David Morrissey
Biography
David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. He learned to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At the age of 18, he and Hart were cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won them recognition throughout the country. After...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
The Woman in Cabin 10
As: Thomas Heatherley
- 2025
Prime Target
As: Professor Robert Mallinder
- 2025
Manhunt
As: Narrator
- 2024
Slingshot
As: Sam Napier
- 2024
Daddy Issues
As: Malcolm
- 2024
Six Inches of Soil
As: Narrator (animated sequence)
- 2023
The Long Shadow
As: DCS George Oldfield
- 2023
The Long Shadow
As: ACC George Oldfield
2023Gods of Tennis
As: Narrator
2023Turkey: Empire of Erdogan
As: Narrator
2023Britain's Notorious Prisons
As: Narrator
2022Dampyr
As: Gorka
2022Ellie & Natasia
As: Dentist
2022Sherwood
As: DCS Ian St Clair
2021The Colour Room
As: Fred Ridgeway
2020The Singapore Grip
As: Walter Blackett
2020Klopp: The Inside Story
As: Narrator
2019Good Omens
As: Captain Vincent
2018The City and the City
As: Tyador Borlú
2018National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
As: Mark Antony
2018Britannia
As: General Aulus Plautius
2017Lion Country: Night and Day
As: Narrator (voice)
2016The Ones Below
As: Jon
2016National Theatre Live: Hangmen
As: Harry
2016The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
As: Narrator (voice)
2015Ronaldo
As: Dramatic VO (voice)
2015Rock 'n' Roll America
As: Narrator
2014The Missing
As: Sam Webster
2014The Driver
As: Vince McKee
2014Extant
As: Tobias Shepherd
2014Inside No. 9
As: Martin
2014The 7.39
As: Carl Matthews
2013Welcome to the Punch
As: Thomas Geiger
2012The Hollow Crown
As: Earl of Northumberland
2012True Love
As: Adrian
2012Earthbound
As: Bill Norman
2011London's Burning
As: Borough Commander
- 2011
Blitz
As: Dunlop
2011The Field of Blood
As: Murray Devlin
2011Macbeth
As: Macbeth
2011South Riding
As: Robert Carne
2010Thorne: Scaredycat
As: DI Tom Thorne
2010The Walking Dead
As: Philip Blake
2010Thorne
As: DI Tom Thorne
2010Cooked
As: (voice)
- 2010
Centurion
As: Bothos
2010Mrs Mandela
As: Theunis Swanepoel
2009Nowhere Boy
As: Bobby Dykins
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
As: Maurice Jobson
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
As: Maurice Jobson
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
As: Maurice Jobson
2009U Be Dead
As: Dr. Jan Falkowski
2009Is Anybody There?
As: Dad
2009Red Riding
As: DS Maurice Jobson
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
As: Jackson Lake
- 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
As: Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
2008Sense and Sensibility
As: Colonel Brandon
- 2007
The Water Horse
As: Captain Thomas Hamilton
2007Meadowlands
As: Danny Brogan
2007The Reaping
As: Doug
2007Five Days
As: DI Mal Craig
2007Taking Liberties
As: Narration
2006Viva Blackpool
As: Ripley Holden
2006Basic Instinct 2
As: Michael Glass
2005Stoned
As: Tom Keylock
- 2005
Derailed
As: Sam Griffin
2005The Year London Blew Up
As: Narrator (voice)
2004Blackpool
As: Ripley Holden
2004Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High
As: Narrator
2004Zero Hour
As: Narrator (voice)
20039mm: Guns and Gangs
As: Narrator
2003The Deal
As: Gordon Brown
2003State of Play
As: Stephen Collins
2003This Little Life
As: Richie MacGregor
2002Out of Control
As: Mike
2002Murder
As: Dave Dewston
2001Linda Green
As: Pete
2001Captain Corelli's Mandolin
As: Captain Günther Weber
2000Born Romantic
As: Fergus
2000Some Voices
As: Pete
2000The Suicide Club
As: Henry Joyce
1999Fanny & Elvis
As: Rob
1998Hilary and Jackie
As: Kiffer Finzi
1998Our Mutual Friend
As: Bradley Headstone
1998The Commissioner
As: Murray Lomax
1997Holding On
As: Shaun
1996The One That Got Away
As: Andy "Mac" McNab
1995Out of the Blue
As: D.S. Jim 'Lew' Llewyn
1994Finney
As: Stephen Finney
1994Being Human
As: Cyprion's Man
1994The Knock
As: Gerry Birch
1992Framed
As: Sgt. Larry Jackson
1992Waterland
As: Dick Crick
1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths
As: Theseus
1991Clubland
As: DC Judd
1991Robin Hood
As: Little John
1990The Widowmaker
As: Rob
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: John Arbuthnot
1988Drowning by Numbers
As: Bellamy
1988Out of Town
As: The Traveller
1987Cause Célèbre
As: George Bowman