Acting credits
9
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
David Ayer
Directing
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 29Series: 2Crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 19769
IMDb ID: nm0043742
Known for: Directing
Born: January 18, 1968
Age: 58
Place of birth: Champaign, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2025
Years active: 26
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q1091339
Also known as
دیوید آیر
Other jobs
Director (9)Screenplay (7)Executive Producer (5)Production Consultant (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
Biography
David Ayer (born January 18, 1968) is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include Training Day (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and S.W.A.T. (2003). He has also directed Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), Sabotage (2014), and The Beekeeper (2024). In 2016, he directed the superhero movie Suicide Squad from the DC Extended Universe and then the urban fantasy film Bright (2017) for Netflix. He has twice collaborated with actor Shia LaBeouf: first with the World War II drama Fury (2014), then the crime thriller The Tax Collector (2020). He has also collaborated with his friend Cle Shaheed Sloan, who has appeared in four of his films.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Ayer.
6.7
A Working Man
Director
2025 Movie
6.9
Bosco
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
7.3
The Beekeeper
Director
2024 Movie
Snorkeling
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.5
The Suicide Squad
Thanks
2021 Movie
8.1
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
2020 Movie
5.6
The Tax Collector
Screenplay
2020 Movie
6.9
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
5.5
Ready for War
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.2
Bright
Director
2017 Movie
5.9
Suicide Squad
Writer
2016 Movie
6.0
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
as Self
2016 Movie
7.5
Fury
Director
2014 Movie
5.6
Sabotage
Director
2014 Movie
7.3
End of Watch
Director
2012 Movie
5.8
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008 Movie
4.5
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008 Movie
7.0
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self
2008 Movie
8.0
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008 Movie
6.0
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008 Movie
6.6
Street Kings
as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
2008 Movie
6.4
Harsh Times
Director
2005 Movie
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Production Consultant
2004 Movie
6.2
S.W.A.T.
Screenplay
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Ayer.
