---
name: "David Rabe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-rabe"
fi1m_id: "david-rabe"
imdb_id: "nm0704792"
tmdb_id: 11055
wikidata_id: "Q497375"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 March 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:11:17.198326+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 Rabe

## Identity

David Rabe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-rabe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-rabe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0704792
- **TMDB ID:** 11055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q497375
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rabe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497375, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11055

Writer. Born 10 March 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 March 1940, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- **Also known as:** David William Rabe
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rabe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497375, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11055

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Firm*](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md) (71)

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## Biography

David Rabe is an American playwright and screenwriter. Born on 10 March 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa, he studied at Loras College and Villanova University, where he earned an M.A. in 1968. He served in the US Army in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967.

Rabe is known for a series of plays drawing on his military experiences, including *Sticks and Bones* (1972), which won the Tony Award for Best Play, and *Streamers* (1976). His screenplays include *Casualties of War* (1989) and *The Firm* (1993). He also adapted his play *Hurlyburly* for the 1998 film.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Firm* (1993), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The New Look* (2024), series, Writer
- *Hurlyburly* (1998), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *The Firm* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Casualties of War* (1989), Screenplay
- *Streamers* (1983), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can* (1982), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Sticks and Bones* (1973), Theatre Play
- *We're Just Married*, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Tony Award for Best Play 1972: Tony Award for Best Play (won), for *Sticks and Bones*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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