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Meet Dave Annable, who plays Zoe Saldaña’s on-screen husband, Neal, in Lioness

STORYAlexa Vernice Pacis
Dave Annable at the premiere of Lioness' Season 3 at the SVA Theatre in New York on July 29. Photo: AP
Dave Annable at the premiere of Lioness' Season 3 at the SVA Theatre in New York on July 29. Photo: AP
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The role marks the actor’s reunion with Taylor Sheridan, following a short-lived appearance on the Kevin Costner-led hit Yellowstone

The third season of Taylor Sheridan’s espionage thriller Lioness aired on Paramount+ on August 2, with an impressive cast including Zoe Saldaña, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman and Michael Kelly.
Zoe Saldaña and Dave Annable in Lioness. Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram
Zoe Saldaña and Dave Annable in Lioness. Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram
The show follows Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA officer leading an undercover programme that enlists female operatives to carry out dangerous missions. A constant presence by her side is her surgeon husband, Neal McNamara, played by Dave Annable. “I think he’s got a beautiful story,” Annable told TV Insider last week. “And it’s an important story to play a family member of these service members. It’s a real gift.”
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So who is the 46-year-old actor Dave Annable? Here is everything you need to know.

What is Dave Annable’s background?

Dave Annable was born in Suffern, New York. Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram
Dave Annable was born in Suffern, New York. Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram

David Rodman Annable was born September 15, 1979, in Suffern, New York. He was raised by a Jewish mother and a father of English, German, Irish and French descent. Annable attended the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, where he joined the student-run station, Plattsburgh State Television. The actor said in 2009 that he had an “amazing” experience with the station before going into the “real world”, per Cardinal Points, the university’s newspaper.

Annable dropped out one semester before his graduation, much to his mother’s disappointment, to move to New York City to pursue his acting career. There, he studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. The actor had promised his mother he would return to complete his degree at some point, which he finally did in 2009, after taking distance-learning classes.

What roles has Dave Annable played?

Dave Annable (first from left) plays Lee Dutton in Yellowstone, which also stars Kevin Costner (first from right). Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram
Dave Annable (first from left) plays Lee Dutton in Yellowstone, which also stars Kevin Costner (first from right). Photo: @dave_annable/Instagram
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