---
name: "David Neidorf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-neidorf"
fi1m_id: "david-neidorf"
imdb_id: "nm0624623"
tmdb_id: 4042
wikidata_id: "Q10264428"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 November 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T19:51:51.914967+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."
---

# David Neidorf

## Identity

David Neidorf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-neidorf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-neidorf
- **IMDb ID:** nm0624623
- **TMDB ID:** 4042
- **Wikidata ID:** Q10264428
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4042

Actor. Born 24 November 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 November 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1986–1989
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, War 3, Sport 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $446m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264428, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4042

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Bull Durham*](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md) (83)

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## Biography

David Neidorf is an American actor. He was born on 24 November 1962 in Los Angeles, California.

His film roles include Tex in *Platoon* (1986), Everett in *Hoosiers* (1986), Tiptree in *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Bobby in *Bull Durham* (1988) and Patient #4 in *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989). He also appeared in television episodes of *Matlock* and *Beauty and the Beast*.

Neidorf is married to Pauline Naomi Lyders and they have two children. He retired from acting in the mid-1990s.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Patient - VA Hospital — [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Fi1m 83, as Bobby — [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, as Tiptree — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Hoosiers* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Everett Flatch (#21) — [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)
- *Platoon* (1986), Fi1m 84, as Tex — [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *In Broad Daylight* (1991), as Marshal Paul Harris
- *Dillinger* (1991), as Clark
- *Rainbow Drive* (1990), as Bernie Maxwell
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), as Patient - VA Hospital — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Bull Durham* (1988), as Bobby — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), as Tiptree — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Under Cover* (1987), as Sheffield Hauser
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as The Watcher
- *Platoon* (1986), as Tex — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md)
- *Hoosiers* (1986), as Everett Flatch (#21) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Off. Jim Shanley

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