David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a popular series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001.

Additional television credits include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, One on One, V.I.P., Diagnosis Murder, The Parent 'Hood, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, For Your Love, Caroline in the City, The Wayans Bros., Touched by an Angel, Renegade, The Golden Girls, Married...with Children, ALF, 227, T.J. Hooker, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest ,Sledge Hammer and Nurses.

Leisure was born in San Diego and attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California.

Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane! More recently, falling back on his "Joe Isuzu" schtick, Leisure has been acting as a fictional and disreputable insurance lawyer in a series of commercials for various American personal-injury law firms. In different markets, different firms have licensed the footage and add in their own spokespeople and names.

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