Wallace Langham

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Wallace Langham

Born	Wallace Langham March 11, 1965 (1965-03-11) (age 43) Fort Worth, Texas
Years active	1993-Present
Spouse(s)	none

Wallace Langham (born March 11, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actor who has been seen on many famous television shows either in guest roles or starring roles. He is probably best known for his role as David Hodges in the popular American crime drama television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

1 Film career
2 Television career
3 Personal
4 External links

[edit] Film career

He used to play billed as Wally Ward. Langham first got his start in the John Hughes movie Weird Science, as well as in The Invisible Kid and the ABC Afterschool Special entitled Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story but later moved to roles as a young bigot in Soul Man and as a gang leader in The Chocolate War. He performed in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care, And was last seen in the comedy Little Miss Sunshine.

[edit] Television career

Langham dropped the Ward moniker in the 1990s as he moved to more adult roles, appearing as a regular in the much-hyped but short-lived CBS series WIOU. His big breakthrough came when he was cast as Phil, the cynical staff writer for insecure talk show host Garry Shandling, in HBO's hit sitcom The Larry Sanders Show. Langham then took on a role in NBC's Veronica's Closet, playing Kirstie Alley's uptight assistant Josh. He then appeared on the short-lived Joan Cusack sitcom What About Joan?. He has also guest-starred on many shows including, Murphy Brown, NewsRadio, ER, Murder, She Wrote, Sex and the City, Medium, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: Voyager, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Grace Under Fire.

Was the voice of Andy French on the short-lived animated series Mission Hill.

He voices Basil Karlo/Clayface in the WB animated series The Batman.

He can currently be seen starring as lab technician David Hodges on the CBS hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. At the eighth season premiere, Langham was listed in the main titles.

[edit] Personal

He is part of the pre-show for the ride DINOSAUR in Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. He explains the reason for going back in time and saving a stray dinosaur and his voice can be heard throughout the attraction.

In March of 2000, Langham pleaded no contest to battery charges after beating a gay tabloid reporter and was ordered to serve three years probation and to serve 450 hours of community service for gay and lesbian charities, and to donate $10,000 to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. In exchange for pleading no contest, prosecutors dropped a hate crime charge that had been filed against the actor.