Roy Banks is an American actor. Currently best known for his role as Lane Hayes in Cut! He studied at the Groundlings and has appeared in over 100 commercials. Banks was born in Petaluma, California, the son of Tom Banks and Alyne Banks. His father Tom Banks was the Exec. at Foote Cone & Belding San Francisco, and later moved on to Grey ...
[on working with Director David Fincher]: I remember him blasting Ozzy Osbourne so loud between takes that the caterer ran out holding his ears. I knew I was in the right place.
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Wore a Y&T shirt in CUT! It was his first live concert as a child. The band welcomed their shirt be in the film.
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Has one brother.
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Lives in Sherman Oaks, California.
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Improvised most of his lines in Doing Hard Time (2004).
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He said that Chevy Chase is his idol in comedy, Ray Liota is his idol in acting, and that Neil Peart is his idol in music.
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Working as Commercial spokesman for Allegiant Air. [August 2013]
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His favorite films are Vacation (1983), Breakfast Club (1985), Max Dugan Returns (1983), and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
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Produced his first film Cut! (2013).
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Auditioned for the role of Moe in The Three Stooges (2012).
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Is an avid 80's Metal listener.
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Has appeared in over 100 commercials.
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California Raisins...The concept was originally created for a 1987 commercial on behalf of the California Raisin Advisory Board when one of the writers (Thomas Banks of the advertising firm Foote, Cone & Belding) came up with an idea for the new raisin commercial, saying "We have tried everything but dancing raisins singing 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'" (the 1968 Marvin Gaye song). To their surprise, the commercial became wildly popular, spawning future commercials, two TV specials (Meet the Raisins in 1988 and Raisins: Sold Out! in 1990), four studio albums, and a Saturday morning cartoon series, aptly titled The California Raisin Show.
Comes from Petaluma, California, where he attended PHS as a contemporary of Winona Ryder (Horowitz).
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His first national commercial was Samsung with Director Hype Williams.
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Studied at the Groundlings
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His father Tom Banks was the Exec. at Foote Cone & Belding San Francisco, and creator of "Heard It Through The Grapevine" spot with the dancing raisins.
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