Brewster, "Big Dave" (The Man Who Wasn’t There). The loud, obnoxious boss at Nirdlinger’s, the local department store in Santa Rosa California in 1949. Big Dave constantly brags about his time spent in combat in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He claims to have served as a crack infantry trooper.

Big Dave employs alcoholic Doris Crane as his bookkeeper. Doris’ husband, barber Ed Crane suspects that Doris and Big Dave are having an affair. Ed anonymously blackmails Big Dave into giving him $10,000 for an investment.

Big Dave is married to Ann Nirdlinger, whose family owns the Nirdlinger’s department store. Big Dave was planning on starting his own business, but is immediately set back after the blackmail. He confides in Ed, not suspecting him at all to be the blackmailer. Big Dave also confides in Ed about his affair, although Big Dave doesn't say who he had the affair with. He also tells Ed that he suspects Tolliver to be the blackmailer, because Tolliver visited him before Ed and the start-up money and the blackmail money was the same amount.

Finally, Big Dave pays the $10,000. Ed receives the money and then immediately visits Tolliver, and gives him the money. Ed out of the anger of Big Dave’s affair stabs him in the side of the throat killing him. Doris is arrested for Big Dave’s murder.

“Big Dave” Brewster is played by James Gandolfini.—Danielle Ferraro