Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2001, Haysbert akakwira mukurumbira paakakandwa mu "24" saSenator weU.S. David Palmer, uyo akashanda semutema wekutanga weU.S. Mutungamiri (mune mamiriro echiratidziro) panguva yechipiri neyechitatu mwaka. Akadzokawo semutambi wemuenzi muzvikamu zvitanhatu zvekupedzisira zvemwaka wechina uye chikamu chekutanga chemwaka wechishanu. Akasarudzwa nokuda kweGolden Globe uye nokuda kweGolden Satellite Award muna 2002 nokuda kwebasa iri. Haysbert akataura mubvunzurudzo yechiratidziro kuti varume vatatu vaanoyemura zvikuru - Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, naColin Powell - pamwe chete vanoumba pfungwa yake yekuti Mutungamiri anofanirwa kunge ari ani. Haysbert anotenda kuti kutamba kwake David Palmer pa "24" kwakabatsira Barack Obama - uyo Haysbert akatsigira - kuti akunde kusarudzwa kwemutungamiri weDemocratic muna 2008
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