Personal details
- Birth Date: 1975-02-15
- Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Birth Location: Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
- Professions: Producer, Actor, Casting Department
David James Gere, coming up from the small town of Cromwell, CT, has racked up a wild amount of credits since the ‘90s. Tragedy hit his family early—he lost his mom and sister in a freak drowning accident. He grew up with his dad, James, an educator, and later with his stepmom, Veronica. Smart guy—he crushed it at Providence College, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Film Studies. He dipped his toes into modeling (even scored a GUESS Jeans campaign in ‘97), but honestly, movies and acting were always his thing. Early gigs? Short films, documentaries, music videos for MTV2—stuff that actually got some solid praise. He linked up with Rhode Island’s Michael Corrente and Peter Farrelly, landing his first acting break in Outside Providence (1999). Fast forward a bit, and suddenly he’s working under Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa (2006)—pretty much a dream come true for him. A year later, he was on Gossip Girl as Frank Meltzer, and then came stunt work for The Dark Knight, literally as one of Bane’s mercs. Wild, right? After getting in with wrestling legend Tommy Dreamer on Army Of The Damned, he even jumped into pro wrestling, playing the heel manager DG Haven—cult favorite status. Gere’s kept his hands in both acting and producing, launching Shadow Vale Productions and pumping out films like Bleed For This, Vault, and Drowning In Secrets. He’s also an abstract painter, runs several nightlife spots in Connecticut, and puts a ton of energy into charities for kids, driven by the loss he faced as a kid.
David runs The Shadow Room, this slick and kinda legendary art gallery/lounge hidden in Connecticut. It’s not just some random spot; celebrities, artists, musicians, actors, even filmmakers—basically everyone cool—drops by. The place even showed up in the movie ‘Hard Luck’ (yep, that’s “Diamond” Dallas Page and Darryl McDaniels on the credits), all filmed right there in the lounge’s moody corners. Back in 2012, the Chiller Channel rolled in to shoot a club scene for their anthology series ‘Chilling Visions: The Five Senses of Fear.’ Not to flex, but Drake’s been spotted there too. David’s got some serious cred—he once juggled four clubs and restaurants across Connecticut, so The Shadow Room is just a slice of his whole empire. The venue’s got that vibe where you never know who you’ll bump into, and every night feels like something wild could go down.
February 15, 1975
5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
50 years old