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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Complete Filmography

Slingshot
2024
as Sam Napier
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
2024
as The Governor (archive footage)
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
2024
as Narrator (animated sequence)
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
2022
as Gorka
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
2021
as Fred Ridgeway
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
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
2020
as Narrator
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
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
2019
as Self
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
2018
as Mark Antony
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
2016
as Jon
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
2016
as Harry
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
2016
as Narrator (voice)
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
2015
as Dramatic VO (voice)
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
Drugs, undercover stings and smuggled AK-47s – were US government enforcement agencies bound up in the business of Mexican gangs?

Doctor Who Explained
2013
as Self
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
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
2013
as Thomas Geiger
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
2012
as Bill Norman
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
2011
as Borough Commander
Dramatisation of the 2011 London riots, focusing pre-dominantly on events that occured in and around Clapham and incorporating actual footage from CCT...

Blitz
2011
as Dunlop
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

Macbeth
2011
as Macbeth
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)
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
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
2010
as DI Tom Thorne
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
2010
as (voice)
Cooked tells the story of the unlikely love triangle that sparks between a walrus a seal and a lobster in an arctic sauna.

Centurion
2010
as Bothos
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
2010
as Theunis Swanepoel
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Nowhere Boy
2009
as Bobby Dykins
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
2009
as Maurice Jobson
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
2009
as Maurice Jobson
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
2009
as Maurice Jobson
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
2009
as Dr. Jan Falkowski
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?
2009
as Dad
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

Don't Worry About Me
2009
Director
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
2008
as Jackson Lake
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
2008
as Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
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
2007
as Captain Thomas Hamilton
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

The Reaping
2007
as Doug
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
2007
as Narration
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
2006
as Ripley Holden
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
2006
as Michael Glass
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
2005
as Tom Keylock
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
2005
as Sam Griffin
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
2005
as Narrator (voice)
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)
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
2004
as Narrator
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
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
2003
as Gordon Brown
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
2003
as Richie MacGregor
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
2003
as Self
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
2002
as Mike
Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Captain Günther Weber
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
2000
as Fergus
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
2000
as Pete
Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.

The Suicide Club
2000
as Henry Joyce
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
1999
as Rob
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
1998
as Kiffer Finzi
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
1998
as Murray Lomax
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
1996
as Andy "Mac" McNab
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
1994
as Cyprion's Man
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Black and Blue
1992
as DC Norman Mills
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
1992
as Dick Crick
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
1991
as DC Judd
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
1991
as Little John
The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

The Widowmaker
1990
as Rob
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
1990
as Marcus
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
1988
as Bellamy
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
1988
as The Traveller
A man walking on a country road gets his foot stuck in a hole. But why will nobody stop to help?

Cause Célèbre
1987
as George Bowman
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
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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...