David Schofield

David Schofield

1951-12-16 Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK 50 Credits

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).

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Mad Heidi

Mad Heidi

2022

as Alpöhi

5.7
Acting

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

Six Minutes to Midnight

2020

as Colonel Smith

6.2
Acting

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

The Bind

2019

as Patrick

Acting

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

Mary Magdalene

2018

as Thomas

6.3
Acting

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

Darkest Hour

2017

as Clement Atlee

7.4
Acting

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

Mindhorn

2016

as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome

6.1
Acting

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

Lord of Tears

2013

as Owl Man

5.4
Acting

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

Last Passenger

2013

as Peter Carmichael

5.5
Acting

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

All Things To All Men

2013

as Police Commissioner

4.3
Acting

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

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London

2012

as Darts Player

Acting

One in a series of short PSAs produced for FrightFest 2012 admonishing people to turn off their bloody phones.

Him Indoors

Him Indoors

2012

as The Judge

6.1
Acting

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

Devil's Bridge

2012

as Parry

4.8
Acting

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

Ghosted

2011

as Donner

5.2
Acting

‘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

Super Tanker

2011

as Admiral

4.5
Acting

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

Burke & Hare

2010

as Fergus

6.1
Acting

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

F

F

2010

as Robert Anderson

6.1
Acting

A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.

Last Passengers

Last Passengers

2010

6.8
Acting

Strange happenings on the last passenger train.

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010

as Constable Nye

5.9
Acting

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'

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

2009

as Self

7.2
Acting

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

Lightning Strikes

2009

as Donovan

4.5
Acting

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

Valkyrie

2008

as Erwin von Witzleben

6.9
Acting

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

Freebird

2008

as Dart player (scenes deleted)

5.4
Acting

A Rock and Roll Road Movie Comedy set in Wales

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

as Mercer

7.3
Acting

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

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

as Ian Mercer

7.4
Acting

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

Unstoppable

2004

as Dr. Collins

5.1
Acting

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

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

2004

as Sonny

7.2
Acting

A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

2003

as Monster

8.8
Acting

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

2.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)

4.9
Acting

In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H...

Superstition

Superstition

2001

as Roberto Fallaci

5.2
Acting

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

The Musketeer

2001

as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman

5.3
Acting

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

From Hell

2001

as McQueen

6.7
Acting

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

The Red Peppers

2001

as George Pepper

Acting

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

Gladiator

2000

as Falco

8.2
Acting

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

The Miracle Maker

2000

as Caiaphas (voice)

5.9
Acting

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

Mary, Mother of Jesus

1999

as Micah

4.2
Acting

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

Junk

1999

as Mr Brogan

Acting

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

Anna Karenina

1997

as Nikolai

6.0
Acting

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

1.0
Acting

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

The Crane

1993

as Preacher

6.7
Acting

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

The Secret Agent

1992

as Ossipon

8.0
Acting

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

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

as Sergeant Major

7.4
Acting

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

Jekyll & Hyde

1990

as Snape

5.8
Acting

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

Acting

Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

1989

as Detective Inspector

Acting

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

Praying Mantis

1982

as Cafe Waiter

5.0
Acting

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

An American Werewolf in London

1981

as Dart Player

7.4
Acting

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

Acting

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

1242: Gateway to the West

N/A

as Sycardius

Acting

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 ...