Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service Agent Tim Collin in the 1997 political thriller film Absolute Power, David Palmer on the American television series 24, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit. He also appears in commercials for Allstate Insurance and has appeared in the films Love Field, Heat and Far from Heaven.

Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Gladys , a homemaker and house cleaner, and Charles Whitney Haysbert, Sr., a deputy sheriff and airline security guard. He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers. His parents were from Louisiana. Haysbert was raised Baptist.

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