Biography
David Schofield (born 16 December 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Mercer in the films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). He also appeared in the films An American Werewolf in London (1981), Gladiator (2000), From Hell (2001), Valkyrie (2008), The Wolfman (2010) and Darkest Hour (2017).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Mad Heidi
2022
as Alpöhi
In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of an evil cheese tyrant, Swiss mountain girl Heidi transforms herself into a kick-a...
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Colonel Smith
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and...
The Bind
2019
as Patrick
When Ruth's son Jamie discovers his father has left the family farm to his brother Sam, he is enraged. Jamie has worked on the farm for twenty years, ...
Mary Magdalene
2018
as Thomas
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...
Darkest Hour
2017
as Clement Atlee
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it c...
Mindhorn
2016
as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer say...
Lord of Tears
2013
as Owl Man
Lord of Tears tells the story of James Findlay, a school teacher plagued by recurring nightmares of a mysterious and unsettling entity. Suspecting tha...
Last Passenger
2013
as Peter Carmichael
Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his you...
All Things To All Men
2013
as Police Commissioner
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London
2012
as Darts Player
One in a series of short PSAs produced for FrightFest 2012 admonishing people to turn off their bloody phones.
Him Indoors
2012
as The Judge
Gregory Brewster is a serial killer, only problem is, he's agoraphobic! Facing an impending eviction from his family home, Gregory has a plan that wil...
Devil's Bridge
2012
as Parry
Sean takes his two friends into the rural wilds of Wales in search of an underworld specialist who can illegally revive his failing business. Deep in ...
Ghosted
2011
as Donner
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms ...
Super Tanker
2011
as Admiral
A meteorite brings a powerful element to the Earth during the Cold War, too powerful to ever be used it's contained until a decision is made to dispos...
Burke & Hare
2010
as Fergus
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
F
2010
as Robert Anderson
A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.
Last Passengers
2010
Strange happenings on the last passenger train.
The Wolfman
2010
as Constable Nye
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonl...
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009
as Self
Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf classic An American Werewolf In London. The original c...
Lightning Strikes
2009
as Donovan
A rural sheriff (Kevin Sorbo) faces a seemingly impossible battle when he is forced to defend his small town from a demon riding bolts of lightning an...
Valkyrie
2008
as Erwin von Witzleben
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...
Freebird
2008
as Dart player (scenes deleted)
A Rock and Roll Road Movie Comedy set in Wales
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Mercer
Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker. The group must navigate da...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Ian Mercer
Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart ...
Unstoppable
2004
as Dr. Collins
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. Wh...
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Sonny
A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
2003
as Monster
A drama telling the story of the life of the writer of Frankenstein; the 19-year-old Mary Shelley. Telling of her influences, her writing and her pers...
Chunky Monkey
2003
as Frank
Fitness fanatic, Donald Leek, indulges in a monthly Chunky Monkey experience with, someone vaguely resembling movie-songstress, Julie Andrews, who he'...
Fields of Gold
2002
as Craig
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at...
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H...
Superstition
2001
as Roberto Fallaci
19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby inflames. Is seems as if Julie possesses rare telepathic s...
The Musketeer
2001
as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
Young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been disbanded.
From Hell
2001
as McQueen
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers...
The Red Peppers
2001
as George Pepper
Set in 1936 during the dying days of music hall, "The Red Peppers' is the poignant story of George and Lily Pepper, a husband and wife comedy double a...
Gladiator
2000
as Falco
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Caiaphas (voice)
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spr...
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Micah
Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
Junk
1999
as Mr Brogan
Bafta-winning drama. Following difficulties with her parents, teenager Gemma Brogan leaves home. She falls under the spell of a young woman who introd...
Anna Karenina
1997
as Nikolai
Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 1...
Tangier Cop
1997
as Omar Larbi
Yaasin, a policeman from Tangier who has almost become an alcoholic, spends most of his time in an exclusive brothel. Several characters arrive in the...
The Crane
1993
as Preacher
An enigmatic fragment of a bigger story, showing events leading up to a pivotal moment in the life of a strange, troubled young man. After losing his ...
The Secret Agent
1992
as Ossipon
1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to...
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Sergeant Major
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a B...
Jekyll & Hyde
1990
as Snape
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into t...
Somewhere to Run
1989
as Manchester D.J
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Tree of Hands
1989
as Detective Inspector
A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.
Praying Mantis
1982
as Cafe Waiter
A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that on...
An American Werewolf in London
1981
as Dart Player
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautif...
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
as Pete
A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?
1242: Gateway to the West
N/A
as Sycardius
Batu Khan, Genghis Khan’s military commander grandson, was elected commander in chief of the western part of the Mongol empire. Khan is confronted by ...