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Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American film and television actor, with a net worth of $42 million. Dennis Haysbert has earned his net worth from major roles on popular TV series like portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Waitibg To Exhale, Love Field, President David Palmer on the American television series 24, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit, as well as his work in commercials for Allstate Insurance.


Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Gladys,  a homemaker, and Charles Haysbert, Sr., a deputy sheriff. He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers. He was struck by an 18 wheeler that ran a red light at an intersection. After high school, measuring 6 feet 4.5 inches tall, Haysbert was offered various athletic scholarships, but instead chose to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Haysbert is a divorced father of two. He announced in April 2009 that he was starting a TV, film and documentary production company. Haysbert was recently cast in Ted 2, and Zombie movie Dead Rising.

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