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David Morrissey(I)

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  • Director
  • Producer
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David Morrissey
Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
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Sherwood (2022– )
64 Videos
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David Morrissey started acting at Everyman's Youth Theatre in Liverpool, where he was born and raised. He made an auspicious debut in One Summer (1983), a series about two Liverpool runaways. Following a degree at RADA, he worked with the theatre company Cheek By Jowl. He has also worked at theatre such as the Manchester Royal Exchange and the National Theatre. He is married to novelist Esther Freud, the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud and daughter of artist Lucian Freud.
BornJune 21, 1964
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BornJune 21, 1964
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 2 wins & 7 nominations total

Photos166

David Morrissey and Jodie McNee in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey and Jodie McNee in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey and Jodie McNee in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)
John Marquez and David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)
John Marquez, David Morrissey, and Lucy Ellinson in Britannia (2017)
John Marquez, David Morrissey, Pauline Turner, and Lucy Ellinson in Britannia (2017)
John Marquez and David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)
David Morrissey in Britannia (2017)

Known for:

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
The Other Boleyn Girl
6.7
  • The Duke of Norfolk
  • 2008
Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead
8.1
TV Series
  • Philip 'The Governor' Blake
  • Brian Heriot
James McAvoy and Mark Strong in Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Welcome to the Punch
6.1
  • Thomas Geiger
  • 2013
Jason Statham in Blitz (2011)
Blitz
6.1
  • Dunlop
  • 2011

Credits

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Actor

  • Sherwood
    • DCS Ian St Clair
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Slingshot
    • Napier
    • Post-production
  • The Long Shadow
    • In Production
    • TV Mini Series
  • This World (2004)
    This World
    • Narrator
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Tanya-Loretta Dee in Trigger.Charlie.One (2022)
    Trigger.Charlie.One
    • Control (voice)
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Stuart Martin, Wade Briggs, Frida Gustavsson, and Sebastian Croft in Dampyr (2022)
    Dampyr
    • Gorka
    • 2022
  • Lesley Manville and David Morrissey in Sherwood (2022)
    Sherwood
    • DCS Ian St Clair
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou in Ellie & Natasia (2019)
    Ellie & Natasia
    • Dentist
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, David Morrissey, Cathy Tyson, and Divian Ladwa in Radioman (2022)
    Radioman
    • Ian Whittaker
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Phoebe Dynevor in The Colour Room (2021)
    The Colour Room
    • Fred Ridgeway
    • 2021
  • David Morrissey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Annabel Scholey, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Britannia (2017)
    Britannia
    • Aulus
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2021
  • Charles Dance, David Morrissey, Elizabeth Tan, Luke Treadaway, and Georgia Blizzard in The Singapore Grip (2020)
    The Singapore Grip
    • Walter Blackett
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • David Morrissey, Ed Stoppard, Denise Gough, Jenna Coleman, Maggie Service, and Sam Yates in A Separate Peace (2020)
    A Separate Peace
    • John Brown
    • Video
    • 2020
  • David Morrissey, Denise Gough, and Jenna Coleman in The Remote Read (2020)
    The Remote Read
    • John Brown
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Inside No. 9 (2014)
    Inside No. 9
    • Martin
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Good Omens (2019)
    Good Omens
    • Captain Vincent
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • The City and the City (2018)
    The City and the City
    • Inspector Borlú
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • David Calder, Michelle Fairley, David Morrissey, and Ben Whishaw in National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
    National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
    • Mark Antony
    • TV Movie
    • 2018

Director

  • Don't Worry About Me (2009)
    Don't Worry About Me
    • Director
    • 2009
  • James Nesbitt in Passer By (2004)
    Passer By
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2004
  • Sweet Revenge
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2001
  • Bring Me Your Love (2000)
    Bring Me Your Love
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2000
  • A Secret Audience (1998)
    A Secret Audience
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1998

Producer

  • Parish
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • David Morrissey in The Driver (2014)
    The Driver
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos65

“In Spite of All the Danger”
Clip 3:27
“In Spite of All the Danger”
Red Riding: 1974
Clip 1:12
Red Riding: 1974
Red Riding: 1983
Clip 1:43
Red Riding: 1983
Red Riding: 1980
Clip 1:06
Red Riding: 1980
Red Riding: 1980
Clip 1:17
Red Riding: 1980
Red Riding: 1980
Clip 0:43
Red Riding: 1980
Red Riding: 1974
Clip 1:18
Red Riding: 1974
Red Riding: 1974
Clip 1:05
Red Riding: 1974
Red Riding: 1974
Clip 1:42
Red Riding: 1974
Red Riding: 1974
Clip 1:00
Red Riding: 1974
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Clip 0:51
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Clip 1:12
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • David Morrisey
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • June 21, 1964
    • Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Esther FreudAugust 15, 2006 - present (3 children)
  • Parents
      Joe Morrissey
  • Other works
    His Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: Philip the Bastard in "King John" and Vernon/Duke of Clarence in "The Plantagenets" (1988).
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Brother-in-law of fashion designer Bella Freud. Son-in-law of painter Lucian Freud. Great grandson-in-law of Sigmund Freud.
  • Quotes
    You never have any control over what people write or what they think, but there is a sense of me as a working-class lad done very well. I don't know where that comes from . . . It's partly to do with One Summer (1983), the first thing I ever did, which is a very gritty piece of work; it was quite romantic, but it was about two poverty-stricken inner-city kids. People get confused, and think that was my background as well. In people's minds, there's no such thing as a middle-class scouser. Liverpool does tend to carry that sort of stamp of tough city kids, no arse in your trousers . . . it's so not that. We're the European city of culture, for God's sake!
  • Trademarks
      Gruff voice

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