David Wilmot | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1987–present |
David Wilmot is an Irish actor best known for his roles in Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), Intermission (2003), The Guard (2011) and Anna Karenina (2012).
Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. [1] He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Centre in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance.
Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in 16 episodes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama.
Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), Six Shooter (2006), The Guard (2011) and Gold (2014). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards.
In 2009 and 2010, Wilmot appeared in seasons 3 and 4 of the Showtime series The Tudors as rebel captain Sir Ralph Ellerker. In January 2012, he appeared in Sky 1's version of Treasure Island starring Eddie Izzard. He also appeared in the docudrama Saving the Titanic as the ship's Chief Engineer Joseph Bell. [2] [3] Wilmot played a supporting role in the BBC One drama Ripper Street , as the cantankerous bearded Police Sergeant Donald Atherton. He similarly played police Captain Connor in 2018's TNT production of The Alienist . He played the character of Israel Hands in season 4 of Starz pirate series Black Sails .
Wilmot starred as a series regular as the corporate consultant Clark in the 2021 HBO Max TV series Station Eleven, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | The Field | Boy at Dance | |
1996 | Michael Collins | Squad Youth #2 | |
1997 | The Devil's Own | Dessie | |
I Went Down | Anto | ||
The Last Bus Home | Bus Conductor | ||
1998 | The General | Assassin | |
1999 | A Love Divided | Ted Nealan | |
2000 | Rat | Phelim Spratt | |
Flick | Des Fitzpatrick | ||
2003 | Intermission | Oscar | |
2004 | Laws of Attraction | Brendan | |
King Arthur | Woad killed by Lancelot | ||
2006 | Studs | Bubbles | |
Middletown | Sammy | ||
2007 | Waiting for Dublin | Heneghan | |
2008 | Dorothy | Colin Garrivan | |
2010 | All Good Children | Julian | |
Parked | Peter | ||
2011 | The Guard | Liam O'Leary | |
Eliot & Me | Tom | ||
2012 | Shadow Dancer | Kevin Mulville | |
Good Vibrations | Eric | ||
Anna Karenina | Nikolai | ||
2013 | The Food Guide to Love | Padraig | |
2014 | Calvary | Father Leary | |
'71 | Boyle | ||
Gold | Ray | ||
2016 | War on Everyone | Pádraic Power | |
2017 | Breathe | Paddy | |
2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Portkey Tout | |
2019 | Little Joe | Karl | |
Calm with Horses | Hector | ||
Ordinary Love | Peter | ||
2022 | The Wonder | Seán Ryan | |
2023 | Lies We Tell | Silas | |
Embers | Gary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Lapsed Catholics | Fan | Television film |
1991 | The Treaty | Niall | Television film |
1993 | The Bill | Kevin Ryan | Episode: "A Malicious Prosecution" |
1997 | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Tom | Television film |
2002 | Ultimate Force | Fintan Maguire | Episode: "The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie" |
Home for Christmas | Damien Quirke | Television film | |
2003–2004 | The Clinic | Dr. Ed Costello | 16 episodes |
2009 | Father & Son | Detective Declan Henderson | 3 episodes |
2009–2010 | The Tudors | Ralph Ellerker | 5 episodes |
2012 | Saving the Titanic | Joseph Bell | Television film |
Treasure Island | William O'Brien | Television film | |
Immaturity for Charity | Various | Television film | |
2012–2016 | Ripper Street | Sgt. Donald Artherton | 25 episodes |
2013 | Vikings | Olaf Andwend | Episode: "Rites of Passage" |
2016 | Murder | Clyde Harris | Episode: "The Big Bang" |
2017 | Black Sails | Israel Hands | 10 episodes |
Vera | Mal Hinkin | Episode: "The Blanket Mire" | |
2018 | The Alienist | Captain Connor | 10 episodes |
Genius | José Ruiz y Blasco | Episode: "Picasso: Chapter One" | |
Mother's Day | Arthur | Television film | |
2019 | Resistance | Patrick Mahon | 4 episodes |
The Crown | Arthur Scargill | Episode: "Imbroglio" | |
Rebellion | Patrick Mahon | 2 episodes | |
2020 | The Letter for the King | Slupor | 5 episodes |
Barkskins | Hippolyte Bouchard | 8 episodes | |
2021–2022 | Station Eleven | Clark Thompson | 10 episodes |
2024 | Bodkin | Seamus Gallagher | 7 episodes |
TBA | House of Guinness | TBA | In production |
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