David Morrissey

David Morrissey

Acting

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…

Filmography

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The Siege The Siege 2026 Tip Toe ★ 5.5 Tip Toe 2026 Gone ★ 6.4 Gone 2026 The Woman in Cabin 10 ★ 6.2 The Woman in Cabin 10 2025 Prime Target ★ 6.9 Prime Target 2025 Manhunt ★ 9.0 Manhunt 2025 Slingshot ★ 6.1 Slingshot 2024 Daddy Issues ★ 6.8 Daddy Issues 2024 Rob Beckett's Smart TV ★ 5.4 Rob Beckett's Smart TV 2024 The Walking Dead: The Return ★ 7.3 The Walking Dead: The Return 2024 Six Inches of Soil ★ 8.0 Six Inches of Soil 2024 The Long Shadow ★ 7.5 The Long Shadow 2023 Gods of Tennis Gods of Tennis 2023 Turkey: Empire of Erdogan ★ 10.0 Turkey: Empire of Erdogan 2023 Britain's Notorious Prisons Britain's Notorious Prisons 2023 Dampyr ★ 6.2 Dampyr 2022 Ellie & Natasia ★ 6.3 Ellie & Natasia 2022 Sherwood ★ 6.9 Sherwood 2022 The Colour Room ★ 6.1 The Colour Room 2021 Between the Covers ★ 5.5 Between the Covers 2020 The Singapore Grip ★ 5.7 The Singapore Grip 2020 Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export ★ 10.0 Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export 2020 Klopp: The Inside Story ★ 6.5 Klopp: The Inside Story 2020 A Separate Peace A Separate Peace 2020 Good Omens ★ 8.0 Good Omens 2019 Two Tribes ★ 6.0 Two Tribes 2019 The City and the City ★ 6.0 The City and the City 2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar ★ 7.5 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar 2018 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer ★ 7.1 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer 2018 Britannia ★ 6.9 Britannia 2018 Lion Country: Night and Day ★ 7.7 Lion Country: Night and Day 2017 The Ones Below ★ 6.0 The Ones Below 2016 National Theatre Live: Hangmen ★ 8.0 National Theatre Live: Hangmen 2016 The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On ★ 6.3 The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On 2016 Ronaldo ★ 7.0 Ronaldo 2015 Rock 'n' Roll America ★ 9.0 Rock 'n' Roll America 2015 Secrets of Mexico's Drug War ★ 5.0 Secrets of Mexico's Drug War 2015 The Missing ★ 7.2 The Missing 2014 The Driver ★ 7.1 The Driver 2014 Extant ★ 6.3 Extant 2014 Inside No. 9 ★ 8.1 Inside No. 9 2014 The 7.39 ★ 6.6 The 7.39 2014 Doctor Who Explained ★ 8.5 Doctor Who Explained 2013 The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead ★ 7.6 The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead 2013 Welcome to the Punch ★ 5.9 Welcome to the Punch 2013 The Hollow Crown ★ 7.5 The Hollow Crown 2012 True Love ★ 7.0 True Love 2012 Earthbound ★ 4.4 Earthbound 2012 London's Burning London's Burning 2011 Blitz ★ 6.2 Blitz 2011 The Field of Blood ★ 6.4 The Field of Blood 2011 Macbeth ★ 6.0 Macbeth 2011 South Riding ★ 6.9 South Riding 2011 Around The World In 60 Mins ★ 6.0 Around The World In 60 Mins 2011 Gee Gee Gee Gee 2011 Thorne: Scaredycat ★ 6.3 Thorne: Scaredycat 2010 The Walking Dead ★ 8.1 The Walking Dead 2010 Thorne ★ 6.5 Thorne 2010 Cooked Cooked 2010 Centurion ★ 6.2 Centurion 2010 Mrs Mandela ★ 4.0 Mrs Mandela 2010 Nowhere Boy ★ 7.2 Nowhere Boy 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 ★ 6.9 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 ★ 7.0 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 ★ 6.7 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments ★ 7.0 Doctor Who Greatest Moments 2009 U Be Dead ★ 6.2 U Be Dead 2009 Is Anybody There? ★ 6.3 Is Anybody There? 2009 Red Riding ★ 6.8 Red Riding 2009 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor ★ 7.4 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008 Meet The Immigrants Meet The Immigrants 2008 The Other Boleyn Girl ★ 6.7 The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Sense and Sensibility ★ 7.5 Sense and Sensibility 2008 The Water Horse ★ 6.5 The Water Horse 2007 Meadowlands ★ 6.2 Meadowlands 2007 Would I Lie to You? ★ 7.8 Would I Lie to You? 2007 The Reaping ★ 5.8 The Reaping 2007 Five Days ★ 5.8 Five Days 2007 Taking Liberties ★ 6.4 Taking Liberties 2007 The One Show ★ 4.4 The One Show 2006