David Haig
Acting
David Haig Collum Ward (born 20 September 1955 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes. He has appeared in top roles in stage productions all over the West End and has done numerous TV and film roles over the past 20 years.
Known for
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tvÉtoile
2025
Nicholas
tvCOBRA
2020
Archie Glover-Morgan
movieDownton Abbey
2019
Mr Wilson
tvKilling Eve
2018
Bill / Bill Pargrave
tvUrban Myths
2017
George Frideric Handel
tvThe Witness for the Prosecution
2016
Sir Charles Carter
movieFlorence Foster Jenkins
2016
Carlo Edwards
tvPenny Dreadful
2014
Oscar Putney
The Wright Way
2013
Gerald Wright
tvYes, Prime Minister
2013
Prime Minister Jim Hacker
movieMo
2010
Jon Norton
movieThe 39 Steps
2008
Sir George Sinclair
movieDustbin Baby
2008
Elliot
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
Charles Dickens
movieMy Boy Jack
2007
Rudyard Kipling
movieMr. Bean's Wedding
2007
Bride's Father
movieA for Andromeda
2006
General Vandenberg
tvThe Thick of It
2005
Steve Fleming
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Major Hugh Horton
tvHustle
2004
Sir Anthony Reeves
movieTimequest
2003
Clint Hill
movieTwo Weeks Notice
2002
Howard Wade
Station Jim
2001
Riorden Jnr
Ivor the Invisible
2001
Park Keeper (voice)
tvKeeping Mum
1997
Richard Beare
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
George Jeffers
tvThe Thin Blue Line
1995
Detective Inspector Derek Grim
tvWycliffe
1994
David Miller
tvLove on a Branch Line
1994
Lionel Virley
movieFour Weddings and a Funeral
1994
Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two
tvCracker
1993
Graham
tvSoldier Soldier
1991
Major Tom Cadman
tvThe Darling Buds of May
1991
Captain Robert Battersby
tvPortrait of a Marriage
1990
Harold Nicolson
tvChancer
1990
Dr. Haselden
tvCampion
1989
Cully Randall / Guffy Randall
tvTalking Heads
1988
Wilfred Paterson
tvInspector Morse
1987
Peter Rhodes
movieThe Cold War Killers
1986
Colin Jenkins
The Alamut Ambush
1986
Colin Jenkins
movieMorons from Outer Space
1985
Palatial House Flunkey
movieA Flame to the Phoenix
1983
Mirek Grabinski
tvChessgame
1983
Colin Jenkins
tvDramarama
1983
Bill Brock
Diamonds
1981
Alex Randolph
tvThe Moon Stallion
1978
Todman
tvBlake's 7
1978
Forres
tvDoctor Who
1963
Pangol
Writing2
moviePressure
2026
Theatre Play, Writer
movieMy Boy Jack
2007
Writer