David Labrava, a.k.a D.L. is an American actor recognized as ‘Happy’ from the TV show ‘Sons of Anarchy’, and other several film productions. For the series, he has worked as the co-writer and wrote the episode 10 of season 4 which claimed a lot of praises and award as well. More of, he is a tattoo artist, writer, and motorcycle enthusiast.
Furthermore, he is also a member of the Hells Angels. In 2008, he was jailed on $2500 bailout for drug possession and misdemeanors. In addition, Labrava was broken when his son Tycho took his own life suffering from depression in 2018. Keep on reading to know more detailed information.
David Labrava: Bio, Family, Education
The tattoo master was born on 19 October 1962, in Miami, Florida, the U.S. as David M. Labrava. He has not revealed much information on his parents and siblings. However, while he was a kid, his family moved to Europe and grew up there along with his family. He has an ethnicity of Caucasian-American, as of now, he is practicing Buddhism.
Regarding his education, he has completed his basic education from Europe where he was raised. Meantime, he has not revealed his academic qualification besides having Harley Davidson Mechanic diploma. In addition, he grew up riding dirt bikes and got his first Harley Davidson at the age of seventeen. Before that, he used to write for the Horse motorbike magazine, worked as a bouncer at a club as well as in Amsterdam tattoo house.
David Labrava: Career & Life Achievements
Since his teenage days, he has been working to support himself financially. He began his Hollywood career with having thirty years of bike riding, he joined the series ‘Sons of Anarchy’ as the technical advisor. Later, he joined the cast of the series as ‘Happy’ and been regular to its finale. Further, he has also co-written episode 10 ‘Hands’ of the series, season 4. The only episode throughout all season which has won an award and honorable mention from the Time Magazine.
As a writer, he has also published a best-selling autobiography, ‘Becoming a Son’. Additionally, he has worked as a columnist too. He has written columns for the national hot rod magazine. He has written, directed, and produced his first feature film ‘Street Level’ where he acted as well.
David is recognized as an accomplished glass artist and tattooist as well. As looking through, we can predict that he is an avid lover of art, mostly enjoys tattooing. He began his tattooing career in the early ’80s in San Francisco. Thereafter, he worked as a tattooist in different places like Amsterdam, San Fransico, and Miami. After gaining a lot of experiences, he moved to Oakland where he opened his own tattoo shop ‘Evil Ink Tattoo’. Additionally, he had attended tattoo conventions worldwide too.
David Labrava: Personal Life & Wife
Coming to the personal life of Labrava, he has got a stable career through which he makes a good amount. But he has undergone through a rough period in his personal life when his young son Tycho Speils Chusano committed suicide on 5 May 2018, due to suffering from depression for a while. After the demise of his son, he started to give and involve in the awareness events of depression. Also, in his son’s Tycho memory, he launched an online fundraiser to fight against the depression or any of those mental illness thoughts that can cause suicide.
Meantime, the happily married man has not revealed information on his beautiful wife. Unlike David, his wife wishes to live a low-key life but she accompanies her husband occasionally in an event.
David Labrava: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
Talking about his earning, he makes a huge amount from his career. He is a proud owner of the tattoo house ‘Evil Ink Tattoo’ and Artful Dodger Filmworks. Therefore, he has a net worth estimated at $9 million. Also, he has accumulated a profitable amount from acting and his own clothing line ‘DOGKULCHA’. Additionally, as a writer, he has published his first book ‘Becoming a Son’, which gained good reviews. He has written for the notable magazines and series as well.
Labrava is also highly over different social media platforms where he shared the pictures of his works and daily lifestyles. He has a Twitter account @davidlabrava with 148k followers. On Instagram, he has a verified account @realdavidlabrava having 228k followers. Also, he has an unverified Facebook account with over 36k followers.
David Labrava: Body Measurements, Tattoo
The actor has great well-trained physic that stands to a height of 6 feet 1 inch or 1.85 meters. But he has not revealed information on his body weight and measurements too. He has a brown eye color with a bar of very short silver and grey hair color.
Being an accomplished tattoo master, he himself has tattooed that covers from bald head to toe. He has inked on different parts of the body like head, arms, chest, and body.
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