David Haig

David Haig

Known for
Acting
Born
September 20, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Eloise

Eloise

Movie

2025
Étoile poster

Étoile

TV · as Nicholas · 8 eps

2020
COBRA poster

COBRA

TV · as Archie Glover-Morgan · 18 eps

2019
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

Movie · as Mr Wilson

2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding poster

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

Movie · as Bernard

2018
Killing Eve poster

Killing Eve

TV · as Bill, Bill Pargrave · 1 ep

2017
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster

National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Movie · as The Player

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as George Frideric Handel · 1 ep

2016
There's Something About Romcoms poster

There's Something About Romcoms

Movie · as Self

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

Movie · as Carlo Edwards

2016
The Witness for the Prosecution poster

The Witness for the Prosecution

TV · as Sir Charles Carter · 2 eps

2014
Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful

TV · as Oscar Putney · 4 eps

2013
The Wright Way poster

The Wright Way

TV · as Gerald Wright · 6 eps

2013
Yes, Prime Minister poster

Yes, Prime Minister

TV · as Prime Minister Jim Hacker · 6 eps

2010
Mo poster

Mo

Movie · as Jon Norton

2010
The Michael Ball Show

The Michael Ball Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The 39 Steps poster

The 39 Steps

Movie · as Sir George Sinclair

2008
Dickens' Secret Lover

Dickens' Secret Lover

Movie · as Charles Dickens

2008
Dustbin Baby poster

Dustbin Baby

Movie · as Elliot

2007
My Boy Jack poster

My Boy Jack

Movie · as Rudyard Kipling

2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding poster

Mr. Bean's Wedding

Movie · as Bride's Father

2006
A for Andromeda poster

A for Andromeda

Movie · as General Vandenberg

2005
The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It

TV · as Steve Fleming · 2 eps

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Sir Anthony Reeves · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Major Hugh Horton · 1 ep

2002
Two Weeks Notice poster

Two Weeks Notice

Movie · as Howard Wade

2002
Crime and Punishment poster

Crime and Punishment

Movie · as Luzhin

2001
Ivor the Invisible

Ivor the Invisible

Movie · as Park Keeper (voice)

2001
Station Jim poster

Station Jim

Movie · as Riorden Jnr

2000
Timequest poster

Timequest

Movie · as Clint Hill

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

Movie · as Col. Bonnet

1998
Talking Heads 2 poster

Talking Heads 2

Movie

1997
Keeping Mum poster

Keeping Mum

TV · as Richard Beare · 16 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as George Jeffers · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Horrocks poster

Never Mind the Horrocks

Movie

1995
The Thin Blue Line poster

The Thin Blue Line

TV · as Detective Inspector Derek Grim · 14 eps

1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral poster

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Movie · as Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two

1994
Wycliffe poster

Wycliffe

TV · as David Miller · 1 ep

1994
Nice Day at the Office

Nice Day at the Office

TV · 6 eps

1994
Love on a Branch Line poster

Love on a Branch Line

TV · as Lionel Virley · 4 eps

1993
Cracker poster

Cracker

TV · as Graham · 2 eps

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Major Tom Cadman · 7 eps

1991
The Darling Buds of May poster

The Darling Buds of May

TV · as Captain Robert Battersby · 2 eps

1990
Chancer poster

Chancer

TV · as Dr. Haselden

1990
Portrait of a Marriage poster

Portrait of a Marriage

TV · as Harold Nicolson · 4 eps

1989
Campion poster

Campion

TV · as Cully Randall, Guffy Randall · 1 ep

1988
Hannay poster

Hannay

TV · 1 ep

1988
Talking Heads poster

Talking Heads

TV · as Wilfred Paterson · 1 ep

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Peter Rhodes · 1 ep

1986
The Cold War Killers poster

The Cold War Killers

Movie · as Colin Jenkins

1986
The Alamut Ambush

The Alamut Ambush

Movie · as Colin Jenkins

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Jim Fisk · 1 ep

1985
Morons from Outer Space poster

Morons from Outer Space

Movie · as Palatial House Flunkey

1984
Dark Enemy poster

Dark Enemy

Movie · as Ash

1983
A Flame to the Phoenix poster

A Flame to the Phoenix

Movie · as Mirek Grabinski

1983
Dramarama poster

Dramarama

TV · as Bill Brock · 1 ep

1983
Chessgame poster

Chessgame

TV · as Colin Jenkins · 1 ep

1981
Diamonds

Diamonds

TV · as Alex Randolph · 3 eps

1980
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive poster

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

Movie · as Pangol

1978
The Moon Stallion poster

The Moon Stallion

Movie · as Todman

1978
Blake's 7 poster

Blake's 7

TV · as Forres · 1 ep

1978
The Moon Stallion poster

The Moon Stallion

TV · as Todman · 3 eps

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Pangol · 1 ep