David Ankrum
David came from a family of actors. His mom, Joan Ankrum (stage name Joan Wheeler), was a Warner Brothers contract player in the 1930's who did several films. His father was Morris Ankrum, a character actor
who appeared in many diverse roles in a variety of movies such as "Invaders From Mars", "Red Planet Mars" and "Kronos" just to name a few. With acting running through his veins and a bit of destiny, David became
part of one of film's biggest Sci-Fi franchises and his character, Red 2 (Wedge Antilles), a critical player in the grandest shootout in film history!
David was cast for the voice-over role of Wedge by Fred Roos to dub the voice of Scottish actor, Denis Lawson, who played the part of Wedge in the movie. At the time, no one knew if Star Wars would be a box office hit or a miss. But as we all know, the rest was history. Most recently David was invited back after 40 years to do the voice of the PA announcer on Yavin, redirecting the pilots to the final battle on Scarif in the mega blockbuster film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They wanted to establish the voice of Wedge in Rogue One.
David has had a diverse career in show business, from acting in film, TV and commercials to voice overs, to writing tv sit-coms. For the past fifteen years, David's been a Hollywood Talent Agent with his own bi-coastal agency. David is currently packaging some film projects and his most recent has been ' The Victim ' starring Michael Biehn . He's not sure if he'll go back into acting full time because he enjoys his current line of work. But he says he's open to the possibility of getting in front of the camera... or microphone from time to time. David loves hearing from Star Wars fans and continues to celebrate his part in one of the greatest films ever made.
You can find out more about David and his career by following this link to his IMDB page HERE .
Also, here is a great interview that was conducted with David by Star Wars Interviews and you can read it by following this LINK .
David's photo gallery is HERE .
*** You can purchase autographs directly from David by following this LINK to his autograph shop . ***
If you would like to have David as a guest signer at your convention please fill out the contact form below and David will be in touch with you very soon .
Thank you !
David came from a family of actors. His mom, Joan Ankrum (stage name Joan Wheeler), was a Warner Brothers contract player in the 1930's who did several films. His father was Morris Ankrum, a character actor
who appeared in many diverse roles in a variety of movies such as "Invaders From Mars", "Red Planet Mars" and "Kronos" just to name a few. With acting running through his veins and a bit of destiny, David became
part of one of film's biggest Sci-Fi franchises and his character, Red 2 (Wedge Antilles), a critical player in the grandest shootout in film history!
David was cast for the voice-over role of Wedge by Fred Roos to dub the voice of Scottish actor, Denis Lawson, who played the part of Wedge in the movie. At the time, no one knew if Star Wars would be a box office hit or a miss. But as we all know, the rest was history. Most recently David was invited back after 40 years to do the voice of the PA announcer on Yavin, redirecting the pilots to the final battle on Scarif in the mega blockbuster film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They wanted to establish the voice of Wedge in Rogue One.
David has had a diverse career in show business, from acting in film, TV and commercials to voice overs, to writing tv sit-coms. For the past fifteen years, David's been a Hollywood Talent Agent with his own bi-coastal agency. David is currently packaging some film projects and his most recent has been ' The Victim ' starring Michael Biehn . He's not sure if he'll go back into acting full time because he enjoys his current line of work. But he says he's open to the possibility of getting in front of the camera... or microphone from time to time. David loves hearing from Star Wars fans and continues to celebrate his part in one of the greatest films ever made.
You can find out more about David and his career by following this link to his IMDB page HERE .
Also, here is a great interview that was conducted with David by Star Wars Interviews and you can read it by following this LINK .
David's photo gallery is HERE .
*** You can purchase autographs directly from David by following this LINK to his autograph shop . ***
If you would like to have David as a guest signer at your convention please fill out the contact form below and David will be in touch with you very soon .
Thank you !