Wallace Langham

Plays David Hodges

Wallace Langham is a familiar face to television and film viewers, having amassed an impressive list of credits in a career that began as a teenager.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Langham moved to LA at age 9 with his mother, a costume designer on The Donny & Marie Show. In 1985, under the name of Wally Ward, he made his film debut in Weird Science. He followed by starring in the hit Soul Man and in Keith Gordon’s The Chocolate War.

Langham then decided to work under his real name, appearing in Michael opposite John Travolta; Sister Mary Explains It All, alongside Diane Keaton; with Eddie Murphy in Daddy Day Care; opposite Steve Carrell and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine; and with Colin Hanks and John Malkovich in The Great Buck Howard. He also stars opposite Rosanna Arquette in the upcoming Growing Op.

For the past four seasons, Langham has been a series regular on CSI, playing tech expert David Hodges. Previously, he portrayed Phil, the acerbic head writer on the Emmy-winning HBO series, The Larry Sanders Show. He starred for Friends creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane in NBC's Veronica’s Closet, and was a series regular opposite Joan Cusack in ABC's What About Joan? His numerous television guest appearances include Monk, Sex and the City, The West Wing, Medium and a memorable turn as a surgical resident on ER.