David Conrad : Role - Jim Clancy
Birthday : 17 August 1967
Birth Place : Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Birth Name : David Crawford Conrad
Height : 6′1″
Gender : Male
Recent Role : Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer
David Conrad was born on 17 August 1967, in the suburban area of Edgewood, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He is the son of an engineer father, Jim Conrad and a librarian mother, Margaret Conrad. He is youngest amongst the three brothers.
He attended The Kiski School and then he learnt drama and theatre from the Brown University. He was also a student of the prestigious Juilliard School, where he performed in the stage adaptation of ‘The Cider House Rules’, written by Peter Parnell (originally it is a novel of John Irving) and co-directed by Tom Hulce, an actor. He has been teaching literature and drama, for five years, at the Pittsburgh University.
In 1994, he appeared in a film for the first time in ‘Under Heat‘, in which he played a short role. He was much interested in doing plays, and he proved his preference for it by choosing to play a role in the Tom Stoppard play ‘Arcadia‘, rather than accepting a breakthrough role in a television series ‘Relativity’. Since, he was the most suitable actor for the part in the series; the producers scheduled the production in such a way, so that he could easily accommodate his work on the play.
In 1998, David Conrad made his Broadway debut in the revival of ‘The Deep Blue Sky’. He also performed for the Off-Broadways ‘Troilus and Cressida‘, ‘Richard II’ and Tom Stoppard’s, ‘Indian Ink‘.
He made his appearances for ‘Snow White: A Tale of Terror’ (1997) and ‘Return to Paradise’ (1998), in which he appeared along with Vince Vaughn and Anne Cressida as well as ‘Men of Honor’ (2000) along with Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding. He appeared on television for ‘The Weekend‘ (1999) along with Gena Rowlands and Brook Shields, and in recurring roles for ‘Roswell‘, ‘Miss Match’ and ‘Boston Public’. His other films include, ‘Weeding Crashers’ (2005) and ‘Anything Else’ (2003). He got the regular role of “Jim Clancy” in the television series ‘Ghost Whisperer‘.
He won the New American Cinema Award in 2000 at the Seattle International Film Festival, for Citation of Excellence for Ensemble Cast Performance for his role in ‘The Weekend‘.
Role in Ghost Whisperer
David Conrad is playing the role of “Jim Clancy” in ‘Ghost Whisperer’ tv show. He is the husband of “Melinda“, a woman who can communicate with the ghosts. “Jim” is aware of his wife’s extraordinary ability. Once he saved her from her burning apartment complex, as a firefighter. Jim’s dead brother “Dan” attended the wedding of “Jim” and “Melinda” as a ghost. Jim feels much worried about his wife, due to her near death experience, in season two finale. He also tries to find out information about her father and brother. He dies at the hospital, after having been shot. His spirit enters into the body of “Sam“, and he forgets about the days he has passed along with “Melinda“. Both start dating and “Melinda” helps him to remind him that he actually is “Jim” whose spirit has entered into the body of a dead person named “Sam”. After knowing the truth, he thinks of fulfilling his dream as well as the dream of “Sam“, of becoming a medical doctor.
