Biography
David Hayman (born 9 February 1948) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director. He appeared in Hope and Glory, Rob Roy, Sid and Nancy, Vertical Limit, and The Tailor of Panama. On television, he is known for playing Mike Walker in ITV drama Trial & Retribution, Jonas Franks in BBC period drama The Paradise and Brace in the drama Taboo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Complete Filmography

Assassin's Guild
2024
as Governor Bludhorn
In the aftermath of the devastating Mermaid Wars, the fractured, yet once great city of Iliad is under siege by dark forces. The infamous Goblin Hunte...

Raging Grace
2023
as Mr. Garrett
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But ...

Fear the Invisible Man
2023
as Wicksteed
A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible. As his isolation grows and his sanity ...

My Neighbor Adolf
2022
as Marek Polsky
South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken s...

Kingslayer
2022
as Dafydd
With just a few days to his coronation, Richard the Lionheart faces an unexpected ordeal. What should have been a secret encounter with the woman he l...

Raven's Hollow
2022
as Dr. Garrett
West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten c...

Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022
as Jago
Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pr...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2022
as Sir Danvers Carew
Concerned by his good friend Dr Henry Jekyll's recent behaviour, Gabriel Utterson is driven to uncover the identity of the mysterious and dangerous Mr...

Bull
2021
as Norm
Ten years after he was last seen, a vicious mob enforcer returns home to find his son and methodically track down the gang that double-crossed him. Hi...

The Ballad Of Billy McCrae
2021
as Billy McCrae
Chris Blythe returns to his home town in Wales after losing a fortune in Canada. He falls in love with Elen, a volatile and charismatic woman. But Ele...

Help
2021
as Hercules
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in Marc...

Blinded by the Light
2019
as Mr. Evans
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the musi...

The Corrupted
2019
as Raymond Ellery
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at...

Fisherman's Friends
2019
as Jago
Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life s...

Captain Jack and the Furious Few
2018
as Himself - Presenter
The remarkable story of a pioneering aviator from Ulster during World War I.

Dirt Road To Lafayette
2018
as Uncle John
A musical journey from the Scottish Highlands to the southern US.

Two Graves
2018
as Tommy O'Neil
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes mu...

Finding Your Feet
2017
as Ted
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.

Gus & Son
2017
as Gus
Gus Ferguson runs a tree felling business with his only son, Travis. Neither of the men are happy in their work or with each other. Over the course of...

Viceroy's House
2017
as Ewart
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the ...
Scotland's Vital Spark: The Clyde Puffer
2015
as Self - Presenter
Documentary in which David Hayman explores the rich history of one of Scotland's best-loved boats, the Clyde Puffer.

Macbeth
2015
as Lennox
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power...

Dartmoor Killing
2015
as Tom
A dark and atmospheric story of female friendship tested by deceit, betrayal and a terrifying past. Susan, outwardly confident and Becky, more fragile...
Wasted Time
2015
Accused of a crime he did not commit, Tommy decides to take the blame and serve a sentence at Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison, presuming his family will be...

Castles in the Sky
2014
as Frederick Lindemann
England, while the storm clouds of Nazism menace Germany. Robert Watson Watt and a team of eccentric and brilliant meteorologists struggle to turn the...

Queen & Country
2014
as Clive Rohan
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle the...

Liam and Lenka
2014
as Docherty
On the run and in trouble, a desperate young criminal falls for a bored waitress in a remote Highland hotel.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
as Sergey Dostal
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

The Domino Effect
2012
as Robert
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to ...

Sawney: Flesh of Man
2012
as Sawney Bean
Religious psychopath Sawney stalks Scotland abducting unholy souls for his communion of sacrifices. With his insane family of inbred killers, Sawney t...

Burke & Hare
2010
as Danny McTavish
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

The Search for Sherlock Holmes
2010
as himself
In this documentary, actor David Hayman traces the history of how the stories of Sherlock Holmes came to be. Hayman starts with Doyle's early childho...

One Night in Emergency
2010
Over the course of one night, a man struggles to find his wife in the wards of an inner-city hospital. Journeying through the corridors he meets a ser...

Wasted
2009
as Joe
Wasted is an uncompromising and gritty film about two young lovers, Connor and Suzanne, two street working prostitutes who meet up again after many ye...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Pavel
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of t...

Flood
2007
as Major General Ashcroft
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which tra...

Speed Dating
2007
as Doctor Birmingham
The film tells the story of speed dating addict James Van Der Bexton as he approaches his 30th birthday.
Small Engine Repair
2006
as Jesse Gold
Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and tale...

Avenger
2006
as Zoran Zilic
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justic...

Where the Truth Lies
2005
as Reuben
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

Rag Tale
2005
as Geoff Randal
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

Gladiatress
2004
as General Rhinus
Three unlikely heroines set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain in their own unique and outrageous style.

Gifted
2003
as Michael Sanderson
Jamie Gilliam is a bright young rising star with Castlefield City, a first division club on the verge of promotion to the premiership. When lapdancing...

The Wild Dogs
2002
as Victor
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors ...

The Last Great Wilderness
2002
as Ruaridh
Charlie's wife has left him for a successful pop star, and he wants revenge. He sets out for Scotland's Isle of Skye, where he will burn down the star...
As the Beast Sleeps
2002
as Alec
Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union – and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son – but, with ch...
The Sucker Punch
2002
A man returns to his local community after serving prison time but finds that the locals are less than pleased to see him back.

The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Luxmore
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a ne...

Vertical Limit
2000
as Frank „Chainsaw“ Williams
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message an...
Tough Love
2000
as Barry Hindes
DC Lenny Milton (Winstone) is not as ambitious as his best friend and popular boss DCI Michael Love (Dunbar), but the pair are drinking partners and t...

Best
2000
as Tommy Dougherty

Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as Tony Brady
Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determin...

The Match
1999
as Scrapper
Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure ...

The Lost Son
1999
as Nathalie's Pimp
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a ...

Legionnaire
1998
as Recruiting Sergeant
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfrie...

My Name Is Joe
1998
as McGowan
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow ...
Getting Hurt
1998
as Corvin
The safe, secure, boring life of Charlie Cross, a wealthy, successful solicitor is irretrievably shattered when he embarks on an illicit, passionate a...

The Boxer
1997
as Joe Hamill's Aide
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlf...

The Jackal
1997
as Terek Murad
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

Regeneration
1997
as Maj. Bryce
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest hom...
Friendly Voices
1997
as Alec
A psychiatrist makes a home visit to a patient.

The Near Room
1997
as Dougie Patterson
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by...

Twin Town
1997
as Dodgy
Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their...

The Near Room
1997
Director
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by...

Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Telling
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco...
The Lucky Suit
1996
The fates of four people are interwined over one night.

Rob Roy
1995
as Sibbald
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy ...

The Hawk
1993
Director
Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated ...
Black and Blue
1992
Director
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...

Silent Scream
1990
as PO4
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.

Silent Scream
1990
Director
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.

Govan Ghost Story
1989
Director
Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn counters a strange little girl in the flats where he lives. A crucial ste...

Venus Peter
1989
as Kinnear
Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title character is transformed into a "sea child" when h...

Double Scotch & Wry
1987
as Various
Rikki Fulton and friends return with another selection of sketches and comedy characters, including the Reverend I.M. Jolly, Supercop, dirty barber Al...

Hope and Glory
1987
as Clive
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

England's Glory
1987
as Interviewee
A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic SID AND NANCY. Features exclusive behind the scenes production and commentaries from Al...

Scotch & Wry
1986
Video Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an idiot motorcycle policeman whose catchphrase was 'A...

Sid and Nancy
1986
as Malcolm McLaren
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental ba...

Heavenly Pursuits
1986
as Jeff Jeffries
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles t...

Murphy's Law
1986
as Jack
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and pro...

A Sense of Freedom
1985
as Jimmy Boyle
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

End of the Line
1984
as Bobby
Life in a Scottish New Town

Ill Fares the Land
1983
The story of the last two years the inhabitants of the islands of St Kilda (far off the west coast of Scotland) spent there, before being evacuated at...

Coming Out of the Ice
1982
as Guard Commander 1
A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.
Nightlife
1982
as Denny
John meets Susan at a party and they return to his flat in order that she can call a taxi. John's brash neighbour Denny makes his own assumptons, and ...

Eye of the Needle
1981
as Canter
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of v...
Just Your Luck
1972
as Alec
When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex (David Hayman's first TV role) they decide to marry. The joining of two seem...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
N/A
as Self
Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...