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D.B. Sweeney

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D.B. Sweeney: Biography

Birth Name: Daniel Bernard Sweeney
Birth Place: Shoreham, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/14/1961, Scorpio
Profession: Actor; writer; director

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D.B. Sweeney Fast Facts:

Best known for playing "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out and Dish Boggett in the miniseries Lonesome Dove.
Briefly played minor-league baseball for the Kenosha Twins.
Is close friends with NHL defenseman Chris Chelios, who is godfather to Sweeney's son, Cade.
In 2008, flew a CH-46E helicopter in squadron HMM-364, "The World Famous Purple Foxes," in Iraq while visiting troops to promote his movie Two Tickets to Paradise.

D.B. Sweeney Relationships:
Ashley Vachon Sweeney - Wife
Kathleen - Sister
Cade Sweeney - Son
Tommy - Brother
Barbara - Sister
College:
Attended Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York (BFA in Drama, 1984)

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DB Sweeney, Hallee Hirsh, Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

The Event, D.B. Sweeney, Taylor Cole, Sarah Roemer Adam Rose/NBC

24, Katee Sackhoff, D.B. Sweeney Kelsey McNeal/FOX

Leverage, DB Sweeney, Timothy Hutton Alan Markfield/TNT

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