丹尼斯在美国的北加州出生和长大，高中毕业后他被提供以各种体育类奖学金，但他却选择了去American Academy of Dramatic Arts学习演戏。1979年，27岁的丹尼斯正式展开表演生涯，首个角色是客串出演《The White SDennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

hadow》里面的一位篮球运动员，此后它又出现在了《Lou Grant》、《Laverne & Shirley》、《The A-Team》、《Magnum》、《P.I.》、《Buck Rogers》以及《Duckman》等剧集当中，直到2001年成功扮演《24小时》中后来成为总统的黑人参议员一角，总共演出了3季。之后他又在CBS《The Unit》（秘密行动组）当中作为主角出现，依然是塑造充满了个人英雄主义色彩的高大形象。

丹尼斯·海斯伯曾经有过两段婚姻，和第一任妻子生的两个孩子目前和他一起生活。此外他在对抗爱滋病领域一直积极贡献着自己的力量，曾担任Harlem(纽约黑人住宅区) Health Expo "Break the Silence"、national leadership commission on AIDS、以及the western center on law and poverty的活动发言人。

家人：两任前妻

Lynn Griffith(1989-2001)

Elena Simms(1980-1984)

两个孩子

Dennis's first wife was Elena Simms/ They were married from the 13th of April 1980 till 1984.

His second wife was Lynn Griffith. The were married from 1989 till 2001. Dennis and Lynn have two children:

Charles Cameron Haysbert (born on November 19, 1990).

Katherine Camille Haysbert (born on September 9, 1994).

Dennis's family members:

Father - Charles Haysbert Sr.

Mother - Gladys Haysbert.

Brother - Charles Haysbert Jr (born in June 1941; died at age 33 of bone cancer in November 1974).

Sister - Rita Alice Haysbert (born on June 27, 1947).

Brother - Lenier Garnet Haysbert (born on May 8, 1949).

Brother - Stanley Hershel Haysbert (born on February 17, 1953).

Himself - Dennis D. Haysbert (born on June 2, 1954).

Brother - Adam H Haysbert (born on February 16, 1962).

Brother - Al Haysbert

The White Shadow---篮球员

夏天的记忆 Summer to Remember, A---Sheriff Pierce

成长的烦恼-----Frank (3 episodes, 1985-1988)

"Wilder Westen, inclusive" -----Thief

大联盟 Major League-----Pedro Cerrano

飞虎神鹰 Navy SEALS ----Chief Billy Graham

棒球先生 Mr. Baseball ---Max 'Hammer' Dubois

爱情田园（爱之田） Love Field -----Paul Cater

"Queen" ---Davis

"Return to Lonesome Dove" ----Cherokee Jack Jackson

缝合（迷乱人生 Suture）----Clay Arlington

大联盟2：绝地大反攻 Major League II -----Pedro Cerrano

待到梦醒时分 Waiting to Exhale -----Kenneth Dawkins

盗火线/热力/穷追不捨/狂热 Heat -----Donald Breedan

阿曼达 Amanda

Widow's Kiss ----Eddie Costello

绝对权力 Absolute Power ---Tim Collin, Secret Service

步步杀机 Standoff----Ty 'Bama' Jones

大联盟 3 Major League: Back to the Minors ---Pedro Cerrano

"Now and Again" -----Dr. Theodore Morris (21 episodes, 1999-2000)

The Minus Man ----Detective Graves (flashback scenes)

异次元骇客 The Thirteenth Floor----Detective Larry McBain

胆战心惊/疑云密怖 Random Hearts----Detective George Beaufort

爱情与篮球 Love & Basketball ----Zeke McCall

有事蹊跷 ----Ronald 'Ronnie' Williams

The 54th Annual Tony Awards ----Himself

反恐24小时 第一季----David Palmer

正义联盟----Kilowog / ... (3 episodes, 2001-2003)

远离天堂----Raymond Deagan

实时引爆----FBI Agent (uncredited)

第54届黄金时段艾美奖颁奖典礼 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ----主持人Presenter

辛巴达七海传奇 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas ----Kale (voice)

34th NAACP Image Awards ----Himself

100 Years of Hope and Humor----Himself

"Pure 24" ----Himself (2 episodes, 2003)

ESPY Awards

24: Access All Areas------ Himself

National Geographic: The FBI ----解说员 Narrator

When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole----解说员Narrator

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow ----Irving Lambert (voice)

How2 Make It As an Actor----Himself

How2 Make It in Film and Television----Himself

35th NAACP Image Awards ----Himself

Call of Duty: Finest Hour----Narrator (voice)

Zulu Awards '04 ----Himself

锅盖头 Jarhead ----Major Lincoln

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory ----Lambert (voice)

帝国"Empire"----Magonius

The Making of 'Heat' ----Himself

秘密行动组THE UNIT----Jonas 'Snake Doctor' Blane

秘密行动组 THE UNIT

第58届黄金时段艾美奖颁奖典礼 ----Himself

双面特工/违背 Breach----Dan Plesac

再见巴法纳 Goodbye Bafana---Nelson Mandela

詹姆斯·布朗拯救波士顿----Narrator (voice)

三岔路口----Paul Wave (rumored)

香草大猩猩----Moses

丧尸围城：了望塔Dead Rising：Watchtower----General Lyons