David Morrissey filmography explained

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]}

Acting

Television

scope=col	Year(s)	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Role	scope=col class=unsortable	Notes
scope=row	1983	One Summer	Billy Rizley	5-part television series
scope=row	1987	Cause Célèbre	George Bowman	2-part television serial
scope=row	1990	ScreenPlay Available Light	Marcus	Television film
scope=row	1990		Rob	Television film
scope=row	1990		Theseus	1 episode of television series: "Theseus and the Minotaur"
scope=row	1991	ScreenPlay Clubland	Judd	Television film
scope=row	1992	Screen One Black and Blue		Television film
scope=row	1992	Framed		4-part television serial
scope=row	1993	Between the Lines		2 episodes of television series: "Big Boys' Rules, Part 1" "Big Boys' Rules, Part 2"
scope=row	1994		Gerry Birch	1 series of television series
scope=row	1994	Finney	Finney	1 series of television series
scope=row	1995	Devil's Advocate	Matthew Salt	Television film
scope=row	1996	Into the Fire	Michael Ride	3-part television serial
scope=row	1996		Sergeant Andy "Mac" McNab	Television film
scope=row	1996	Shakespeare Shorts: Julius Caesar	Brutus	1 episode of television anthology
scope=row	1996	Out of the Blue		1 series of television series
scope=row	1997	Holding On	Shaun Southerns	8-part television serial
scope=row	1998	Our Mutual Friend	Bradley Headstone	4-part television serial
scope=row	1998	Screen One Big Cat	Leo	Television film
scope=row	1999	Fanny and Elvis	Rob Dickson	Television film
scope=row	1999	Pure Wickedness	Frank Healy	4-part television serial
scope=row	2001	Linda Green	Pete Jones	1 episode of television series: "Pete"
scope=row	2002	Clocking Off	Franny Rothwell	1 episode of television series: Series 3, episode 1
scope=row	2002	Murder	Dave Dewston	4-part television serial
scope=row	2002	Out of Control	Mike	Television film
scope=row	2003	This Little Life	Richie MacGregor	Television film
scope=row	2003	State of Play	Stephen Collins	6-part television serial
scope=row	2003		Gordon Brown	Television film
scope=row	2004	Blackpool^[7]	Ripley Holden	6-part television serial
scope=row	2006	Viva Blackpool^[8]	Ripley Holden	Television film
scope=row	2007	Cape Wrath^[9]	Danny Brogan	1 series of television series
scope=row	2008	Sense and Sensibility		3-part television serial
scope=row	2008	Doctor Who	Jackson Lake/The Doctor	1 episode of television series: "The Next Doctor"
scope=row	2009	Red Riding	Maurice Jobson	3-part television serial
scope=row	2009	U Be Dead		Television film
scope=row	2010	Mrs Mandela		Television film
scope=row	2010	Five Days		4 episodes of 5-part television serial
scope=row	2010	Agatha Christie's Poirot		1 episode of television series: "Murder on the Orient Express"
scope=row	2010	Thorne		1 series of television series
scope=row	2011	South Riding	Robert Carne	3-part television serial
scope=row	2011–2013	The Field of Blood	Murray Devlin	2 series of television series
scope=row	2011	London's Burning	Borough Commander Campbell	Television film
scope=row	2012	Richard II	Northumberland	Television film^[10]
scope=row	2012	True Love	Adrian	1 episode of television series: Story Five^[11]
scope=row	2012–2015		Philip Blake / The Governor	Main cast; 19 episodesStarring (seasons 3-4), Guest (season 5)
scope=row	2014	The 7.39	Carl Matthews	2-part television serial^[12]
scope=row	2014	The Driver	Vince McKee	TV series
2015	Extant	General Tobias Shepherd	11 episodes
scope=row	2016	The Missing	Captain Sam Webster	8 episodes
scope=row	2017	The League of Gentlemen	Gareth Chapman	1 episode of television series: Anniversary Specials, "Royston Vasey Mon Amour"^[13]
scope=row	2018–2021	Britannia	Aulus Plautius	18 episodes
scope=row	2018	The City & the City	Tyador Borlú	4 episodes
scope=row	2019	Good Omens	Captain Vincent	1 episode of TV series^[14]
scope=row	2020	Inside No. 9	Martin	Episode 1, Series 5, The Referee is a Wanker
scope=row	2020	The Singapore Grip	Walter Blackett	TV series
scope=row	2022–present	Sherwood	Detective Chief Superintendent Ian St Clair	TV series^[15]
scope=row	2023	The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off	Himself / Contestant	Star Baker^[16] ^[17]
scope=row	2023	The Long Shadow	DCS George Oldfield	Main cast^[18]
scope=row	2024	Daddy Issues	Malcolm	Main role
scope=row	TBA	Prime Target		Upcoming miniseries

Film

scope=col	Year(s)	scope=col	Year	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Role	scope=col	Notes
scope=row	1988	Drowning by Numbers	Bellamy	Feature film
scope=row	1988	Out of Town	Traveller	Short film
scope=row	1991	Robin Hood	Little John	Feature film
scope=row	1992	Waterland	Dick Crick	Feature film
scope=row	1993	Under	Cast member	Short film
scope=row	1993	Being Human	Cyprian's Man	Feature film
scope=row	1998	The Commissioner	Murray Lomax	Feature film
scope=row	1998	Hilary and Jackie	Kiffer Finzi	Feature film
scope=row	2000	The Suicide Club	Henry Joyce	Feature film
scope=row	2000	Some Voices	Pete	Feature film
scope=row	2000	Born Romantic	Fergus Greer	Feature film
scope=row	2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin		Feature film
scope=row	2002	Spyhole	Bill Miller	Feature film
scope=row	2003	Butterfly World	Father	Short film
scope=row	2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Van Leeuwenhoek^[19]	Feature film – Scenes deleted^[20]
scope=row	2005	Stoned	Tom Keylock	Feature film
scope=row	2005	Derailed	Sam Griffin	Feature film
scope=row	2006	Basic Instinct 2	Michael Glass	Feature film
scope=row	2007		Doug Blackwell	Feature film
scope=row	2007			Feature film
scope=row	2008		Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk	Feature film
scope=row	2009	Is Anybody There?	Dad	Feature film
scope=row	2009	Don't Worry About Me	Commentator	Feature film – Uncredited^[21]
scope=row	2009	Nowhere Boy	Bobby Dykins	Feature film
scope=row	2010	Centurion	Bothos	Feature film
scope=row	2010	Cooked	Dan (Lobster) (voice)	Short film^[22]
scope=row	2011	Gee Gee	Michael	Short film^[23]
scope=row	2011	Blitz	Harold Dunlop	Feature film
scope=row	2012	Earthbound	Bill	Feature film
scope=row	2013	Welcome to the Punch	Geiger	Feature film
scope=row	2015	The Ones Below	Jon	Feature film
scope=row	2021	The Colour Room	Fred Ridgeway	Feature film
scope=row	2022	Dampyr	Gorka	Feature film^[24] ^[25]
scope=row	2024	Slingshot	Napier	Feature film

Stage

scope=col	Year	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Role	scope=col	Director	scope=col class="unsortable"	Notes
scope=row	1986	WCPC		Pam Brighton	Liverpool Playhouse. February 1986.^[26]
scope=row	1986	Jug	Matt Bradbury	Philip Hedley	Theatre Royal, Stratford East. 3 June–5 July 1986.^[27]
scope=row	1986	Le Cid		Declan Donnellan	National tour/Cheek by Jowl
scope=row	1987	Twelfth Night	Sebastian	Declan Donnellan	Donmar Warehouse/Cheek by Jowl
scope=row	1987	Ghetto	Giorgio	Julia Pascal	Hammersmith Riverside Studios. March–5 April 1987.^[28]
scope=row	1987–1988		Valentine White	Braham Murray	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 17 December 1987 – 30 January 1988.^[29]
scope=row	1988	King John	Bastard	Deborah Warner	The Other Place/RSC. May–June 1988.^[30]
scope=row	1988	Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3	Vernon	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 29 September 1988.^[31] ^[32]
scope=row	1988	Edward IV	Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 6 October 1988.^[33]
scope=row	1988	Richard III	Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 13 October 1988.^[34]
scope=row	1988	^[35]	Vernon/Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 22 October 1988.
scope=row	1989	Richard III	Duke of Clarence	Deborah Warner	Barbican Centre/RSC. April–May 1989.^[36] ^[37]
scope=row	1989	King John	Bastard	Deborah Warner	The Pit/RSC. April–June 1989.^[38] ^[39]
scope=row	1990	Peer Gynt	Peer Gynt	Declan Donnellan	Olivier (National). 28 February–March 1990.^[40]
scope=row	1990			Peter Wood	Olivier (National). 24 April–May 1990.^[41]
scope=row	1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio	Matthew Warchus	Queen's Theatre. 6 July 1993 for 12 weeks.^[42]
scope=row	1999–2000	Three Days of Rain	Pip/Theo	Robin LeFevre	Donmar Warehouse. 1–13 March 1999, 16 November 1999 – 22 January 2000
scope=row	2008–2009	In a Dark Dark House	Terry	Michael Attenborough	Almeida Theatre. 27 November 2008 – 17 January 2009.^[43]
scope=row	2011	Macbeth	Macbeth	Gemma Bodinetz	Everyman Theatre. 6 May–11 June 2011.^[44]
scope=row	2015–2016	Hangmen	Hary Wade^[45]	Matthew Dunster	Royal Court Theatre 10 Sep–10 Oct 2015^[46] and Wyndhams Theatre 1 December 2015 – 5 March 2016.^[47]
scope=row	2018	Julius Caesar	Mark Antony	Nicholas Hytner	Bridge Theatre

Radio

scope=col	Year	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Role	scope=col class=unsortable	Radio station
scope=row	2000	As You Like It	Orlando	BBC Radio 3, broadcast on 23 April 2000^[48]
scope=row	2001	The Trials and Tribulations of Armitage Shanks	Armitage Shanks	BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Play, broadcast on 31 January 2001
scope=row	2002	Small Earthquake	Mike	BBC Radio 4, Friday Play, broadcast on 3 May 2002
scope=row	2002	Wild Things!	Robert	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 19 August–9 September 2002
scope=row	2004	Shut Eye	Billy Rucker	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 9–30 March 2004
scope=row	2005	Hold Back the Night	Billy Rucker	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 22 November–13 December 2005
scope=row	2009	Becket	Becket	BBC Radio 3, broadcast 4 October 2009^[49]

Narration

scope=col	Year	scope=col	Title	scope=col class=unsortable	Notes
scope=row	2004	Zero Hour	4 episodes of television series: "Columbine" "9/11" "Disaster at Chernobyl" "Terror in Tokyo"
scope=row	2004	Britain's Boy Soldiers	Television documentary
scope=row	2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	1 series of television series, 2004
scope=row	2004		Television documentary
scope=row	2005–2007	Skint	2 series of television series, 2005–2007
scope=row	2007	Taking Liberties	Film documentary
scope=row	2008–2010	Seaside Rescue	Television documentary series
scope=row	2009	Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves	Television documentary
scope=row	2009	Born to Be Different	2 episodes of television series: "Turning Eight" "Turning Nine"
scope=row	2009	Coastline Cops	Television documentary series
scope=row	2010	Hannah: The Girl Who Said No to a New Heart	Television documentary
scope=row	2010	Icarus at the Edge of Time	Live concert
scope=row	2011	Agony & Ecstasy	3-part television documentary
scope=row	2011	Around the World in 60 Minutes	Television documentary
scope=row	2011	Lord Sugar Tackles Football	Television documentary
scope=row	2011	The Corrie Years	3-part television documentary
scope=row	2013	"Autobiography" written by Morrissey	Audiobook narration
scope=row	2023	^[50]	2-part television documentary

Filmmaking

scope=col	Year(s)	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Role	scope=col class=unsortable	Notes
scope=row	1996	Something for the Weekend	Writer and producer	Short film
scope=row	1998		Director	Short film
scope=row	2000	Bring Me Your Love	Director and writer	Short film
scope=row	2001	Sweet Revenge	Director	2-part television film
scope=row	2004	Passer By	Director	2-part television film
scope=row	2009	Don't Worry About Me	Director and co-writer	Feature film
scope=row	2010	CAST in Beirut	Director	Documentary short^[51]
scope=row	2010	Thorne	Executive producer	1 series of television series
scope=row	2024	Daddy Issues	Executive producer^[52]	Television series

External links

• "David Morrissey". Internet Movie Database (IMBb.com, Inc). Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Notes and References

1. "David Morrissey ". British Film Institute. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
2. "David Morrissey" (.pdf). Troika Talent. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
3. Cooper, Sarah (2 March 2010). "Morrissey to produce and star in Thorne drama" (subscription access). Screen (Emap Media).
4. "Television Nominations 2003". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
5. "RTS Programme Awards 1997 ". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
6. "RTS Programme Awards 2003 ". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
7. Entitled Viva Blackpool in the United States.
8. Entitled Viva Blackpool: Ripley's Return in the United States.
9. Entitled Meadowlands in the United States.
10. Thorpe, Vanessa (29 May 2011). "Shakespeare gets the starring role in cultural celebration alongside Olympics". The Observer (Guardian News & Media): p. 16.
11. 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.
12. 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).
13. Web site: BBC Two - The League of Gentlemen, Anniversary Specials, Royston Vasey Mon Amour . BBC . 21 March 2024.
14. Web site: Good Omens: how did so many incredible actors end up in the same cast? . Radio Times. 5 June 2019 . en.
15. Web site: Sherwood. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 10 June 2022.
16. Web site: The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off. The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off. 7 February 2023 . 9 February 2023.
17. Web site: The Great British Bake Off special crowns another winner. uk.movies.yahoo.com. 3 March 2023.
18. Web site: The Long Shadow casting announcement. itv.com/presscentre. 18 August 2023.
19. BBC Press Office (16 April 2003). "State of Play press pack". Press release: p. 32. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
20. Williams, Zoe (12 November 2005). "Up for the big league". The Guardian (Guardian News & Media): p. 26 (Weekend supplement).
21. 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.
22. "Cooked". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
23. "Productions ". Bonafide Films. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
24. Web site: Movie Adaptation of 'Dampyr' Comic Sets Cast, Starts Production (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 31 October 2019. 7 December 2019.
25. Web site: Bonelli ha annunciato il cast del film di Dampyr. Fumettologica. 1 November 2019. it. 7 December 2019.
26. Staff (13 February 1986). "Regional Productions". The Stage and Television Today: p. 9.
27. Staff (29 May 1986). "Theatre Week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 23.
28. Staff (19 March 1987). "Production news". The Stage and Television Today: p. 28.
29. "The Cabinet Minister ". Royal Exchange. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
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31. Staff (1 September 1988). "Production news". The Stage and Television Today: p. 17.
32. http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11360 Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 Performance Details
33. http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11184 Edward IV Performance Details
34. http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11839 Richard III Performance Details
35. Marathon performance of Henry VI (reduced) and Richard III.
36. Fitzgerald, Ann (16 June 1988). "Theatre week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 14.
37. http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11842 Richard III Performance Details
38. Staff (27 April 1989). "Theatre week". The Stage and Television Today: p. 8.
39. http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11401 King John Performance Details
40. Hepple, Peter (8 March 1990). "Peer pressure". The Stage and Television Today: p. 13.
41. "The School for Scandal". University of Bristol Theatre Collection. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
42. Staff (13 May 1993). "Production News". The Stage and Television Today: p. 10.
43. "Listings: In a Dark Dark House". The Stage Online. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
44. Jones, Catherine (15 April 2011). "David Morrissey talks about his return to Liverpool's Everyman to play Macbeth". Liverpool Echo (Trinity Mirror): p. 8.
45. Web site: Hangmen.
46. Web site: Hangmen.
47. Web site: Hangmen (West End).
48. Staff (27 April 2000). "Treads a likeable path". The Stage and Television Today: p. 20.
49. 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.
50. News: Ellen . Barbara . 2023-05-14 . The week in TV: City on Fire; Turkey: Empire of Erdogan; Kids; Mulligan – review . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-27 . 0261-3077.
51. Screened at the 2010 Greenbelt festival.
52. Web site: Yossman . K. J. . 2023-12-11 . Aimee Lou Wood, David Morrissey to Star in Father-Daughter Comedy 'Daddy Issues' (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-08-04 . Variety . en-US.