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.
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 Instinct 2 (2006) was widely criticised, and The Reaping (2007) bombed at the box office. Since then, he has had leading roles in Sense and Sensibility (2008), Red Riding (2009) and Five Days (2010), acted in the films Nowhere Boy (2009) and Centurion (2010), and produced and starred in the crime drama Thorne (2010). He returned to the stage in 2008 for a run of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House and will take the title role in the Liverpool Everyman's production of Macbeth in 2011.
As a director Morrissey has helmed short films, and the dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004) for the BBC. His feature debut, Don't Worry About Me, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival and was broadcast on BBC television in March 2010. He is married to the novelist Esther Freud, has three children and is a patron of numerous charities.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Woman in Cabin 10
Character:Thomas Heatherley
Release Date:09/10/2025
Slingshot
Character:Sam Napier
Release Date:30/08/2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
Character:The Governor (archive footage)
Release Date:15/02/2024
Six Inches of Soil
Character:Narrator (animated sequence)
Release Date:04/01/2024
Dampyr
Character:Gorka
Release Date:28/10/2022
The Colour Room
Character:Fred Ridgeway
Release Date:12/11/2021
Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/08/2020
Klopp: The Inside Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/08/2020
A Separate Peace
Character:John Brown
Release Date:01/05/2020
Two Tribes
Character:Self
Release Date:25/03/2019
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Character:Mark Antony
Release Date:22/03/2018
The Ones Below
Character:Jon
Release Date:11/03/2016
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
Character:Harry
Release Date:03/03/2016
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/02/2016
Ronaldo
Character:Dramatic VO (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2015
Secrets of Mexico's Drug War
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/03/2015
Doctor Who Explained
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2013
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2013
Welcome to the Punch
Character:Thomas Geiger
Release Date:15/03/2013
Earthbound
Character:Bill Norman
Release Date:06/02/2012
London's Burning
Character:Borough Commander
Release Date:22/12/2011
Blitz
Character:Dunlop
Release Date:20/05/2011
Macbeth
Character:Macbeth
Release Date:06/05/2011
Around The World In 60 Mins
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2011
Gee Gee
Character:Michael
Release Date:01/01/2011
Thorne: Scaredycat
Character:DI Tom Thorne
Release Date:31/10/2010
Cooked
Character:(voice)
Release Date:21/05/2010
Centurion
Character:Bothos
Release Date:15/02/2010
Mrs Mandela
Character:Theunis Swanepoel
Release Date:25/01/2010
Nowhere Boy
Character:Bobby Dykins
Release Date:25/12/2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Character:Maurice Jobson
Release Date:11/11/2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Character:Maurice Jobson
Release Date:11/11/2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Character:Maurice Jobson
Release Date:11/11/2009
U Be Dead
Character:Dr. Jan Falkowski
Release Date:05/07/2009
Is Anybody There?
Character:Dad
Release Date:17/04/2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Character:Jackson Lake
Release Date:25/12/2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
Character:Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
Release Date:28/02/2008
The Water Horse
Character:Captain Thomas Hamilton
Release Date:25/12/2007
The Reaping
Character:Doug
Release Date:04/04/2007
Taking Liberties
Character:Narration
Release Date:01/01/2007
Viva Blackpool
Character:Ripley Holden
Release Date:10/06/2006
Basic Instinct 2
Character:Michael Glass
Release Date:29/03/2006
Stoned
Character:Tom Keylock
Release Date:18/11/2005
Derailed
Character:Sam Griffin
Release Date:11/11/2005
The Year London Blew Up
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/2005
Zero Hour - Terror in Tokyo
Character:Self-Narrator(voice)
Release Date:19/09/2004
Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/09/2004
Disaster at Chernobyl
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Deal
Character:Gordon Brown
Release Date:28/09/2003
This Little Life
Character:Richie MacGregor
Release Date:19/03/2003
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Character:Self
Release Date:08/02/2003
Out of Control
Character:Mike
Release Date:18/08/2002
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Character:Captain Günther Weber
Release Date:18/04/2001
Born Romantic
Character:Fergus
Release Date:14/09/2000
Some Voices
Character:Pete
Release Date:25/08/2000
The Suicide Club
Character:Henry Joyce
Release Date:13/01/2000
Fanny & Elvis
Character:Rob
Release Date:19/11/1999
Hilary and Jackie
Character:Kiffer Finzi
Release Date:30/12/1998
Big Cat
Character:Leo
Release Date:06/09/1998
The Commissioner
Character:Murray Lomax
Release Date:22/02/1998
The One That Got Away
Character:Andy "Mac" McNab
Release Date:18/02/1996
Being Human
Character:Cyprion's Man
Release Date:06/05/1994
Black and Blue
Character:DC Norman Mills
Release Date:27/09/1992
Waterland
Character:Dick Crick
Release Date:21/08/1992
Clubland
Character:DC Judd
Release Date:28/08/1991
Robin Hood
Character:Little John
Release Date:26/04/1991
The Widowmaker
Character:Rob
Release Date:29/12/1990
Available Light
Character:Marcus
Release Date:05/09/1990
Drowning by Numbers
Character:Bellamy
Release Date:10/09/1988
Out of Town
Character:The Traveller
Release Date:01/01/1988
Cause Célèbre
Character:George Bowman
Release Date:23/08/1987
Television Appearances
Prime Target
Character:Professor Robert Mallinder
Manhunt
Character:Narrator
Daddy Issues
Character:Malcolm
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Character:Self - Guest
The Long Shadow
Character:DCS George Oldfield
The Long Shadow
Character:ACC George Oldfield
Gods of Tennis
Character:Narrator
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan
Character:Narrator
Britain's Notorious Prisons
Character:Narrator
Ellie & Natasia
Character:Dentist
Sherwood
Character:DCS Ian St Clair
Between the Covers
Character:Self
The Singapore Grip
Character:Walter Blackett
Good Omens
Character:Captain Vincent
The City and the City
Character:Tyador Borlú
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character:Self - Guest
Britannia
Character:General Aulus Plautius
Lion Country: Night and Day
Character:Narrator (voice)
Rock 'n' Roll America
Character:Narrator
The Missing
Character:Sam Webster
The Driver
Character:Vince McKee
Extant
Character:Tobias Shepherd
Inside No. 9
Character:Martin
The 7.39
Character:Carl Matthews
The Hollow Crown
Character:Earl of Northumberland
True Love
Character:Adrian
The Field of Blood
Character:Murray Devlin
South Riding
Character:Robert Carne
The Walking Dead
Character:Philip Blake
Thorne
Character:Tom Thorne
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Character:Self
Red Riding
Character:DS Maurice Jobson
Meet The Immigrants
Character:
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Colonel Brandon
Meadowlands
Character:Danny Brogan
Five Days
Character:DI Mal Craig
The One Show
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Blackpool
Character:Ripley Holden
Zero Hour
Character:Narrator (voice)
This World
Character:
9mm: Guns and Gangs
Character:Narrator
State of Play
Character:Stephen Collins
Murder
Character:Dave Dewston
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self - Guest
Linda Green
Character:Pete
Pure Wickedness
Character:Frank Healy
Our Mutual Friend
Character:Bradley Headstone
Holding On
Character:Shaun
Soccer AM
Character:Self
Out of the Blue
Character:D.S. Jim 'Lew' Llewyn
Devil's Advocate
Character:Matthew Salt
Finney
Character:Stephen Finney
Framed
Character:Sgt. Larry Jackson
Between the Lines
Character:
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Character:Theseus
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:John Arbuthnot
One Summer
Character:
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