Acting · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK · Born September 20, 1955
David Haig Collum Ward (born 20 September 1955 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes. He has appeared in top roles in stage productions all over the West End and has done numerous TV and film roles over the past 20 years.
TVÉtoile
2025
as Nicholas
TVCOBRA
2020
as Archie Glover-Morgan
MovieDownton Abbey
2019
as Mr Wilson
MovieOne Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Bernard
TVKilling Eve
2018
as Bill
MovieNational Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
2017
as The Player
TVUrban Myths
2017
as George Frideric Handel
TVThe Witness for the Prosecution
2016
as Sir Charles Carter
MovieThere's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Self
MovieFlorence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Carlo Edwards
TVPenny Dreadful
2014
as Oscar Putney
The Wright Way
2013
as Gerald Wright
TVYes, Prime Minister
2013
as Prime Minister Jim Hacker
The Michael Ball Show
2010
as Self
MovieMo
2010
as Jon Norton
MovieThe 39 Steps
2008
as Sir George Sinclair
MovieDustbin Baby
2008
as Elliot
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
as Charles Dickens
MovieMy Boy Jack
2007
as Rudyard Kipling
MovieMr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Bride's Father
MovieA for Andromeda
2006
as General Vandenberg
TVThe Thick of It
2005
as Steve Fleming
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Major Hugh Horton
TVHustle
2004
as Sir Anthony Reeves
MovieTimequest
2003
as Clint Hill
MovieTwo Weeks Notice
2002
as Howard Wade
MovieCrime and Punishment
2002
as Luzhin
Station Jim
2001
as Riorden Jnr
Ivor the Invisible
2001
as Park Keeper (voice)
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999
as Col. Bonnet
MovieTalking Heads 2
1998
TVKeeping Mum
1997
as Richard Beare
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as George Jeffers
MovieNever Mind the Horrocks
1996
TVThe Thin Blue Line
1995
as Detective Inspector Derek Grim
Nice Day at the Office
1994
TVWycliffe
1994
as David Miller
TVLove on a Branch Line
1994
as Lionel Virley
MovieFour Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two
TVCracker
1993
as Graham
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Major Tom Cadman
TVThe Darling Buds of May
1991
as Captain Robert Battersby
TVPortrait of a Marriage
1990
as Harold Nicolson
TVChancer
1990
as Dr. Haselden
TVCampion
1989
as Cully Randall
TVTalking Heads
1988
as Wilfred Paterson
TVHannay
1988
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Peter Rhodes
MovieThe Cold War Killers
1986
as Colin Jenkins
The Alamut Ambush
1986
as Colin Jenkins
MovieMorons from Outer Space
1985
as Palatial House Flunkey
MovieDark Enemy
1984
as Ash
MovieA Flame to the Phoenix
1983
as Mirek Grabinski
TVChessgame
1983
as Colin Jenkins
TVDramarama
1983
as Bill Brock
Diamonds
1981
as Alex Randolph
MovieDoctor Who: The Leisure Hive
1980
as Pangol
TVThe Moon Stallion
1978
as Todman
TVBlake's 7
1978
as Forres
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Pangol
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