- Became a United Kingdom citizen in September 2004.
- Fluent in both German and Spanish.
- His brother, the Rev. Solberg, was an activist minister (Lutheran). He has joined him on more than one occasion in public protest or rally. Also, he and Paul Michael Glaser have attended Christian/Jewish benefits together at least once.
- During the run of Starsky and Hutch (1975), he recorded a #1 single called "Don't Give Up On Us".
- Children: with Mirriam - one son; with Karen Carlson - one son; with Patti - one, as well as the two sons she previously had with Bobby Sherman; and with Julia Nickson - one daughter, China Soul.
- His father, Dr. Richard Solberg, served as a religious affairs advisor to the U.S. High Commission in Berlin and as senior representative for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), refugee relief agency actively involved in the post WW-II reconstruction in Germany. Dr. Solberg's job was to administrate relief to the tens of thousands of refugees who were fleeing oppressive regimes and then try to put the fragmented families back together again in the West. These early experiences proved to be indelible ones for David as hundreds of these people streamed through the Solberg home.
- He is an avid skier, tennis player and loves to go "exploring" with his children.
- He is of Norwegian descent.
- Lives in London and works mostly on the stage acting and producing in England. His partner was actress Alexa Hamilton. (November 2000)
- Used to appear on The Merv Griffin Show (1962) wearing a hood and was billed as "The Covered Man" before becoming nationally known on Starsky and Hutch (1975).
- He has 6 children - 5 sons and a daughter, China Soul.
- Between 1984 and 1986, David financed, produced and directed an award-winning documentary, The Fighting Ministers, which uses the shut-down of the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as its basis.
- Romantically involved with actress/singer/composer Lynne Marta throughout the run of Starsky and Hutch (1975) but they split up after the show ended.
- Named one of his five sons Brendan after longtime Irish friend and comedian Brendan Grace.
- He played the role of Narrator in the New Zealand-born/Australian production of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers (a production which moved on to Melbourne and Sydney). The play marks David's return to the stage after a fifteen years absence and his first, even experience in a musical.
- At the Edinburgh Festival in 2000, he directed and starred in Sam Shepard's "Fool For Love". His production incorporated pre-shot and live on-stage video, visual effects, graphics, 3-D imaging, time-lapse footage and digital sound to heighten the visceral experience of the presentation. It was one of the first real examples of how streaming media can be effectively applied to the live theatre.
- Between 1977 and 1982, he recorded four albums, which included a string of major hit singles: Don't Give Up On Us, Baby; Silver Lady; and Going In with my Eyes Open. He toured extensively with his band in the USA, UK, Japan and South America.
- He is on a UK tour in the revival of the stage musical "Mack and Mabel", playing the lead role of Mack Sennett alongside Janie Dee, playing Mabel Normand. (January 2006)
- Battled a problem with alcohol during his younger days.
- Friends wit Paul Michael Glaser, and Gordon Jump.
- His brother, their father, and both grandfathers were all pastors.
- In 1994, David refocused his acting and producing efforts specifically to the burgeoning international film and television markets. He starred in two films for Canadian and French television, and starred (in French) with Annie Girardot and Line Renaud in the television mini-series, The Girls of Lido (1995) for France's TF-1.
- He appeared in the London West End revival of the stage musical "Mack and Mabel", playing the lead role of Mack Sennett alongside Janie Dee, playing Mabel Normand. (July 2006)
- Appeared at a 'Save the Rose Theatre' event, as part of an exhibition nearby upon the London Southbank, his guest cameo's linking many other 'ST:OS'/'Starsky & Hutch' actors attending also Paul Michael Glaser, Joan Collins who came from the U.S. to participate in variety of film industry conventions during the same weekend.
- Appearing in the title role in "Jerry Springer: The Opera" at the Cambridge theater in London's West End. (December 2004)
- In Cannes in 1996, David performed songs from his friend Charles Aznavour in the Martinez Hotel.
- He has taken over the lead role of "Jerry Springer - the Opera" at London's Cambridge Theatre. However, he has the only non-singing role. (January 2005)
- Is a supporter of the Arsenal football club.
- (2004 - 2005) Appearing at the Cambridge Theatre London as Jerry Springer in the National Theatre production of Jerry Springer The Opera.
- David spent quite a bit of his childhood in Germany and went to 3 universities to read political science and languages and is fluent in German and Spanish.
- In June 2012, Soul made a one-week appearance with Jerry Hall at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in a reprise of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by A.R. Gurney, Love Letters.
- Studied political science at school.
- He's fluent in German and Spanish.
- From 1976 until 1978, he had five UK top 20 singles and two top 10 UK albums. From 1976 to 1982, he toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Far East, and South America.
- Soul began performing on stage as an actor in the mid-1960s, when he became a founding member of the Firehouse Theater in Minneapolis. He traveled with the company to New York City in 1965, appearing in Bertolt Brecht's Baal and John Arden's Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.
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