David Harewood, MBE , is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is known for playing David Estes, the Deputy Director of the CIAs Counterterrorism Center, in the Showtime series Homeland, and Hank HenshawJonn Jonzz on Supergirl.
Harewood was born and grew up in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, England, where he attended St. Benedicts Junior School and Washwood Heath Comprehensive School. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre. In his youth, he worked in a wine bar, Alberts in Dale End, in Birmingham City Centre. His parents are originally from Barbados. He has a sister Sandra and two brothers, Rodger and Paul.
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