Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners. Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc M...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Members Club
2024
as Geoff
Wet Dreams, a middle aged male stripper group, take one last gig at a rural working mens club only to discover they are to become sacrifices in a plot...

A Gangster's Kiss
2024
as Mr. Orange
For as long as Jack can remember, he and Danny have been friends, and Danny has always gotten Jack into trouble. He's had a few brushes with the law a...

The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as PC Paul
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. Whe...

The Can
2024
as Mike
The Can, a steel shipping container housing a site office, stands alone in an isolated scrapyard. Shut inside is Joe, an unstable, disillusioned secur...

The Bystanders
2023
as Robin
An off-the-wall comedy set in the world of the Bystanders - invisible immortals who watch over their human subjects and intervene in (or interfere wit...

Girl at Party
2022
as Death
An otherworldly teenage girl confronts the limits of her power when she meets a boy at a house party.

Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead
2022
as Monty
When a cursed amulet turns their rival boy band act into a screeching gang of zombies, a group of cheerleaders must learn to use their wits, friendshi...

Demon
2021
as Mr. Kinny
When an unpaid train fine comes back to haunt him, Ralph, a black British Brummie, flees London to a forest motel where a temporary hideout becomes a ...

The Heiress
2021
as Father John O'Shea
Claire and Anna are cousins who share a mysterious connection to a dark family secret. Following the death of Clare’s grandmother, ancient spirits are...

The Announcement
2021
as Frank
A family dinner out becomes more than just one revelation.

Knuckledust
2020
as Father Arkancide
When Police kicks open the doors of the elite underground fight club Knuckledust, they find seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of count...

The Chippie
2020
as The Chippie
There have always been rumors about the local fast-food joint and its shady owner. When a child goes missing, a young boy musters up his courage and d...

A Call to Spy
2020
as Colonel Gubbins
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring Americ...

Roundheads and Cavaliers
2020
as Gareth
Alice is invited along to try historical reenactment for the first time, but finds herself caught between a Roundhead and a Cavalier in a battle for h...

This is English
2020
A group of grammar enthusiasts wage a war on misspelled words, with an unexpectedly violent vocabulary.

I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
2020
as Commander Grayson
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years...

Vic the Viking: The Magic Sword
2019
as Halvar (voice)
Vic dreams of going to sea as a member of the crew captained by Halvar, his father, who unfortunately thinks that the child is too weak to embark with...

Dead Air
2019
as The Pilot
Set on a plane traveling to a final gig, Dead Air tells the story of Monster Kitten, an all female punk rock band who end up on a flight with some nas...

Mrs Lowry & Son
2019
as Stanley Allcot
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Eliz...

The Fitzroy
2017
as Cecil
The Fitzroy is a live action black comedy set in an alternative post-apocalyptic 1950s. The world is covered in poisonous gas, and the last place for ...

The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
2016
as CIA-chef
Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during...

Fallen
2016
as Randy
Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to who...

Just Desserts
2015
A compulsive lottery player, Dennis, is on a monthly meal out with his wife and friends. The night turns when a practical joke played on him horribly ...

The Inbetweeners 2
2014
as Terry
Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”...

The King is Dead
2013
as Frank
There's a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn't like moles. So he's brought his right hand men Nicky and Frank together, and he's going to find...
Tied
2012
as Joe
After the kidnapping of his wife, Delroso learns that there's only one chance of getting her back. He must trade the lives of his closest friends in o...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores ...

The Great Ghost Rescue
2011
as Builder
Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt. ...

The Inbetweeners Movie
2011
as Jay's Dad
High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay...

Hysteria
2011
as Tough Guy
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Down Terrace
2010
as Eric
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the polic...

Mr. Nobody
2009
as Thug 1
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

Hancock & Joan
2008
as Reporter Two
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.

Kidulthood
2006
as Taxi Driver
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

Keeping Mum
2005
as TV Chat Show Pundit #1
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
as Jim Grady
Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional foota...
Dead Gorgeous
2002
as Constable
Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder ...
Jack of Diamonds
2001
as Nyle
Two jewel thieves take refuge in a remote village where, unbeknownst to them, the government is about to unleash a virus that turns people into savage...

Relative Values
2000
as The Baddie
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both ...

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as DS Bevan
Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminatin...

Boston Kickout
1996
as Mick the Manager
School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they are promised a bright...

Jim's Gift
1996
as Detective Potts
A mysterious stranger presents a boy with a VCR that can "play" the past...and the future. How it affects the boy and his struggling middle-class fami...
The Big Game
1995
as Top Man
Jimmy Harper (Gary Webster) loves to gamble and enjoys enough success to bring him to the attention of a group of men who play for big money. Soon Jim...

I.D.
1995
as Paul Funnell
Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job...

Dirty Weekend
1993
as Stan
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Final...
What Time Do You Call This?
N/A
as Paul's Friend
What do women really want? When your boyfriend comes home from 'a little drink' with the boys, legless on the living room floor, and looking nothing l...

Thicker Than Water
N/A
as Ray
An estranged brother, Peter, returns home in the hopes to bring his splintered family back together again.
Night Shift
N/A
as Lenny
Lenny and Chris are on their way to a job. But it gets complicated. Very complicated. And they haven’t reckoned on just who they’re there to kidnap, ...
Heavenly Waters
N/A
Screenplay, Idea, Producer
After an acrimonious split back in the 1970s, rock group Heavenly Waters agree to reunite in Greece to scatter the ashes of their biggest fan. Only th...