David Westhead
David Westhead | |
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Born | David William Logan Westhead 1 June 1963 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
David William Logan Westhead (born 1 June 1963) is an English actor.
Early life
Westhead was born in
Career
He is notable as having been a member of the regular cast of
David has for many years been a leading actor with
In 2002 he and two colleagues founded Wilton Pictures, a production company specialising in making documentaries.
Also a lecturer in drama it was whilst he was teaching in South Africa that he met a group of disadvantaged youngsters with potential as photographers. Along with professional photographer John Cole – who, like David, lives in Brighton – he put them on an eight-week crash course in photography, enabling them to make a professional living from it. The exhibition of their work, entitled 'Wembley to Soweto', was exhibited at London's South Bank in July 2011. He received the Media Society's 2013 bursary award for this project.[3]
In 2014, he played Neil Reid in W1A.
In 2016, Westhead played the role of
.He played Prime Minister John Vosler in the 2018 BBC series
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Mrs Brown | Bertie, Prince of Wales | |
Wilde | Edward Carson | ||
2001 | Queen's Messenger | Sir Desmond Grey | |
2004 | Stage Beauty | Harry | |
Beyond the Sea | Dr Fields | ||
2011 | The Iron Lady | Reg Prentice | |
2022 | Enola Holmes 2 | Henry Lyon |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Jenny's War | Navigator | TV serial |
1989 | Blackeyes | Mark Wilsher | TV miniseries |
1991 | Stanley and the Women | Stillsman | TV miniseries |
1994 | Wycliffe | Freddie Tremaine | Episode: "The Pea Green Boat" |
1995 | Witness Against Hitler | Leo Lange | TV film [5] |
1996 | The Bill | PC Mick Sampson | Episode: " Confession "
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Bramwell | Paul Mills | Episode: "The Rule of Thuggery" | |
1997 | Turning World | Danny Miller | Episode: 3 |
1997–99 | The Lakes | Arthur Thwaite | Main cast |
1998 | The Unknown Soldier | Jeff Quinn | TV miniseries |
1998–99 | Grafters | Nick Costello | Main cast |
2000–01 | McCready and Daughter | DCI Alan Kendall | Main cast |
2000 | Where the Heart Is | Mike | Episode: "No Regrets" |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Peter Deller | Episode: "Above the Law" | |
My Fragile Heart | DCI Peter Murray | TV miniseries | |
Donovan Quick | George Mackie | TV film[6][2] | |
2002 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Van Den Meer | Episode: " Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister "
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Always and Everyone | Phillip Mallett | Episode: "Against the State" | |
Safe House | Father | TV film | |
2003 | The Lost Prince | Fred | TV miniseries |
William and Mary | Alistair Harper | Episode: 2 | |
Servants | Mr Prothero | TV miniseries | |
The Key | Neath | TV miniseries | |
Blue Dove | Malcolm Sharp | TV miniseries | |
2004–06 | Life Begins | Brian Middleton | 10 episodes |
2004 | Family Business | Tom Williams | Episode: 2 |
She's Gone | Peter Vine | TV film | |
Foyle's War | Mark Talbot | Episode: " A War of Nerves "
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2005 | Beneath the Skin | Dominic Hintlesham | TV film |
Born and Bred | Silas Craddock | Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |
Rose and Maloney | Wallace Canford | Episodes: "Carl Callaghan", "Annie Johnson" and "Alan Richmond" | |
Midsomer Murders | Gerry Moore | Episode: "The House in the Woods" | |
Wallis & Edward | Ernest Simpson, Wallis Simpson 's second husband
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TV film | |
2006 | Gideon's Daughter | Bill | TV film |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Superintendent Jim Wheeler | Episode: "Cards on the Table" | |
2007 | Wild at Heart | Bennett | Episode: 2.3 |
Doctor Who | William Kempe | Episode: "The Shakespeare Code" | |
The Time of Your Life | Dave | TV miniseries | |
2008 | Criminal Justice | Barry Coulter | Series one |
2009 | Moving Wallpaper | Gareth | Episode: "Renaissance Part VI" |
New Tricks | Mike Barnes | Episode: "Death of a Timeshares Salesman" | |
Murderland | Tony Philips | TV miniseries | |
2010 | The Silence | Superintendent Frank Evans | TV miniseries |
2011 | The Runaway | Ron Carver | TV miniseries |
Lewis | Leon Suskin | Episode: "The Gift of Promise" | |
Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me | Charlie Archer | TV film | |
2012 | DCI Banks
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Gareth Lambert | Episode: "Strange Affair" |
2013 | Silent Witness | DI Bob Cherry | Episodes: "Legacy – Part 1" [7] & "Part 2" [8] |
2014 | Endeavour | Val Todd | Episode: "Trove" |
Common | Barnes-Williams | TV film | |
2014–20 | W1A | Neil Reid | |
2015 | The Coroner
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Grantham Naseby | Episode: " Capsized "
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2016 | Jericho | Jonas Sorsby | Episode: 4 |
Reg | Tony Blair's minder | TV film [4] | |
Lovesick | Alexander | Episode: "Isabel" | |
2017 | Loaded | Lawyer | Episode: "Lawsuit" |
2018 | Bodyguard
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Prime Minister John Vosler
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TV miniseries |
Theatre
Date | Title | Role | Director | Company / Theatre
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1981 – 1982 | The Critic [9] | Richard Brandon | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1981 – 1982 | All the Interesting Characters Are Already Dead [9] | Frank Stirling | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1982 – 1983 | The Cuckoo and the Owl [9] | Oliver Neville | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1982 – 1983 | The Bloom of the Diamond Stone [9] | Emer Gillespie | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1983 – 1984 | Ivanov [9] | Oliver Neville | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1983 – 1984 | The Innocent Mistress [9] | Martin White | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1983 – 1984 | Four Doctors [9] | Edward Braun | Drama Department, Bristol University
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1989 – 1990 | The School for Wives [9] | Annie Castledine | Derby Playhouse | |
30 November 1989 – 20 January 1990 | A Study in Scarlet [10] | Dr John Watson | Michael Crompton | Greenwich Theatre |
16 January 1992 – | All My Sons [11] | George Deever | David Thacker | Young Vic, London |
21 April 1992 – | A Jovial Crew | Randall | Max Stafford-Clark | Royal Shakespeare Company / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [12] |
1992 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Theatre, London [13] | |||
22 February 1993 – 27 February 1993 | Newcastle Playhouse [14]
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22 April 1993 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / The Pit, London [15] | |||
2 July 1992 – | The Odyssey |
Nestor | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company / The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon [16] |
1992 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Theatre, London [17] | |||
22 June 1993 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / The Pit, London [18] | |||
1 September 1992 – 1993 | Tamburlaine | Cosroe & Orcanes | Terry Hands | Royal Shakespeare Company / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [19] |
14 October 1993 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Theatre, London [20] | |||
3 November 1992 – 1993 | The Changeling | Antonio | Michael Attenborough | Royal Shakespeare Company / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [21] |
1992 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Theatre, London [22] | |||
1 March 1993 – 9 March 1993 | Newcastle Playhouse [23]
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25 May 1993 – 1993 | Royal Shakespeare Company / The Pit, London [24] | |||
4 Jan 1993 – 17 Jan 1993 | A Corpse With Feet [25] | Performer | Ron Cook | Buzz Goodbody Studio, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon |
16 September 1993 – 1994 | Travesties [1] | Tristan Tzara | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Theatre, London [26] |
24 March 1994 – 4 June 1994 | Royal Shakespeare Company / Savoy Theatre, London [27] | |||
22 September 1994 – 18 February 1995 | The Man of Mode [28] | Mr Dorimant | Max Stafford-Clark | , and other locations |
October 1994 – 18 February 1995 | The Libertine [29] | John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester |
Max Stafford-Clark | , and other locations |
13 April 1996 – 1996 | The Prince's Play [30][31] | HRH The Prince of Wales | Richard Eyre | National Theatre / Olivier Theatre, London |
29 April 1998 – | Talk of the City | Robbie | Stephen Poliakoff | Royal Shakespeare Company / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [32] |
10 February 1999 – | Royal Shakespeare Company / Young Vic, London [33] | |||
Jan 2003 – | Almost Nothing [34] | Royal Court Theatre, London
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28 February 2007 – 24 March 2007 | Macbeth [35][36][37] | Macbeth | Ian Brown | Quarry Theatre, Leeds
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Audio work
Voice talent : Eric Ambler's Topkapi for BBC Radio 4 Extra
References
- ^ a b Usurpation supreme – Michael Coveney, The Observer, 19 Mar 1993
- ^ a b BAFTA Awards – nominated – Single Drama in 2001
- ^ "The Media Society's 2013 bursary award was presented to David Westhead's Wembley to Soweto, project" – Ami Sedghi, The Guardian, 24 Oct 2013
- ^ a b "BBC One: Reg". BBC Online. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ BFI – "Witness against Hitler"
- ^ Donovan Quick – Radio Times
- ^ BBC One – Silent Witness, Series 16, Legacy, Part 1
- ^ BBC One – Silent Witness, Series 16, Legacy, Part 2
- ^ a b c d e f g h David Westhead – Theatricalia
- ^ A Study in Scarlet – Theatricalia
- ^ All My Sons – Theatricalia
- ^ A Jovial Crew – Theatricalia
- ^ A Jovial Crew at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
- ^ A Jovial Crew at Newcastle Playhouse – Theatricalia
- ^ A Jovial Crew at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
- ^ The Odyssey – Theatricalia
- ^ The Odyssey at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
- ^ The Odyssey at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
- ^ Tamburlaine – Theatricalia
- ^ Tamburlaine at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
- ^ The Changeling – Theatricalia
- ^ The Changeling at Barbican Theatre, London – Theatricalia
- ^ The Changeling at Newcastle Playhouse – Theatricalia
- ^ The Changeling at The Pit, London – Theatricalia
- ^ A Corpse With Feet – Theatricalia
- ^ Travesties – Theatricalia
- ^ Travesties at Savoy Theatre, London – Theatricalia
- ^ The Man of Mode – Theatricalia
- ^ The Libertine – Theatricalia
- ^ The Prince's Play – Theatricalia
- ^ Theatre: The Prince's Play, Royal National Theatre – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 22 April 1996
- ^ Talk of the City –Theatricalia
- ^ Talk of the City at Young Vic, London – Theatricalia
- ^ Theatre Review: Almost Nothing – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 22 Jan 2003
- ^ Macbeth – Theatricalia
- ^ Sleepwalking into tragedy – Theatre Review: Macbeth, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds – Clare Brennan, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2007
- ^ Theatre review: Macbeth at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds – J. D. Atkinson, British Theatre Guide
External links
- David Westhead at the better source needed]
- David Westhead at IMDb