David Price is an American film and television actor and musician who lives and works in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
.
Film
In one of the few speaking roles in a nearly dialog-free film, Price played opposite
Vincent Gallo
Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. He has won several accolades, including a Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and has been nominated for the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, and the Bronze Horse.
Gallo was ...
's character in
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski (; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's ''Innocent Sorcerers'' (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his dire ...
's multi-award-winning movie ''
Essential Killing
''Essential Killing'' is a 2010 Survival film, survival political thriller, political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Muslim, Islamic insurgent who fi ...
''.
Television
Price has played in Polish and German television serials and productions.
Filmography
Actor
* ''
Teraz Albo Nigdy'' (2008) television serial – Poland
* ''
Londyńczycy
''The Londoners'' (Polish language, Polish: ''Londyńczycy'', ) is a drama television series directed by Maciej Migas and Greg Zglinski, and written by Ewa Popiołek and Marek Kreutz. It has 2 seasons of 29 episodes, which originally aired from 23 ...
'' (2009) television serial – Poland
* ''
Sprawedliwi'' (2010) television serial – Poland
* ''
Essential Killing
''Essential Killing'' is a 2010 Survival film, survival political thriller, political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Muslim, Islamic insurgent who fi ...
'' (2010) feature film – Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary
* ''
Misja: Afganistan'' (2012) television serial – Poland
* ''
Bogowie
''Gods'' () is a 2014 Polish biographical feature film directed by Łukasz Palkowski. It is based on the life and career of Polish cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa, who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1987. The movie ...
'' (2014) feature film – Poland
* ''
11 Minutes'' (2015) feature film – Poland/Ireland
* ''
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
'' (2018) TV series – Poland
* ''
The Liberator'' (2020) Netflix miniseries
* ''
Brigitte Bardot Forever (Brigitte Bardot Cudowna)'' (2021) feature film – Poland
* ''
Eagle
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'' (2024) feature film - India
Music
Price is a double bass and electric bass guitar player whose most notable work has been as a member of
Babatunde Olatunji
Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.
Early life
Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nig ...
's band, "Drums of Passion", from 1989 until Olatunji's death in 2003.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Mississippi to Monterey'' – (1999),
John "Broadway" Tucker, released on Messaround Records
* ''
Impromptu Blue'' – (2000), John "Broadway" Tucker, released on Blue Movie Records
* ''
Come Together - Live'' – (2005), John "Broadway" Tucker,
Leszek Cichoński &
Wojciech Karolak, released on Omertà Records
* ''
Best of - Studio & Live'' – (2009), Leszek Cichoński, released on Midi-Max Records
Other work
General manager
Esalen Institute
The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American Retreat (spiritual), retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanism, humanistic alternative education. The institute played a ke ...
1995–2003
Long time staff member at the
Monterey Jazz Festival
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(
stage manager
Stage management is a broad field that is generally defined as the practice of organization and coordination of an event or theatrical production. Stage management may encompass a variety of activities including overseeing of the rehearsal proce ...
)
Further reading
David Price profiled in the following books:
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External links
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David Price at the Filmpolski Database
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1963 births
American male film actors
American people of Jewish descent
Living people
Male actors from California
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American double-bassists
American male double-bassists
Guitarists from California
American male bass guitarists
20th-century American bass guitarists
21st-century American double-bassists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians