Dennis Haysbert is an actor on 24 that played the fan-favorite character of President David Palmer in the first five seasons.
24 gets a bracing shot of leadership Monday (Fox, 9 ET/PT) when Dennis Haysbert returns as David Palmer, a former president called back into action to advise a shaky interim commander in chief. Palmer “helps to keep things in balance and helps with tough decisions,” says Haysbert, who will appear in the final six episodes…
He may no longer be president, but David Palmer will be back on “24” this season as Los Angeles faces yet another terrorist crisis. Dennis Haysbert, who played Palmer on the first three seasons of the FOX series, has signed on to a guest-starring arc this season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He’s set to…
Here are all six 24 Season 2 audio commentaries found on the DVD. 24 Season 2 Episode 4 commentary by Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida), Sarah Wynter (Kate Warner), Michelle Forbes (Lynn Kresge): 24 Season 2 Episode 6 commentary by director Jon Cassar, Sarah Clarke (Nina Myers): 24 Season 2 Episode 10 commentary by Penny Johnson…
Here’s a special feature 24 Exposed found on the 24 Season 2 DVD’s. It is by far the lengthiest special feature coming in at two parts both running approximately 45 minutes long. The feature follows the last days of production on 24 Season 2 and features many cast and crew members including director Jon Cassar…
On Friday night in West Hollywood, Fox hosted a mixer for TV critics and stars of its new fall shows. Mind you, those “stars” were mostly cute, publicity-hungry youngsters with first-time acting gigs. However, 24‘s Kiefer Sutherland did pop in to chat up reporters for an hour — a rare and gracious move for a…
During the Monte Carlo Television Festival, World Screen News’s editor, Anna Carugati, moderated a panel with the cast of FOX’s acclaimed thriller 24, from creators Bob Cochran and Joel Surnow. In the excerpt below, the series’ stars discuss the challenges of the show, and the elements that have made it an international hit. For the…
LOS ANGELES — An uncanny similarity to current events is seeping evermore into Fox’s high-profile drama 24 as the show nears its season finale. The show, starring Kiefer Sutherland, has been developing subplots that remarkably mirror world events — even though most of the script was written well before the world was plunged into war…
Dennis Haysbert was interviewed in the March 31, 2003 issue of People Magazine and said he’d like for David Palmer to have an action sequence! “Dennis has this wonderful authoritative voice. He also has a puppy-dog quality,” says Penny Johnson Jerald, who plays his conniving ex Sherry. “We flirt an awful lot. Thank God I’m…
Here’s Dennis Haysbert (24‘s David Palmer) introducing the “24 Hours of 24” marathon on FX.
Stars of the cult drama series 24 have attacked media executives such as Rupert Murdoch for perpetuating stereotypes about women and ethnic minorities. Leslie Hope, who plays the wife of the lead character in 24, made for the Murdoch-owned Fox network in the US and shown in Britain on BBC2, said she feared the second…
An assassination attempt, a kidnapping, a plane crash, and a CIA conspiracy -and that’s all before noon! Kiefer Sutherland and the cast of Fox’s time-crunching thriller “24” are in for a long, long day. Kiefer says, “To be able to follow over the course of 24 hours of programming, one day, an extraordinary day in…
Dennis Haysbert says the ratings may have been hurt a bit by the September 11th attacks and the show being moved back a week, but that they’re not really all that disappointing at this point. He explains that some shows like Seinfeld started off slowly but turned into hits. Although film is his first love,…