David Morrissey filmography

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 in May 2015

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

Key

†	Denotes series that have not yet been released

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
1983	One Summer	Billy Rizley	5-part television series
1987	Cause Célèbre	George Bowman	2-part television serial
1990	ScreenPlay: Available Light	Marcus	Television film
	The Widowmaker	Rob	Television film
	The Storyteller: Greek Myths	Theseus	1 episode of television series: "Theseus and the Minotaur"
1991	ScreenPlay: Clubland	Judd	Television film
1992	Screen One: Black and Blue	DC Norman Mills	Television film
	Framed	Sergeant Lawrence Jackson	4-part television serial
1993	Between the Lines	Inspector Dilke	2 episodes of television series: "Big Boys' Rules, Part 1" "Big Boys' Rules, Part 2"
1994	The Knock	Gerry Birch	1 series of television series
	Finney	Finney	1 series of television series
1995	Devil's Advocate	Matthew Salt	Television film
1996	Into the Fire	Michael Ride	3-part television serial
	The One That Got Away	Sergeant Andy "Mac" McNab	Television film
	Shakespeare Shorts: Julius Caesar	Brutus	1 episode of television anthology
	Out of the Blue	DS Jim "Lew" Llewyn	1 series of television series
1997	Holding On	Shaun Southerns	8-part television serial
1998	Our Mutual Friend	Bradley Headstone	4-part television serial
	Screen One: Big Cat	Leo	Television film
1999	Fanny and Elvis	Rob Dickson	Television film
	Pure Wickedness	Frank Healy	4-part television serial
2001	Linda Green	Pete Jones	1 episode of television series: "Pete"
2002	Clocking Off	Franny Rothwell	1 episode of television series: "Franny's Story"
	Murder	Dave Dewston	4-part television serial
	Out of Control	Mike	Television film
2003	This Little Life	Richie MacGregor	Television film
	State of Play	Stephen Collins	6-part television serial
	The Deal	Gordon Brown	Television film
2004	Blackpool[nb 1]	Ripley Holden	6-part television serial
2006	Viva Blackpool[nb 2]	Ripley Holden	Television film
2007	Cape Wrath[nb 3]	Danny Brogan	1 series of television series
2008	Sense and Sensibility	Colonel Brandon	3-part television serial
	Doctor Who	Jackson Lake	TV series; episode: "The Next Doctor"
2009	Red Riding	Maurice Jobson	3-part television serial
	U Be Dead	Dr. Jan Falkowski	Television film[nb 4]
2010	Mrs Mandela	Major Theunis Swanepoel	Television film
	Five Days	DI Mal Craig	4 episodes of 5-part television serial
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Colonel John Arbuthnot	1 episode of television series: "Murder on the Orient Express"[nb 5]
	Thorne	DI Tom Thorne	1 series of television series
2011	South Riding	Robert Carne	3-part television serial
	London's Burning	Borough Commander Campbell	Television film
2011–2013	The Field of Blood	Murray Devlin	2 series of television series
2012	Richard II	Northumberland	Television film[9]
	True Love	Adrian	1 episode of television series: Story Five[10]
2012–2015	The Walking Dead	Philip Blake / The Governor	Main cast; 19 episodes Starring (seasons 3-4), Guest (season 5)
2014	The 7.39	Carl Matthews	2-part television serial[11]
	The Driver	Vince McKee	TV series
2015	Extant	General Tobias Shepherd	11 episodes
2016	The Missing	Captain Sam Webster	8 episodes
2017	The League of Gentlemen	Gareth Chapman	1 episode of television series: Anniversary Specials, "Royston Vasey Mon Amour"[12]
2018–2021	Britannia	Aulus Plautius	18 episodes
2018	The City & the City	Tyador Borlú	4 episodes
2019	Good Omens	Captain Vincent	1 episode of TV series[13]
2020	Inside No. 9	Martin	Episode 1, Series 5, The Referee is a Wanker
	The Singapore Grip	Walter Blackett	TV series
2022–present	Sherwood	Detective Chief Superintendent Ian St Clair	TV series[14]
2023	The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off	Himself / Contestant	Star Baker[15][16]
	The Long Shadow	DCS George Oldfield	Main cast[17]
2024–present	Daddy Issues	Malcolm	Main role
2025	Prime Target	Professor Robert Mallinder	Main role

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Drowning by Numbers	Bellamy	Feature film
	Out of Town	Traveller	Short film
1991	Robin Hood	Little John	Feature film
1992	Waterland	Dick Crick	Feature film
1993	Under	Cast member	Short film
	Being Human	Cyprian's Man	Feature film
1998	The Commissioner	Murray Lomax	Feature film
	Hilary and Jackie	Kiffer Finzi	Feature film
2000	The Suicide Club	Henry Joyce	Feature film
	Some Voices	Pete	Feature film
	Born Romantic	Fergus Greer	Feature film
2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Captain Gunther Weber	Feature film
2002	Spyhole	Bill Miller	Feature film
2003	Butterfly World	Father	Short film
	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Van Leeuwenhoek[18]	Feature film – Scenes deleted[19]
2005	Stoned	Tom Keylock	Feature film
	Derailed	Sam Griffin	Feature film
2006	Basic Instinct 2	Michael Glass	Feature film
2007	The Reaping	Doug Blackwell	Feature film
	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Captain Hamilton	Feature film
2008	The Other Boleyn Girl	Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk	Feature film
2009	Is Anybody There?	Dad	Feature film
	Don't Worry About Me	Commentator	Feature film – Uncredited[nb 6]
	Nowhere Boy	Bobby Dykins	Feature film
2010	Centurion	Bothos	Feature film
	Cooked	Dan (Lobster) (voice)	Short film[20]
2011	Gee Gee	Michael	Short film[21]
	Blitz	Harold Dunlop	Feature film
2012	Earthbound	Bill	Feature film
2013	Welcome to the Punch	Geiger	Feature film
2015	The Ones Below	Jon	Feature film
2021	The Colour Room	Fred Ridgeway	Feature film
2022	Dampyr	Gorka	Feature film[22][23]
2024	Slingshot	Napier	Feature film
TBA	The Woman in Cabin 10 †		Filming

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1986	WCPC	PC Simon	Pam Brighton	Liverpool Playhouse. February 1986.[24]
	Jug	Matt Bradbury	Philip Hedley	Theatre Royal, Stratford East. 3 June–5 July 1986.[25]
	Le Cid		Declan Donnellan	National tour/Cheek by Jowl
1987	Twelfth Night	Sebastian	Declan Donnellan	Donmar Warehouse/Cheek by Jowl
	Ghetto	Giorgio	Julia Pascal	Hammersmith Riverside Studios. March–5 April 1987.[26]
1987–1988	The Cabinet Minister	Valentine White	Braham Murray	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 17 December 1987 – 30 January 1988.[27]
1988	King John	Bastard	Deborah Warner	The Other Place/RSC. May–June 1988.[28]
	Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3	Vernon	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 29 September 1988.[29][30]
	Edward IV	Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 6 October 1988.[29][31]
	Richard III	Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 13 October 1988.[29][32]
	The Plantagenets[nb 7]	Vernon/Duke of Clarence	Adrian Noble	Royal Shakespeare Theatre/RSC. 22 October 1988.[29]
1989	Richard III	Duke of Clarence	Deborah Warner	Barbican Centre/RSC. April–May 1989.[33][34]
	King John	Bastard	Deborah Warner	The Pit/RSC. April–June 1989.[35][36]
1990	Peer Gynt	Peer Gynt	Declan Donnellan	Olivier (National). 28 February–March 1990.[37]
	The School for Scandal		Peter Wood	Olivier (National). 24 April–May 1990.[38]
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio	Matthew Warchus	Queen's Theatre. 6 July 1993 for 12 weeks.[39]
1999–2000	Three Days of Rain	Pip/Theo	Robin LeFevre	Donmar Warehouse. 1–13 March 1999, 16 November 1999 – 22 January 2000
2008–2009	In a Dark Dark House	Terry	Michael Attenborough	Almeida Theatre. 27 November 2008 – 17 January 2009.[40]
2011	Macbeth	Macbeth	Gemma Bodinetz	Everyman Theatre. 6 May–11 June 2011.[41]
2015–2016	Hangmen	Hary Wade[42]	Matthew Dunster	Royal Court Theatre 10 Sep–10 Oct 2015[43] and Wyndhams Theatre 1 December 2015 – 5 March 2016.[44]
2018	Julius Caesar	Mark Antony	Nicholas Hytner	Bridge Theatre

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Radio station
2000	As You Like It	Orlando	BBC Radio 3, broadcast on 23 April 2000[45]
2001	The Trials and Tribulations of Armitage Shanks	Armitage Shanks	BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Play, broadcast on 31 January 2001
2002	Small Earthquake	Mike	BBC Radio 4, Friday Play, broadcast on 3 May 2002
	Wild Things!	Robert	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 19 August–9 September 2002
2004	Shut Eye	Billy Rucker	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 9–30 March 2004
2005	Hold Back the Night	Billy Rucker	BBC Radio 4, broadcast 22 November–13 December 2005
2009	Becket	Becket	BBC Radio 3, broadcast 4 October 2009[46]

Narration

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Zero Hour	4 episodes of television series: "Columbine" "9/11" "Disaster at Chernobyl" "Terror in Tokyo"
	Britain's Boy Soldiers	Television documentary
	Who Do You Think You Are?	1 series of television series, 2004
	The Boy That Michael Jackson Paid Off	Television documentary
2005–2007	Skint	2 series of television series, 2005–2007
2007	Taking Liberties	Film documentary
2008–2010	Seaside Rescue	Television documentary series
2009	Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves	Television documentary
	Born to Be Different	2 episodes of television series: "Turning Eight" "Turning Nine"
	Coastline Cops	Television documentary series
2010	Hannah: The Girl Who Said No to a New Heart	Television documentary
	Icarus at the Edge of Time	Live concert
2011	Agony & Ecstasy	3-part television documentary
	Around the World in 60 Minutes	Television documentary
	Lord Sugar Tackles Football	Television documentary
	The Corrie Years	3-part television documentary
2013	"Autobiography" written by Morrissey	Audiobook narration
2023	Turkey: Empire of Erdogan[47]	2-part television documentary

Filmmaking

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Something for the Weekend	Writer and producer	Short film
1998	A Secret Audience	Director	Short film
2000	Bring Me Your Love	Director and writer	Short film
2001	Sweet Revenge	Director	2-part television film
2004	Passer By	Director	2-part television film
2009	Don't Worry About Me	Director and co-writer	Feature film
2010	CAST in Beirut	Director	Documentary short[nb 8]
	Thorne	Executive producer	1 series of television series
2024	Daddy Issues	Executive producer[48]	Television series

Footnotes

1. Entitled Viva Blackpool in the United States.
2. Entitled Viva Blackpool: Ripley's Return in the United States.
3. Entitled Meadowlands in the United States.
4. First broadcast in New Zealand.^[7]
5. First broadcast in the United States.^[8]
6. 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.
7. Marathon performance of Henry VI (reduced) and Richard III.
8. Screened at the 2010 Greenbelt festival.