D.B. Sweeney

Biography: D.B.'s father is an educator and his mother a municipal worker. He is one of four children (Kathleen, Barbara, Daniel and Thomas). He graduated from Shoreham-Wading High School where he was a star athelete. His first love was baseball. In high school, he was a right fielder that baseball scouts came to see play. He attended Tulane University. His dream of becoming a professional athlete was ended when he injured his knee in a motorcycle accident. He left Tulane and went back to New York attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. D.B. had decided that if things didn't work out as an actor, he would become a lawyer. After 3 years at NYU he got his first acting break on Broadway in 1983's "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial". He soon was picked to star in Francis Ford Coppola's "Gardens of Stone" In 1987 he played Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Eight Men Out" and was able to fufill a dream of hitting a home run in a world series. Sweeney had to learn to hit left-handed although he is right handed so he spent the summer with a minor league team form Kenosha, Wisconsin. His most popular character so far is Doug Dorsey in "The Cutting Edge". Expand

D.B. Sweeney's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 38
Highest Metascore:
Metascore: 56
Lowest Metascore:
Metascore: 21
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Negative: 5 out of 9
9 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
Metascore: 21
K-11
Mar 15, 2013 Sgt. Johnson / Sgt. Johnson tbd
Metascore: 26
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Oct 12, 2012 John Galt 5.9
Metascore: 45
Taken 2
Oct 5, 2012 Bernie 5.5
Metascore: 37
Miracle at St. Anna
Sep 26, 2008 Colonel Driscoll 5.5
Metascore: tbd
Two Tickets to Paradise
Jul 22, 2008 Director / Producer / Written By / Billy McGriff 10
Metascore: 48
Brother Bear
Oct 24, 2003 Sitka 7.3
Metascore: 48
Hard Ball
Sep 14, 2001 Matt Hyland 9.1
Metascore: 31
The Weekend
Nov 3, 2000 Tony tbd
Metascore: 56
Dinosaur
May 19, 2000 Aladar 8.6
Metascore: 34
Spawn
Aug 1, 1997 Terry Fitzgerald 5.2