David Morrissey

David Morrissey

1964-06-21 Everton, Liverpool, England, UK 71 Credits

Biography

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 S...

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Slingshot

Slingshot

2024

as Sam Napier

6.2
Acting

An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeu...

The Walking Dead: The Return

The Walking Dead: The Return

2024

as The Governor (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

Stars of "The Walking Dead," Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, walk down memory lane and visit iconic locations where pivotal moments between their cha...

Six Inches of Soil

Six Inches of Soil

2024

as Narrator (animated sequence)

Acting

The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, b...

Dampyr

Dampyr

2022

as Gorka

6.2
Acting

In war-torn Balkans, bogus monster hunter Harlan Draka is hired by soldiers who happen to be under attack by an army of actual vampires, uncovering th...

The Colour Room

The Colour Room

2021

as Fred Ridgeway

6.3
Acting

A pioneering ceramic artist Clarice Cliff rises to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry.

Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export

Jürgen Klopp: Germany's Greatest Export

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

10.0
Acting

The extraordinary story of how Jürgen Klopp became the savior of Liverpool Football Club and one of the most admired football managers in the world.

Klopp: The Inside Story

Klopp: The Inside Story

2020

as Narrator

6.5
Acting

This is the extraordinary story of Jürgen Klopp and his journey from being unknown to the savior of Liverpool Football Club. We see how he becomes one...

A Separate Peace

2020

as John Brown

Acting

Set in a private nursing home, The smooth running of the home and the peace of mind of its staff is disrupted by the arrival of a patient, John Brown....

Two Tribes

Two Tribes

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting

Two Tribes explores the dichotomy between the searing highs of Liverpool and Everton football club and Liverpool’s socio-economic decline in a city wh...

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

2018

as Mark Antony

7.5
Acting

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspi...

The Ones Below

The Ones Below

2016

as Jon

6.0
Acting

A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends i...

National Theatre Live: Hangmen

National Theatre Live: Hangmen

2016

as Harry

8.0
Acting

In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do ...

The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

2016

as Narrator (voice)

6.3
Acting

Ten years ago, in an award-winning series, Stephen Fry first spoke about living with manic depression and began a national conversation about mental h...

Ronaldo

Ronaldo

2015

as Dramatic VO (voice)

7.0
Acting

Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport, this is the first official and fully authorised film o...

Secrets of Mexico's Drug War

2015

as Narrator

5.0
Acting

Drugs, undercover stings and smuggled AK-47s – were US government enforcement agencies bound up in the business of Mexican gangs?

Doctor Who Explained

Doctor Who Explained

2013

as Self

8.5
Acting

A BBC America documentary explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members from the show's ...

The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

2013

as Self

7.6
Acting

A short documentary celebrating the tenth year of The Walking Dead. Features the creators of the comics and tv show discussing the cultural phenomenon...

Welcome to the Punch

Welcome to the Punch

2013

as Thomas Geiger

5.9
Acting

When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's alway...

Earthbound

Earthbound

2012

as Bill Norman

4.6
Acting

At eleven years old Joe Norman is told by his dying father that he is an alien hiding on earth. Joe believes him. He grows up to be a die-hard fan-boy...

London's Burning

London's Burning

2011

as Borough Commander

Acting

Dramatisation of the 2011 London riots, focusing pre-dominantly on events that occured in and around Clapham and incorporating actual footage from CCT...

Blitz

Blitz

2011

as Dunlop

6.2
Acting

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

Macbeth

Macbeth

2011

as Macbeth

6.0
Acting

Counted among his greatest tragedies, Shakespeare’s unsettling combination of warring soldiers and ‘weird sisters’ is brought to life in this post-apo...

Around The World In 60 Mins

2011

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

This film takes the viewer on a unique journey around the weird and wonderful planet that we call home. When Yuri Gagarin was blasted into space he be...

Gee Gee

2011

as Michael

Acting

Gee Gee follows the unsettling effect of drunken and riotous new-comer Gee-Gee on his neighbours in a fashionable block of flats. The closely-knit, re...

Thorne: Scaredycat

Thorne: Scaredycat

2010

as DI Tom Thorne

6.3
Acting

Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two oth...

Cooked

Cooked

2010

as (voice)

Acting

Cooked tells the story of the unlikely love triangle that sparks between a walrus a seal and a lobster in an arctic sauna.

Centurion

Centurion

2010

as Bothos

6.2
Acting

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Leg...

Mrs Mandela

Mrs Mandela

2010

as Theunis Swanepoel

4.0
Acting

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

2009

as Bobby Dykins

7.2
Acting

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies,...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009

as Maurice Jobson

6.7
Acting

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for ...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

as Maurice Jobson

6.9
Acting

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to c...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

as Maurice Jobson

7.0
Acting

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and t...

U Be Dead

U Be Dead

2009

as Dr. Jan Falkowski

5.2
Acting

A doctor and his girlfriend are stalked by a woman who claims to be in love with him. Meanwhile, the man falls in love with a younger woman. Based on ...

Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

2009

as Dad

6.2
Acting

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

Don't Worry About Me

Don't Worry About Me

2009

Director

5.5
Directing

London gentleman David spends a day and all his cash to bring his one-night stand a presentation folder at her office in Liverpool, only to be rather ...

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008

as Jackson Lake

7.4
Acting

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familia...

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

as Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk

6.7
Acting

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sister...

The Water Horse

The Water Horse

2007

as Captain Thomas Hamilton

6.5
Acting

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

The Reaping

The Reaping

2007

as Doug

5.7
Acting

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking r...

Taking Liberties

Taking Liberties

2007

as Narration

6.2
Acting

Taking Liberties Since 1997is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and increase of surveillance under the gov...

Viva Blackpool

Viva Blackpool

2006

as Ripley Holden

7.5
Acting

Ripley is now an ordained minister and owner of the Chapel of Love. He's on a search for the prize that will bring him untold riches - the Jules Rimet...

Basic Instinct 2

Basic Instinct 2

2006

as Michael Glass

5.0
Acting

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, l...

Stoned

Stoned

2005

as Tom Keylock

5.2
Acting

A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks a...

Derailed

Derailed

2005

as Sam Griffin

6.4
Acting

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their f...

The Year London Blew Up

The Year London Blew Up

2005

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit...

Zero Hour - Terror in Tokyo

2004

as Self-Narrator(voice)

Acting

During a busy rush-hour morning, Tokyo's elaborate underground Metro system is packed with commuters. All are unaware that it is about to become groun...

Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High

Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High

2004

as Narrator

8.1
Acting

This movie covers the final hour leading up to the Columbine High Massacre. On April 20, 1999, two boys from Columbine High School in Colorado embarke...

Disaster at Chernobyl

Disaster at Chernobyl

2004

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

The explosion at Chernobyl was ten times worse than the Hiroshima bomb and was due to a combination of human error and imperfect technology. An accoun...

The Deal

The Deal

2003

as Gordon Brown

6.7
Acting

It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the...

This Little Life

This Little Life

2003

as Richie MacGregor

Acting

A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting. Sadie and Richie MacGregor are throw...

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

2003

as Self

Acting

Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at ...

Out of Control

Out of Control

2002

as Mike

1.0
Acting

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

as Captain Günther Weber

6.0
Acting

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Born Romantic

Born Romantic

2000

as Fergus

6.1
Acting

In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCorm...

Some Voices

Some Voices

2000

as Pete

6.2
Acting

Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.

The Suicide Club

The Suicide Club

2000

as Henry Joyce

5.3
Acting

A man joins a secret club for those who are seeking to end their lives, only to rediscover his will to live upon meeting the club's only female member...

Fanny & Elvis

Fanny & Elvis

1999

as Rob

6.2
Acting

Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this c...

Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

1998

as Kiffer Finzi

6.6
Acting

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

The Commissioner

The Commissioner

1998

as Murray Lomax

5.7
Acting

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for hi...

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1996

as Andy "Mac" McNab

5.5
Acting

The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition togeth...

Being Human

Being Human

1994

as Cyprion's Man

5.1
Acting

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Black and Blue

1992

as DC Norman Mills

Acting

When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the w...

Waterland

Waterland

1992

as Dick Crick

6.3
Acting

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life i...

Clubland

Clubland

1991

as DC Judd

Acting

Sylvie, a Belgian girl living in London, arrives at her local police station. She starts to tell how she was picked up in a nightclub by the handsome ...

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

1991

as Little John

5.7
Acting

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

The Widowmaker

The Widowmaker

1990

as Rob

Acting

The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a ...

Available Light

Available Light

1990

as Marcus

Acting

A mercenary art dealer and his beguiling young assistant pay a visit to a once-famous artist. In his isolated house, they discover disturbing painting...

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

1988

as Bellamy

7.1
Acting

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

Out of Town

Out of Town

1988

as The Traveller

6.0
Acting

A man walking on a country road gets his foot stuck in a hole. But why will nobody stop to help?

Cause Célèbre

Cause Célèbre

1987

as George Bowman

6.0
Acting

When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowe...

The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10

N/A

Acting

A journalist witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard a luxury yacht at night—only to be told that it didn’t happen as all the passengers and crew...