David Costabile

David Costabile
Costabile in 2014
Born	(1967-01-09) January 9, 1967 (age 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Eliza Baldi ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2

David Costabile (/ˈkɒstəbəl/; born January 9, 1967)^[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series such as Billions, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Damages, Flight of the Conchords, Suits, and The Wire, as well as the film The Dirt. He has also acted on film and in Broadway theatre.

Costabile was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Italian descent.^[2][3] He graduated from Gonzaga College High School, a Jesuit institution, where he was active in the school’s musical theater program. He holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and an MFA from New York University.^[4]

Costabile has appeared on Broadway in

Costabile is best known for his recurring television roles on The Wire (as Thomas Klebanow, managing editor of The Baltimore Sun), Flight of the Conchords (as Doug), Damages (as Detective Rick Messer), Suits (as Daniel Hardman, former senior partner of the law firm of Pearson Hardman), Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (as Gale Boetticher),^[5] and the Showtime production Billions (as Mike "Wags" Wagner).

Costabile also appeared in season six of The Office, as a banker sent from Sabre to evaluate Dunder Mifflin, and in the House episode "Changes" as a limousine driver. During the second series of Franklin & Bash, he guest-starred as a senior partner of the Infeld Daniels New York office, investigating Franklin and Bash because of a complaint filed against them by a former client. He had a minor guest star role in a season 3 episode of The Good Wife, playing the defendant's lawyer in a lawsuit against Lockhart and Gardner, and in a two episode story arc on BBC One's Ripper Street. Costabile also played Mr. Braddock, an attorney to the primary suspect in an episode of The Closer titled "Unknown Trouble", the first episode of season 7.

He has appeared in several television commercials, including ads for

In an April 2013 article about television, Wired magazine called Costabile "a performer who inhabits his characters so perfectly as to consistently be a fan favorite" and "one of the best things about" every television show in which he has appeared.^[6]

In 2025, Costabile reprised his role as Daniel Hardman in an episode of NBC’s spinoff series Suits: LA. Hardman, a co-founder of the fictional firm Pearson Hardman, previously appeared as a recurring character in Suits Seasons 2, 4, 5, and 8, often serving as an antagonist to lead character Harvey Specter. As of early 2025, it is not confirmed whether his return will coincide with appearances by other original cast members, including Gabriel Macht or Rick Hoffman.^[7]

Costabile appeared in 2009's

In 2012, Costabile married Eliza Baldi in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.^[8] They have two children.^[4]