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 Yost was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 7, 1971. He moved around throughout the United States as a child and won many gymnastics competitions nationally. Among these were the state championships for both Iowa and Montana. He moved to California with hopes of becoming an actor and auditioned for a role in the Power Rangers series just 2 months after arriving. He won the part of Billy Cranston, the nerdy power ranger.
Yost starred in 200 episodes of the series over the next several years. He also portrayed Billy in his most high-profile work, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, which took in over $30 million at the box office in 1995.
1995 was definitely Yost's year, as he also had a minor role in the film Ladykiller. After this, however, Yost's influence began to fade.
Little is known concerning Yost's activities over the next 3 years. In 2000, however, he attempted to mount a comeback, portraying a playboy photographer in the made for TV movie After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped. The role had little to no impact on the film world, and Yost slipped into obscurity once again.
In 2001, he first tried his hand at producing, working on the series Alien Hunter and Temptation Island.
David stands 5'7", and has naturally blond hair.
As personal hobbies, David has rode Wavejammers, windsurfed, swum, hiked mountains and written screen plays in the "bizarre, twisted" genre. Harold Pinter is his favorite playwright.
A nomadic child traveling around America, David found himself competing for the State of Montana and the State of Iowa gymnastics until 19 years old. (He was an "excellent gymnast.") Graduating Graceland College soonafter around 1991. He then packed his bags and settled in Los Angeles to wait tables for two months before the auditions for MMPR were ready to role in September of 1992.
At 16, (circa 1987) David attended four years at Graceland College and left with a degree in Speech and Communications and BA Theatre Arts around 1991.
To win the role of "Billy Cranston" in 1992, David had to out-perform three to four thousand hopeful actors. It took eight callbacks before David recieved the news.
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