David Costabile

David Costabile (born January 9, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series such as Billions, Breaking Bad, Damages, Flight of the Conchords, Suits, and The Wire. He has also acted on film and in Broadway theatre.

David Costabile
Born	(1967-01-09) January 9, 1967 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Tufts University (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Eliza Baldi ( m. 2012)
Children	2

Early life and education

Costabile was born in Washington, D.C. He is of Italian descent.[1] He attended Gonzaga College High School, graduating in 1985, and Tufts University. He graduated from New York University's MFA program in acting in 1998.

Career

Stage

Costabile has appeared on Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of Translations in 2007, the musical Titanic in 1997, and The Tempest in 1995. In 2005, he appeared as Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona as part of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. For Caroline, or Change, the Drama Desk Award–winning musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori (2003–2004), Costabile workshopped and performed in the original production and its Broadway transfer.

Television

Costabile is best known for his recurring television roles on The Wire (as Thomas Klebanow, managing editor of The Baltimore Sun), Flight of the Conchords (as Doug), Damages (as Detective Rick Messer), Suits (as Daniel Hardman, former senior partner of the law firm of Pearson Hardman), and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (as Gale Boetticher).[2] He is currently starring as Mike "Wags" Wagner in the Showtime production Billions.

Costabile also appeared in season six of The Office, as a banker sent from Sabre to evaluate Dunder Mifflin, and in the House episode "Changes" as a limousine driver. During the second series of Franklin & Bash, he guest-starred as a senior partner of the Infeld Daniels New York office, investigating Franklin and Bash because of a complaint filed against them by a former client. He had a minor guest star role in a season 3 episode of The Good Wife, playing the defendant's lawyer in a lawsuit against Lockhart and Gardner, and in a two episode story arc on BBC One's Ripper Street. Costabile also played Mr. Braddock, an attorney to the primary suspect in an episode of The Closer titled "Unknown Trouble", the first episode of season 7.

He has appeared in several television commercials, including ads for Microsoft and FedEx. In 2011, he appeared in Lie to Me as Dr. Mitch Grandon, the head doctor of a psychiatric institution in the Season 3 episode "Funhouse". In 2013, he appeared in Elementary as Danilo Gura, a custodian of a hospital in the Season 1 episode "Lesser Evils". Costabile appeared as Internal Affairs investigator Simon Boyd in the 2013 TV show Low Winter Sun. He appeared in Person of Interest in Season 1 as Samuel Gates.[2] He appeared in The Blacklist in Season 2 as Dr. Linus Creel. He starred in the television series Dig.

In an April 2013 article about television, Wired magazine called Costabile "a performer who inhabits his characters so perfectly as to consistently be a fan favorite" and "one of the best things about" every television show in which he has appeared.[3]

Film

Costabile appeared in 2009's Solitary Man as Gary, the husband of Jenna Fischer's character. He played Jennifer Aniston's attorney in the 2010 film The Bounty Hunter. In 2012, he appeared in the film Lincoln as Republican representative James Ashley.[2] In 2013, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh's film Side Effects as Carl Millbank and as Professor Horstein in Runner Runner. In 2016, he appeared as the Chief in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

Personal life

In 2012, Costabile married Eliza Baldi in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They have two daughters, Lucy Rae Costabile (born July 2015) and Julia Grace Costabile (born March 2017). They reside in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.[4]

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1998	The Siege	Fingerprint Expert
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Federal Theatre – Beaver Man
2000	Isn't She Great	Junior editor
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Biker Who
2002	Stolen Summer	Doctor
2005	Prime	Jason
2008	Afterschool	Mr. Anderson
2009	Notorious	Mr. Webber
	Solitary Man	Gary
2010	The Bounty Hunter	Attorney
	Henry's Crime	Arnold
2012	Lincoln	James Ashley
2013	Side Effects	Carl Millbank
	Somewhere Slow	Robert Thompson
	Runner Runner	Professor Horstein
2014	Foreclosure	Neurologist
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	The Chief
2017	The Post	Art Buchwald
2019	The Dirt	Doc McGhee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007–2009	Damages	Detective Rick Messer	16 episodes
2007–2009	Flight of the Conchords	Doug	12 episodes
2008	The Wire	Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow	10 episodes
2010–2011	Breaking Bad	Gale Boetticher	7 episodes
2010	The Office	Eric Ward	Episode: "The Banker"
2011	House, M.D.	Phil	Episode: "Changes"
2011	Person of Interest	Samuel Gates	Episode: "Judgment"
2012–2019	Suits	Daniel Hardman	16 episodes
2013	Ripper Street	Daniel Judge	2 episodes
2014	The Blacklist	Dr. Linus Creel	Episode: "Dr. Linus Creel"
2015	Dig	Tad Billingham	10 episodes
2016–present	Billions	Mike "Wags" Wagner	48 episodes
2018	Better Call Saul	Gale Boetticher	2 episodes
2018	Murphy Brown	Ed Shannon	1 episode
2019	Robot Chicken	Itzhak Stern, Gandalf the Grey (voice)	Episode: "Garfield Stockman in: A Voice Like Wet Ham"

References

1. Carr, Coeli (March 29, 2012). "Coeli Carr: "Crapa Pelada" Defeats "Zou Bisou Bisou" in the Breaking Bad vs. Mad Men Song Wars". The Huffington Post.
2. Rawlings, Nate (September 25, 2013). "A Conversation with Breaking Bad's David Costabile". Time.
3. Crucchiola, Jordan (April 2013). "TV's Power Has Shifted". Wired Magazine.
4. "David Costabile and Eliza Baldi's Wedding Website". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-09-28.

External links

• David Costabile on IMDb