David DeLuise has been acting since he was a child, the son of comedy legend, Dom DeLuise. In 1998, he appeared on the first season of the sitcom Jesse. He had a recurring role in 3rd Rock from the Sun as Bug Pollone. His first leading role came in 2003 with Dantre Cole, in BachelorMan. He also played a recurring role in Stargate SG-1 as Pete Shanahan. He also had special appearances in Gilmore Girls season 4 episodes 20 and 21 as TJ’s brother.
DeLuise is also known for voicing Coop on the short-lived action animated Megas XLR (later reprising his role for the Cartoon Network game FusionFall) and Sergeant Brutto in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. In 2005, he starred opposite Maggie Wheeler on the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor. In 2012, he had a guest role on Rizzoli & Isles as Dominic.
He most famously portrayed the character of Jerry Russo, the family patriarch and former wizard on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie from 2007 to 2012. DeLuise also directed numerous episodes of the series, beginning with the episode “My Tutor, Tutor” (2009). He has since directed episodes of How to Rock, See Dad Run, Lab Rats, and The Thundermans.
In February 2023 he started the podcast Wizards of Waverly Pod with our other client, Jennifer Stone, where both talk about their experience on the show Wizards of Waverly Place.
David also runs a cafe with his wife, Jules, called The Bigfoot Cafe!
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