David Kaufman (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles of Dexter Douglas in Freakazoid!, Jimmy Olsen in various DC projects beginning with Superman: The Animated Series, the titular protagonist in Danny Phantom, Aldrin in The Buzz on Maggie, Marty McFly in Back to the Future, and Stuart Little in the animated series of the same name. He often is a voice double for Michael J. Fox.

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David Kaufman
Kaufman in 2023
Born	(1961-07-23) July 23, 1961 (age 62) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	UCLA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Lisa Picotte ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2; including Grace

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Kaufman was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His father is Jewish, while his mother is Catholic.^[1] Kaufman began acting at a young age in his hometown when his kindergarten teacher handed him the plum lead role of Santa Claus in the class Christmas play.

At the age of 18, Kaufman moved from St. Louis to attend UCLA; he was a student in the Department of Theater Arts.

Since his college years, Kaufman has studied and worked extensively as a professional actor in films and television.

He has worked with the Daly family of actors on several projects: He worked with Tim Daly on Superman: The Animated Series and its subsequent spin-offs, playing Jimmy Olsen. He also appeared with Daly in the series Wings in 1995 with his wife Lisa; the two portrayed a couple whose wedding Daly's character Joe and his fiancée Helen crash. He worked with Tim's sister, Tyne Daly on Kids Like These and joined Tim again in Justice League: Doom, reprising his role of Jimmy Olsen.

Kaufman has also worked as a commercial actor. One of his most prominent roles was as a dancing stockboy in a 1989 commercial for Hi-C Ecto Cooler.^{[2][failed verification]}

On June 30, 1990, Kaufman married actress Lisa Picotte; together, they have two children who are also actors, including Grace Kaufman and Henry Kaufman.^[3] He came out as bisexual on Celebrate Bisexuality Day in 2021.^[4]