---
name: "Dave Simonds"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-simonds"
fi1m_id: "dave-simonds"
imdb_id: "nm0800453"
tmdb_id: 122241
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:20:56.135150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dave Simonds

## Identity

Dave Simonds

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-simonds
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-simonds
- **IMDb ID:** nm0800453
- **TMDB ID:** 122241
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122241

Actor. Born 27 July 1961 in Bennington, Vermont, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1961, Bennington, Vermont, USA
- **Also known as:** David Hamilton Simonds
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122241

## Biography

Dave Simonds is an American actor and filmmaker. He appeared in several independent films of the 1990s and early 2000s, including *Amateur* (1994), *The Peacemaker* (1997), *Henry Fool* (1998), *The Book of Life* (1998) and *Signs & Wonders* (2000), in which he played Kent.

Simonds trained at Bard College and worked extensively in New York theatre. He co-founded the Obie Award-winning Cucaracha Theatre and performed at venues including the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Long Wharf Theatre and Portland Stage Company. He has also directed documentaries such as *Forgotten Farms* (2016) and *The Hoy Boys* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, filmfreeway.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Signs & Wonders* (2001), Fi1m 54, as Kent — [page](https://film.one/film/signs-and-wonders.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hoy Boys* (2019), Director
- *B Movie* (2004), as Captain John Derk
- *Love the Hard Way* (2003), as Librarian
- *Milk and Honey* (2003), Actor
- *The Cloud of Unknowing* (2002), as Mike
- *Signs & Wonders* (2001), as Kent — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/signs-and-wonders.md)
- *A Fish in the Bathtub* (1999), as Matt Muglich
- *The Book of Life* (1998), as Dave
- *Henry Fool* (1998), as Bill
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Philly Agent
- *Sudden Manhattan* (1996), as Roses Man
- *Amateur* (1994), as Kurt, Jaque's Goon
- *The Refrigerator* (1991), as Steve Bateman

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