David Preuss was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents Herman and Donna Preuss, one of three sons and one daughter. Since graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in theater from Wayne State University in Detroit, David has performed in numerous plays and musicals, award winning commercials, short films and videos, several feature films and television episodes. He has worked with world class directors such as John Frankenheimer (_Andersonville (1996)_), 'John Singleton' (Rosewood (1997)), and Tom Hanks (_From the Earth to the Moon (1998)_). In his spare time he likes to bake bread, surf cast for fish off the beach near St. Augustine, Florida, play with his two dogs Puffin and Munchkin, and travel the world in search of PEZ candy dispensers. He has been married to actress Maureen Preuss since 1981.