David was born in Glasgow and grew up in Milngavie and in the Highlands before returning to Glasgow.He appeared in various TV productions during his teens, but his first job was a play for Scottish Television at the age of 3 months.He trained at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1987-89.David spent many years with the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.Nowadays, David is best known as a voiceover and owns his own recording studio. He has voiced many thousand TV and radio commercials as well as corporate narrations.