David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Lemuel Grady Keith Jr. and Hilda Earle. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater. Keith had a supporting role in The Rose (1979) starring Bette Midler, had a supporting role in Brubaker (1980), and co-starred with Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He played a local thug in The Great Santini (1979), starred in The Lords of Discipline (1983) and White of the Eye (1987), and held a prominent supporting role opposite Matthew McConaughey in U-571 (2000). He played opposite Drew Barrymore in the science fiction horror film Firestarter (1984), and opposite Brooke Shields and Martin Sheen in Running Wild (1995).
胡凯莉是一个有着四分之一中国血统的夏威夷姑娘。1985年获得美国少女选美比赛冠军的桂冠。胡凯莉很早就开始练习空手道，因此在这方面很有造诣，她的空手道褐带水平给她在拍片时带来了很多精彩的武戏。除此之外，胡凯莉对游泳和滑冰等运动也十分在行。《成长的烦恼》是她首次在电视中亮相，在此之后他便片约不断，比较出名的是她在电视剧“过江龙”（Martial Law）中的形象，此片中她和洪金宝开始了首度合作。她也因为此片而获得了“亚美影视奖”的最佳电视女演员奖。
