The filmography of English actor David Morrissey encompasses acting, directing, producing, and screenwriting roles in film, television, and theatre for over 30 years. [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 Sky 1. [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]
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
The Widowmaker | Rob | Television film | |
The Storyteller: Greek Myths | Theseus | 1 episode of television series:
| |
1991 | ScreenPlay: Clubland | Judd | Television film |
1992 | Screen One: Black and Blue | DC Norman Mills | Television film |
Framed | Sergeant Lawrence Jackson | 4-part television serial | |
1993 | Between the Lines | Inspector Dilke | 2 episodes of television series:
|
1994 | The Knock | Gerry Birch | 1 series of television series |
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 |
The One That Got Away | Sergeant Andy "Mac" McNab | Television film | |
Shakespeare Shorts: Julius Caesar | Brutus | 1 episode of television anthology | |
Out of the Blue | DS 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 |
Screen One: Big Cat | Leo | Television film | |
1999 | Fanny and Elvis | Rob Dickson | Television film |
Pure Wickedness | Frank Healy | 4-part television serial | |
2001 | Linda Green | Pete Jones | 1 episode of television series:
|
2002 | Clocking Off | Franny Rothwell | 1 episode of television series:
|
Murder | Dave Dewston | 4-part television serial | |
Out of Control | Mike | Television film | |
2003 | This Little Life | Richie MacGregor | Television film |
State of Play | Stephen Collins | 6-part television serial | |
The 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 | Colonel Brandon | 3-part television serial |
Doctor Who | Jackson Lake | TV series; episode: "The Next Doctor" | |
2009 | Red Riding | Maurice Jobson | 3-part television serial |
U Be Dead | Dr. Jan Falkowski | Television film [nb 4] | |
2010 | Mrs Mandela | Major Theunis Swanepoel | Television film |
Five Days | DI Mal Craig | 4 episodes of 5-part television serial | |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Colonel John Arbuthnot | 1 episode of television series: | |
Thorne | DI Tom Thorne | 1 series of television series | |
2011 | South Riding | Robert Carne | 3-part television serial |
London's Burning | Borough Commander Campbell | Television film | |
2011–2013 | The Field of Blood | Murray Devlin | 2 series of television series |
2012 | Richard II | Northumberland | Television film [9] |
True Love | Adrian | 1 episode of television series:
| |
2012–2015 | The Walking Dead | Philip Blake / The Governor | Main cast; 19 episodes Starring (seasons 3-4), Guest (season 5) |
2014 | The 7.39 | Carl Matthews | 2-part television serial [11] |
The Driver | Vince McKee | TV series | |
2015 | Extant | General Tobias Shepherd | 11 episodes |
2016 | The Missing | Captain Sam Webster | 8 episodes |
2017 | The League of Gentlemen | Gareth Chapman | 1 episode of television series:
|
2018–2021 | Britannia | Aulus Plautius | 18 episodes |
2018 | The City & the City | Tyador Borlú | 4 episodes |
2019 | Good Omens | Captain Vincent | 1 episode of TV series [13] |
2020 | Inside No. 9 | Martin | Episode 1, Series 5, The Referee is a Wanker |
The Singapore Grip | Walter Blackett | TV series | |
2022–present | Sherwood | Detective Chief Superintendent Ian St Clair | TV series [14] |
2023 | The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off | Himself / Contestant | Star Baker [15] [16] |
The Long Shadow | DCS George Oldfield | Main cast [17] | |
2024–present | Daddy Issues | Malcolm | Main role |
2025 | Prime Target † | Professor Robert Mallinder | Upcoming miniseries |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Drowning by Numbers | Bellamy | Feature film |
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 |
Being Human | Cyprian's Man | Feature film | |
1998 | The Commissioner | Murray Lomax | Feature film |
Hilary and Jackie | Kiffer Finzi | Feature film | |
2000 | The Suicide Club | Henry Joyce | Feature film |
Some Voices | Pete | Feature film | |
Born Romantic | Fergus Greer | Feature film | |
2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Captain Gunther Weber | Feature film |
2002 | Spyhole | Bill Miller | Feature film |
2003 | Butterfly World | Father | Short film |
Girl with a Pearl Earring | Van Leeuwenhoek [18] | Feature film – Scenes deleted [19] | |
2005 | Stoned | Tom Keylock | Feature film |
Derailed | Sam Griffin | Feature film | |
2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Glass | Feature film |
2007 | The Reaping | Doug Blackwell | Feature film |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Captain Hamilton | Feature film | |
2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk | Feature film |
2009 | Is Anybody There? | Dad | Feature film |
Don't Worry About Me | Commentator | Feature film – Uncredited [nb 6] | |
Nowhere Boy | Bobby Dykins | Feature film | |
2010 | Centurion | Bothos | Feature film |
Cooked | Dan (Lobster) (voice) | Short film [20] | |
2011 | Gee Gee | Michael | Short film [21] |
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 |
2021 | The Colour Room | Fred Ridgeway | Feature film |
2022 | Dampyr | Gorka | Feature film [22] [23] |
2024 | Slingshot | Napier | Feature film |
TBA | The Woman in Cabin 10 † | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1986 | WCPC | PC Simon | Pam Brighton | Liverpool Playhouse. February 1986. [24] |
Jug | Matt Bradbury | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford East. 3 June–5 July 1986. [25] | |
Le Cid | Declan Donnellan | National tour/Cheek by Jowl | ||
1987 | Twelfth Night | Sebastian | Declan Donnellan | Donmar Warehouse/Cheek by Jowl |
Ghetto | Giorgio | Julia Pascal | Hammersmith Riverside Studios. March–5 April 1987. [26] | |
1987–1988 | The Cabinet Minister | Valentine White | Braham Murray | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 17 December 1987 – 30 January 1988. [27] |
1988 | King John | Bastard | Deborah Warner | The Other Place/RSC. May–June 1988. [28] |
Henry VI, Parts 1 , 2 and 3 | Vernon | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 29 September 1988. [29] [30] | |
Edward IV | Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 6 October 1988. [29] [31] | |
Richard III | Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 13 October 1988. [29] [32] | |
The Plantagenets [nb 7] | Vernon/Duke of Clarence | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 22 October 1988. [29] | |
1989 | Richard III | Duke of Clarence | Deborah Warner | Barbican Centre/RSC. April–May 1989. [33] [34] |
King John | Bastard | Deborah Warner | The Pit/RSC. April–June 1989. [35] [36] | |
1990 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | Declan Donnellan | Olivier (National). 28 February–March 1990. [37] |
The School for Scandal | Peter Wood | Olivier (National). 24 April–May 1990. [38] | ||
1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Matthew Warchus | Queen's Theatre. 6 July 1993 for 12 weeks. [39] |
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. [40] |
2011 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Gemma Bodinetz | Everyman Theatre. 6 May–11 June 2011. [41] |
2015–2016 | Hangmen | Hary Wade [42] | Matthew Dunster | Royal Court Theatre 10 Sep–10 Oct 2015 [43] and Wyndhams Theatre 1 December 2015 – 5 March 2016. [44] |
2018 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre |
Year | Title | Role | Radio station |
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2000 | As You Like It | Orlando | BBC Radio 3, broadcast on 23 April 2000 [45] |
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 |
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 [46] |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2004 | Zero Hour | 4 episodes of television series:
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Britain's Boy Soldiers | Television documentary | |
Who Do You Think You Are? | 1 series of television series, 2004 | |
The 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 |
Born to Be Different | 2 episodes of television series:
| |
Coastline Cops | Television documentary series | |
2010 | Hannah: The Girl Who Said No to a New Heart | Television documentary |
Icarus at the Edge of Time | Live concert | |
2011 | Agony & Ecstasy | 3-part television documentary |
Around the World in 60 Minutes | Television documentary | |
Lord Sugar Tackles Football | Television documentary | |
The Corrie Years | 3-part television documentary | |
2013 | "Autobiography" written by Morrissey | Audiobook narration |
2023 | Turkey: Empire of Erdogan [47] | 2-part television documentary |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Something for the Weekend | Writer and producer | Short film |
1998 | A 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 8] |
Thorne | Executive producer | 1 series of television series | |
2024 | Daddy Issues | Executive producer [48] | Television series |
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