Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 2001, Haysbert ya zama sananne lokacin da aka jefa shi a cikin "24" a matsayin Sanatan Amurka David Palmer, wanda ya zama shugaban Amurka na farko baƙar fata (a cikin yanayin wasan kwaikwayon) a lokacin yanayi na biyu da na uku. Ya kuma dawo a matsayin tauraruwar baƙo a cikin aukuwa shida na ƙarshe na kakar 4 da kuma farkon aukuwa na kakar 5. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Golden Globe da kuma lambar yabo ta Golden Satellite a shekarar 2002 don wannan rawar. Haysbert ya bayyana a cikin wata hira don wasan kwaikwayon cewa mutane uku da ya fi sha'awar - Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, da Colin Powell - sun haɗu da ra'ayinsa game da abin da ya kamata Shugaba ya kasance. Haysbert ya yi imanin cewa wasan kwaikwayon David Palmer a kan "24" ya taimaka Barack Obama - wanda Haysbert ya goyi baya - ya lashe gasar
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