Rebhorn was one of those busy actors sometimes referred to as `` that guy . '' Rebhorn was the arrogant headmaster in Al Pacino 's `` The Game '' He played the scheming secretary of defense in `` Independence Day '' Other notable film roles were in `` Scent of a Woman '' in 1992 and `` The Game '' in 1992 . More recently , he was David Brenner in 16 episodes of `` Homeland ''
Rebhorn was the arrogant headmaster in Al Pacino 's `` The Game '' He played the scheming secretary of defense in `` Independence Day '' Other notable film roles were in `` Scent of a Woman '' in 1992 and `` The Game '' in 1992 . More recently , he was David Brenner in 16 episodes of `` Homeland ''