Daniel Bernard Sweeney

Biography

D.B. Sweeney is a seasoned American actor and filmmaker whose versatile career has spanned film, television, and voice work for over 35 years. He is widely remembered for his breakout performance as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in the 1988 classic Eight Men Out and for starring as the driven ex-hockey player Doug Dorsey in the beloved figure skating romance The Cutting Edge (1992). His filmography is defined by a mix of physical leading roles and intense character work, including standout turns in Memphis Belle, Fire in the Sky, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Gardens of Stone. In 2026, Sweeney took on a key role in the action-thriller Protector, where he played Captain Michaels, a law enforcement official tasked with tracking down Milla Jovovich's vigilante character. This project reunited him with his Taken 2 co-star Matthew Modine, marking another high-stakes entry in his long history of dramatic and action performances. Beyond his work on screen, Sweeney is a familiar voice to many as the narrator of the long-running reality series Mountain Men and the voice of adult Avatar Aang in The Legend of Korra.