David Kagen owns an acting school in Studio City, California, David Kagen's School of Film Acting. He's been coaching actors at all levels including Alec Baldwin, Ted Danson, Robin Wright-Penn, Kyle Secor, Scott Lawrence and Dale Midkiff for over 35 years. He continues to work in film and television and will be appearing on House this season. Kagen has taught acting at Yale School of Drama, USC, Syracuse University and has led workshops in Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Montrel, Toronto, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Acting. He also attended the Julliard Preparatory School where he studied piano.