Devan Chandler Long

He was born in Los Angeles, California, to David and Lori Cunningham.^[5] He grew up in the small town of Anacortes, Washington, and went to Anacortes High School.^[6]

When he was younger, Long dreamed of playing in the National Football League.^[7] In high school during his senior year, he got All-Northwest acclaim for playing wingback and inside linebacker. This was after he got honorable mention for defensive end honors in 1999.^[5]

He ended up going to University of Oregon to play collegiate football where he played defensive end. During his time there, he was two-time All-Conference honorable mention standout. Even though he had a litany of back and hamstring injuries by his senior year, he was fourth on the quarterback sack list (19.5) and seventh for all-time tackles for loss (32) at the school.^[5] While attending the university, he majored in political science. He attended the school and played football until his graduation in 2005. He got into training camp for the Carolina Panthers, but his injuries ended his NFL aspirations.^[7]

After his NFL dreams ended, an agent he met through his brother encouraged him to do a commercial which he was able to book. After moving to Venice, California, he met an agent through a friend, who helped him book more commercials. He took acting and improv classes to gain experience and build his confidence.^[7]

Long's acting career started with his role on NCIS: Los Angeles.^[8] He went on to perform in other TV shows such as Shameless, Sons of Anarchy, Scorpion, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and Teen Wolf. He went on to play more prominent roles in shows Bosch as Hart, and Doom Patrol as Flex Mentallo.^[9]

He has also appeared in films including The Deal, Baker's Man and Dirt. He got a prominent role as Mel Gibson in Michael Bay's movie Ambulance.

Long has a brother named Rien Long who got a football scholarship to play for Washington State University and ended up playing for the Tennessee Titans.^[7] Devan lives in Venice, California, with wife Jesse Golden whom he married in 2020, and their son.^[1][10]