David Morrissey
Acting
Born: Jun 21, 1964
From: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Throughout the 1990s, he often portrayed policemen and soldiers, though took other defining roles such as Bradley Headstone in Our Mutual Friend (1998) and Christopher Finzi in Hilary and Jackie (1998). More film parts followed, including roles in Some Voices (2000) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), before he played the critically acclaimed roles of Stephen Collins in State of Play (2003) and Gordon Brown in The Deal (2003). The former won him a nomination at the British Academy Television Awards and the latter a Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society Awards. His film roles have not always been acclaimed; his appearance as the male lead in Basic …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slingshot | Sam Napier | 2024 | 6.122 |
| A Separate Peace | John Brown | 2020 | — |
| Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020 | 10.0 |
| Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013 | 8.5 |
| Welcome to the Punch | Thomas Geiger | 2013 | 5.868 |
| Earthbound | Bill Norman | 2012 | 4.4 |
| Blitz | Dunlop | 2011 | 6.184 |
| Centurion | Bothos | 2010 | 6.236 |
| Thorne: Scaredycat | DI Tom Thorne | 2010 | 6.3 |
| Mrs Mandela | Theunis Swanepoel | 2010 | 4.0 |
| Nowhere Boy | Bobby Dykins | 2009 | 7.166 |
| U Be Dead | Dr. Jan Falkowski | 2009 | 5.2 |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Thomas Howard - Duke of … | 2008 | 6.695 |
| The Reaping | Doug | 2007 | 5.762 |
| Taking Liberties | Narration | 2007 | 6.4 |
| The Water Horse | Captain Thomas Hamilton | 2007 | 6.543 |
| Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Glass | 2006 | 4.987 |
| Viva Blackpool | Ripley Holden | 2006 | 7.5 |
| Derailed | Sam Griffin | 2005 | 6.371 |
| Stoned | Tom Keylock | 2005 | 5.125 |
| Zero Hour - Terror in Tokyo | Self-Narrator(voice) | 2004 | — |
| The Deal | Gordon Brown | 2003 | 6.778 |
| Trust Me - I'm a Politician | Self | 2003 | — |
| Out of Control | Mike | 2002 | 4.5 |
| The Suicide Club | Henry Joyce | 2000 | 6.0 |
| Hilary and Jackie | Kiffer Finzi | 1998 | 6.583 |
| Robin Hood | Little John | 1991 | 5.752 |
| Clubland | DC Judd | 1991 | — |
| Drowning by Numbers | Bellamy | 1988 | 7.031 |
| Cause Célèbre | George Bowman | 1987 | 5.571 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1964 |
| From | Everton, Liverpool, England, … |