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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-12-16 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

David Schofield

Biography:

David Schofield (born 16 December 1951) is an English actor.

He is best known for his role as Ian Mercer in the films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). He also appeared in the films An American Werewolf in London (1981), Gladiator (2000), From Hell (2001), Valkyrie (2008), The Wolfman (2010) and Darkest Hour (2017).

Known For

Acting

2022

Mad Heidi as Alpöhi

2020

Six Minutes to Midnight as Colonel Smith

2019

The Bind as Patrick
The Adventures of Paddington as Mr. Gruber (voice)

2018

Mary Magdalene as Thomas
Press as Chris Cartwright

2017

Darkest Hour as Clement Atlee

2016

Mindhorn as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome
Undercover as Alex Brady

2015

The Coroner as Ben Arnold
Safe House as Eddie Reynolds

2014

The Great Fire as Duke of Hanford

2013

Last Passenger as Peter Carmichael
All Things To All Men as Police Commissioner
Lord of Tears as Owl Man
Father Brown as Vivian Wolsey

2012

Him Indoors as The Judge

2011

Ghosted as Donner
Super Tanker as Admiral
Injustice as ACC Stephen Packard

2010

Burke & Hare as Fergus
F as Robert Anderson
The Wolfman as Constable Nye

2009

Land Girls as Vernon Storey

2008

Valkyrie as Erwin von Witzleben
Freebird as Dart player (scenes deleted)
Merlin as King Alined

2007

2006

Goldplated as John White
The Street as John Roberts

2005

Doctor Who as Odin

2004

Unstoppable as Dr. Collins

2003

Chunky Monkey as Frank
Blue Murder as DCS Hackett

2002

Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Footballers' Wives as Graham - Bookie

2001

The Musketeer as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
Superstition as Roberto Fallaci
The Red Peppers as George Pepper
From Hell as McQueen
In Deep as Vincent Hunter
Waking the Dead as Michael Kelleher

2000

Gladiator as Falco
The Miracle Maker as Caiaphas (voice)
Lock, Stock... as Two Sips

1999

Junk as Mr Brogan
Joan of Arc as Gladsdale
Cleopatra as Casca

1998

Amongst Women as Jack Simpson

1997

Anna Karenina as Nikolai
Tangier Cop as Omar Larbi

1996

Our Friends in the North as DCI John Salway
Our Friends in the North as DCS John Salway
Our Friends in the North as DI John Salway

1995

Band of Gold as DCI David Newhall

1994

Wycliffe as Joe Penrose

1993

The Crane as Preacher

1992

The Last of the Mohicans as Sergeant Major
The Secret Agent as Ossipon
Heartbeat as Darcy Jacobs
Heartbeat as Dennis Ashton

1990

Jekyll & Hyde as Snape

1989

Somewhere to Run as Manchester D.J
Tree of Hands as Detective Inspector
Shadow of the Noose as Alfred Harmsworth

1987

1986

Casualty as Detective Inspector Logan

1983

Shackleton as Sir Ernest Shackleton

1982

Praying Mantis as Cafe Waiter

1981

Bergerac as John Logan
Bergerac as David Mason

1977

1976

1972

Van der Valk as Toon Rosendaal

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