David W. Hess
- Actor
David W. Hess is in his first film with his portrayal of an American
reporter in the Kinsha, Zaire sequences of Ali (2001). He met Michael Mann in
Maputo, Mozambique where Mr. Mann selected him for the role and where
the Kinshasa sequences were filmed. David has lived in Mozambique since
1999 working for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has
directed and acted in amateur theater in three of the seven countries
in which he has lived in since leaving the U.S. in 1977.