David Morrissey filmography
The filmography of English actor David Morrissey encompasses both acting and directing roles in film and television over a nearly 30-year period.[1][2]
Morrissey made his screen acting debut in 1983 as a main cast member in Willy Russell's One Summer. Since then he has appeared notably in The Knock (1994), Tony Marchant's Holding On (1997), Andrew Davies's Our Mutual Friend (1998), Paul Abbott's State of Play and Peter Morgan's The Deal (both 2003), Peter Bowker's Blackpool (2004), and Andrew Davies' Sense and Sensibility (2008). In 2010, he produced and starred in Thorne, a television adaptation of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne novels for Sky1.[3] In film he has appeared in Hilary and Jackie (1998), Some Voices (2000), Derailed (2005), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), and The Reaping (2007).
On stage, after a period working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National, he appeared in Peer Gynt (1990), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Three Days of Rain (1999), In A Dark Dark House (2008) and Hangmen (2015) by Martin McDonagh.
He was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in State of Play, was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Male Actor for his role in Holding On, and won the RTS Award for his role in The Deal.[4][5][6]
Filmography
Television acting
Year(s) | Title | Role | Description |
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1983 | One Summer | Billy Rizley | 5-part television series |
1987 | Cause Célèbre | George Bowman | 2-part television serial |
1990 | Screenplay: Available Light | Marcus | Television film |
1990 | Widowmaker, TheThe Widowmaker | Rob | Television film |
1990 | Storyteller: Greek Myths, TheThe Storyteller: Greek Myths | Theseus | 1 episode of television series:
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1991 | Screenplay: Clubland | Judd | Television film |
1992 | Screen One: Black and Blue | Norman Mills, DCDC Norman Mills | Television film |
1992 | Framed | Lawrence Jackson, SergeantSergeant Lawrence Jackson | 4-part television serial |
1993 | Between the Lines | Dilke, InspectorInspector Dilke | 2 episodes of television series:
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1994 | Knock, TheThe Knock | Gerry Birch | 1 series of television series |
1994 | Finney | Finney | 1 series of television series |
1995 | Devil's Advocate | Matthew Salt | Television film |
1996 | Into the Fire | Michael Ride | 3-part television serial |
1996 | One That Got Away, TheThe One That Got Away | Sergeant Andy "Mac" McNab | Television film |
1996 | Shakespeare Shorts: Julius Caesar | Brutus | 1 episode of television anthology |
1996 | Out of the Blue | Jim "Lew" Llewyn, DSDS Jim "Lew" Llewyn | 1 series of television series |
1997 | Holding On | Shaun Southerns | 8-part television serial |
1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Bradley Headstone | 4-part television serial |
1998 | Screen One: Big Cat | Leo | Television film |
1999 | Fanny and Elvis | Rob Dickson | Television film |
1999 | Pure Wickedness | Frank Healy | 4-part television serial |
2001 | Linda Green | Pete Jones | 1 episode of television series:
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2002 | Clocking Off | Franny Rothwell | 1 episode of television series:
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2002 | Murder | Dave Dewston | 4-part television serial |
2002 | Out of Control | Mike | Television film |
2003 | This Little Life | Richie MacGregor | Television film |
2003 | State of Play | Stephen Collins | 6-part television serial |
2003 | Deal, TheThe Deal | Gordon Brown | Television film |
2004 | Blackpool[nb 1] | Ripley Holden | 6-part television serial |
2006 | Viva Blackpool[nb 2] | Ripley Holden | Television film |
2007 | Cape Wrath[nb 3] | Danny Brogan | 1 series of television series |
2008 | Sense and Sensibility | Brandon, ColonelColonel Brandon | 3-part television serial |
2008 | Doctor Who | Jackson Lake | 1 episode of television series: |
2009 | Red Riding | Maurice Jobson | 3-part television serial |
2009 | U Be Dead | Jan Falkowski, DrDr Jan Falkowski | Television film[nb 4] |
2010 | Mrs Mandela | Theunis Swanepoel, MajorMajor Theunis Swanepoel | Television film |
2010 | Five Days | Mal Craig, DIDI Mal Craig | 4 episodes of 5-part television serial |
2010 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | John Arbuthnot, ColonelColonel John Arbuthnot | 1 episode of television series: |
2010 | Thorne | Tom Thorne, DIDI Tom Thorne | 1 series of television series |
2011 | South Riding | Robert Carne | 3-part television serial |
2011–2013 | Field of Blood, TheThe Field of Blood | Murray Devlin | 2 series of television series |
2011 | London's Burning | Borough Commander Campbell | Television film |
2012 | Richard II | Northumberland | Television film[9] |
2012 | True Love | Adrian | 1 episode of television series:
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2012-2015 | Walking Dead, TheThe Walking Dead | Philip Blake, "The Governor" | 19 episodes |
2014 | The 7.39 | Carl Matthews | 2-part television serial[11] |
2014 | The Driver | Vince McKee | TV series |
2015 | Extant | General Tobias Shepherd | TV series |
Film acting
Year(s) | Title | Role | Description |
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1988 | Drowning by Numbers | Bellamy | Feature film |
1988 | Out of Town | Traveller | Short film |
1991 | Robin Hood | Little John | Feature film |
1992 | Waterland | Dick Crick | Feature film |
1993 | Under | Cast member | Short film |
1993 | Being Human | Cyprian's Man | Feature film |
1998 | The Commissioner | Murray Lomax | Feature film |
1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Kiffer Finzi | Feature film |
2000 | The Suicide Club | Henry Joyce | Feature film |
2000 | Some Voices | Pete | Feature film |
2000 | Born Romantic | Fergus Greer | Feature film |
2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Gunther Weber, CaptainCaptain Gunther Weber | Feature film |
2002 | Spyhole | Bill Miller | Feature film |
2003 | Butterfly World | Father | Short film |
2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Van Leeuwenhoek[12] | Feature film — Scenes deleted[13] |
2005 | Stoned | Tom Keylock | Feature film |
2005 | Derailed | Sam Griffin | Feature film |
2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Glass, DrDr Michael Glass | Feature film |
2007 | Reaping, TheThe Reaping | Doug Blackwell | Feature film |
2007 | Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, TheThe Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Hamilton, CaptainCaptain Hamilton | Feature film |
2008 | Other Boleyn Girl, TheThe Other Boleyn Girl | Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk | Feature film |
2009 | Is Anybody There? | Dad | Feature film |
2009 | Don't Worry About Me | Commentator | Feature film — Uncredited[nb 6] |
2009 | Nowhere Boy | Bobby Dykins | Feature film |
2010 | Centurion | Bothos | Feature film |
2010 | Cooked | Dan (Lobster) (voice) | Short film[14] |
2011 | Gee Gee | Michael | Short film[15] |
2011 | Blitz | Harold Dunlop | Feature film |
2012 | Earthbound | Bill | Feature film |
2013 | Welcome to the Punch | Geiger | Feature film |
2015 | The Ones Below | Jon | Feature film |
Filmmaking credits
Year(s) | Title | Role | Description |
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1996 | Something for the Weekend | Writer and producer | Short film |
1998 | Secret Audience, AA Secret Audience | Director | Short film |
2000 | Bring Me Your Love | Director and writer | Short film |
2001 | Sweet Revenge | Director | 2-part television film |
2004 | Passer By | Director | 2-part television film |
2009 | Don't Worry About Me | Director and co-writer | Feature film |
2010 | CAST in Beirut | Director | Documentary short[nb 7] |
2010 | Thorne | Executive producer | 1 series of television series |
Other acting credits
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Director | Performance history |
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1986 | WCPC | Simon, PCPC Simon | Pam Brighton | Liverpool Playhouse. February 1986.[16] |
1986 | Jug | Matt Bradbury | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford East. 3 June–5 July 1986.[17] |
1986 | Le Cid | Declan Donnellan | National tour/Cheek by Jowl | |
1987 | Twelfth Night | Sebastian | Declan Donnellan | Donmar Warehouse/Cheek by Jowl |
1987 | Ghetto | Giorgio | Julia Pascal | Hammersmith Riverside Studios. March–5 April 1987.[18] |
1987–1988 | Cabinet Minister, TheThe Cabinet Minister | Valentine White | Braham Murray | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 17 December 1987 – 30 January 1988.[19] |
1988 | King John | Bastard | Deborah Warner | The Other Place/RSC. May–June 1988.[20] |
1988 | Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3 | Vernon | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 29 September 1988.[21][22] |
1988 | Edward IV | Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 6 October 1988.[21][23] |
1988 | Richard III | Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 13 October 1988.[21][24] |
1988 | Plantagenets, TheThe Plantagenets[nb 8] | Vernon/Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 22 October 1988.[21] |
1989 | Richard III | Duke of Clarence | Deborah Warner | Barbican Centre/RSC. April–May 1989.[25][26] |
1989 | King John | Bastard | Deborah Warner | The Pit/RSC. April–June 1989.[27][28] |
1990 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | Declan Donnellan | Olivier (National). 28 February–March 1990.[29] |
1990 | School for Scandal, TheThe School for Scandal | Peter Wood | Olivier (National). 24 April–May 1990.[30] | |
1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Matthew Warchus | Queen's Theatre. 6 July 1993 for 12 weeks.[31] |
1999–2000 | Three Days of Rain | Pip/Theo | Robin LeFevre | Donmar Warehouse. 1–13 March 1999, 16 November 1999 – 22 January 2000 |
2008–2009 | In a Dark Dark House | Terry | Michael Attenborough | Almeida Theatre. 27 November 2008 – 17 January 2009.[32] |
2011 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Gemma Bodinetz | Everyman Theatre. 6 May–11 June 2011.[33] |
2015-2016 | Hangmen | Hary Wade[34] | Matthew Dunster | Royal Court Theatre 10 Sep-10 Oct 2015[35] and Wyndhams Theatre 1st Dec 2015-5th March 2016.[36] |
Radio
Year | Title | Role | Radio station |
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2000 | As You Like It | Orlando | BBC Radio 3, broadcast on 23 April 2000[37] |
2001 | The Trials and Tribulations of Armitage Shanks | Armitage Shanks | BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Play, broadcast on 31 January 2001 |
2002 | Small Earthquake | Mike | BBC Radio 4, Friday Play, broadcast on 3 May 2002 |
2002 | Wild Things! | Robert | BBC Radio 4, broadcast 19 August–9 September 2002 |
2004 | Shut Eye | Billy Rucker | BBC Radio 4, broadcast 9–30 March 2004 |
2005 | Hold Back the Night | Billy Rucker | BBC Radio 4, broadcast 22 November–13 December 2005 |
2009 | Becket | Becket | BBC Radio 3, broadcast 4 October 2009[38] |
2013 | Kermode and Mayo's Film Review | Himself | BBC Radio 5 Live, broadcast 01 November 2013 |
Narration
Year | Title | Notes |
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2004 | Zero Hour | 2 episodes of television series:
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2004 | Britain's Boy Soldiers | Television documentary |
2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | 1 series of television series, 2004 |
2004 | Boy That Michael Jackson Paid Off, TheThe Boy That Michael Jackson Paid Off | Television documentary |
2005–2007 | Skint | 2 series of television series, 2005–2007 |
2007 | Taking Liberties | Film documentary |
2008–2010 | Seaside Rescue | Television documentary series |
2009 | Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves | Television documentary |
2009 | Born to Be Different | 2 episodes of television series:
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2009 | Coastline Cops | Television documentary series |
2010 | Hannah: The Girl Who Said No to a New Heart | Television documentary |
2010 | Icarus at the Edge of Time | Live concert |
2011 | Agony & Ecstasy | 3-part television documentary |
2011 | Around the World in 60 Minutes | Television documentary |
2011 | Lord Sugar Tackles Football | Television documentary |
2011 | The Corrie Years | 3-part television documentary |
2013 | "Autobiography" written by Morrissey | Audiobook narration |
Footnotes
- ↑ Entitled Viva Blackpool in the United States.
- ↑ Entitled Viva Blackpool: Ripley's Return in the United States.
- ↑ Entitled Meadowlands in the United States.
- ↑ First broadcast in New Zealand.[7]
- ↑ First broadcast in the United States.[8]
- ↑ Morrissey had no intention of making an appearance in the film during production, but during post-production he looped his own voice for the dog race commentary as no-one else was available.
- ↑ Screened at the 2010 Greenbelt festival.
- ↑ Marathon performance of Henry VI (reduced) and Richard III.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "David Morrissey". British Film Institute. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 "David Morrissey" (.pdf). Troika Talent. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ Cooper, Sarah (2 March 2010). "Morrissey to produce and star in Thorne drama" (subscription access). Screen (Emap Media).
- ↑ "Television Nominations 2003". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ↑ "RTS Programme Awards 1997". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ↑ "RTS Programme Awards 2003". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ↑ "Sunday Theatre: U Be Dead". Throng. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ "Murder on the Orient Express". PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Retrieved on 6 July 2010.
- ↑ Thorpe, Vanessa (29 May 2011). "Shakespeare gets the starring role in cultural celebration alongside Olympics". The Observer (Guardian News & Media): p. 16.
- ↑ BBC Press Office (26 August 2011). "Love Life: five original, provocative love stories from Dominic Savage for BBC One". Press release. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ Jeffery, Morgan (29 April 2013). "'Broadchurch' Olivia Colman, Sheridan Smith for new BBC One drama". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 April 2013 (archived by WebCite on 30 April 2013).
- ↑ BBC Press Office (16 April 2003). "State of Play press pack. Press release: p. 32. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ Williams, Zoe (12 November 2005). "Up for the big league". The Guardian (Guardian News & Media): p. 26 (Weekend supplement)..
- ↑ "Cooked". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ↑ "Productions". Bonafide Films. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ↑ Staff (13 February 1986). "Regional Productions". The Stage and Television Today: p. 9.
- ↑ Staff (29 May 1986). "Theatre Week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 23.
- ↑ Staff (19 March 1987). "Production news". The Stage and Television Today: p. 28.
- ↑ "The Cabinet Minister". Royal Exchange. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ↑ "The Life and Death of King John". RSC Shakespeare. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 Staff (1 September 1988). "Production news". The Stage and Television Today: p. 17.
- ↑ Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 Performance Details. Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Edward IV Performance Details. Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Richard III Performance Details. Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Ann (16 June 1988). "Theatre week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 14.
- ↑ Richard III Performance Details. Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Staff (27 April 1989). "Theatre week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 8.
- ↑ King John Performance Details. Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Hepple, Peter (8 March 1990). "Peer pressure". The Stage and Television Today: p. 13.
- ↑ "The School for Scandal". University of Bristol Theatre Collection. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ↑ Staff (13 May 1993). "Production News". The Stage and Television Today: p. 10.
- ↑ "Listings: In a Dark Dark House". The Stage Online. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ↑ Jones, Catherine (15 April 2011). "David Morrissey talks about his return to Liverpool's Everyman to play Macbeth". Liverpool Echo (Trinity Mirror): p. 8.
- ↑ http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hangmen
- ↑ http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hangmen
- ↑ http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/hangmen-west-end
- ↑ Staff (27 April 2000). "Treads a likeable path". The Stage and Television Today: p. 20.
- ↑ BBC Press Office (28 August 2009). "Classic stage plays and adaptations of major works of fiction at the heart of new drama season on Radio 3". Press release. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
External links
- "David Morrissey". Internet Movie Database (IMBb.com, Inc). Retrieved 17 December 2008.