| David Hornsby | |
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Hornsby at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010. |
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| Born | 1973 (age 38–39) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, writer, and producer |
| Years active | 1997–present[1] |
| Spouse | Emily Deschanel (2010-present); 1 child |
David Hornsby (born 1973 in Houston, Texas[2]) is an American television and film actor and writer.[3]
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Hornsby was born in 1973 in Houston, Texas. He majored in acting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. His most recognizable role is that of defrocked priest Matthew Mara (aka "Rickety Cricket" on the FX comedy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia). He also serves as the show's co-executive producer. He has made numerous television appearances, notably as Steve "The Hutch" Hutchinson in the TV Series The Joe Schmo Show, and as Patrick in a multi-episode arc on Six Feet Under. He voices "Fanboy" in Fanboy and Chum Chum.
He co-starred with Paul Giamatti, Billy Crudup, and Kristen Wiig in the independent film Pretty Bird. He has also appeared in Pearl Harbor, Minority Report, and Flags of Our Fathers (the last as USMC photographer Louis R. Lowery, who took the picture of the first flag raising on Iwo Jima). He also created and performed in the podcast "Yoda and Me" along with Loren Tarquinio.[4]
He adapted and created the CBS sitcom How to Be a Gentleman, based on a non-fiction novel. He served as the lead actor, writer and producer of the show. Only four episodes after the pilot aired and CBS canceled the series.
Hornsby married actress Emily Deschanel on September 25, 2010, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.[5]
On March 31, 2011, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child due in autumn.[6] Their son, Henry Lamar Hornsby, was born September 21, 2011.[7]