David Morrissey

About

David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. He grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool. Learning to act at the Everyman Youth Theatre, alongside Ian Hart, Mark and Stephen McGann, and Cathy Tyson. At age 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 (RADA) 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...

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The Walking DeadSeries • 2010Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989Good OmensSeries • 2019Inside No. 9Series • 2014ExtantSeries • 2014Prime TargetSeries • 2025ScreenPlaySeries • 1986BritanniaSeries • 2018Between the LinesSeries • 1992The Hollow CrownSeries • 2012The MissingSeries • 2014The Other Boleyn GirlMovie • 2008Screen OneSeries • 1989SherwoodSeries • 2022Basic Instinct 2Movie • 2006Tip ToeSeries • 2026The Woman in Cabin 10Movie • 2025Daddy IssuesSeries • 2024Sense and SensibilitySeries • 2008GoneSeries • 2026The Long ShadowSeries • 2023Five DaysSeries • 2007DerailedMovie • 2005ParishSeries • 2024