6.8
Movie
Acting
David Haig
- Born
- (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 64 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.8
Movie
6.4
Movie
Two Weeks Notice
7.8
TV
Penny Dreadful
7.9
TV
Killing Eve
6.7
Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
7.2
Movie
Downton Abbey
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
7.7
Movie
Pressure
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
8.1
TV
The Thick of It
7.7
TV
Hustle
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.9
TV
Inspector Morse
7.1
TV
The Thin Blue Line
6.6
TV
Cracker
6.9
TV
The Witness for the Prosecution
6.6
Movie
My Boy Jack
5.9
TV
COBRA
Acting credits 63
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Eloise Film | |
| 2025 | Étoile TV | Nicholas (8 ep) |
| 2020 | COBRA TV | Archie Glover-Morgan (18 ep) |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey Film | Mr Wilson |
| 2019 | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding Film | Bernard |
| 2018 | Killing Eve TV | Bill, Bill Pargrave (1 ep) |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Film | The Player |
| 2017 | Urban Myths TV | George Frideric Handel (1 ep) |
| 2016 | The Witness for the Prosecution TV | Sir Charles Carter (2 ep) |
| 2016 | There's Something About Romcoms Film | Self |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins Film | Carlo Edwards |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful TV | Oscar Putney (4 ep) |
| 2013 | The Wright Way TV | Gerald Wright (6 ep) |
| 2013 | Yes, Prime Minister TV | Prime Minister Jim Hacker (6 ep) |
| 2010 | The Michael Ball Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Mo Film | Jon Norton |
| 2008 | The 39 Steps Film | Sir George Sinclair |
| 2008 | Dustbin Baby Film | Elliot |
| 2008 | Dickens' Secret Lover Film | Charles Dickens |
| 2007 | My Boy Jack Film | Rudyard Kipling |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Wedding Film | Bride's Father |
| 2006 | A for Andromeda Film | General Vandenberg |
| 2005 | The Thick of It TV | Steve Fleming (2 ep) |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Major Hugh Horton (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Hustle TV | Sir Anthony Reeves (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice Film | Howard Wade |
| 2002 | Crime and Punishment Film | Luzhin |
| 2001 | Station Jim Film | Riorden Jnr |
| 2001 | Ivor the Invisible Film | Park Keeper (voice) |
| 2000 | Timequest Film | Clint Hill |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence Film | Col. Bonnet |
| 1998 | Talking Heads 2 Film | |
| 1997 | Keeping Mum TV | Richard Beare (16 ep) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | George Jeffers (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Horrocks Film | |
| 1995 | The Thin Blue Line TV | Detective Inspector Derek Grim (14 ep) |
| 1994 | Nice Day at the Office TV | (6 ep) |
| 1994 | Wycliffe TV | David Miller (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line TV | Lionel Virley (4 ep) |
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral Film | Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two |
| 1993 | Cracker TV | Graham (2 ep) |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier TV | Major Tom Cadman (7 ep) |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May TV | Captain Robert Battersby (2 ep) |
| 1990 | Portrait of a Marriage TV | Harold Nicolson (4 ep) |
| 1990 | Chancer TV | Dr. Haselden (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Campion TV | Cully Randall, Guffy Randall (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Talking Heads TV | Wilfred Paterson (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Hannay TV | (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse TV | Peter Rhodes (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Boon TV | Jim Fisk (1 ep) |
| 1986 | The Cold War Killers Film | Colin Jenkins |
| 1986 | The Alamut Ambush Film | Colin Jenkins |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer Space Film | Palatial House Flunkey |
| 1984 | Dark Enemy Film | Ash |
| 1983 | A Flame to the Phoenix Film | Mirek Grabinski |
| 1983 | Chessgame TV | Colin Jenkins (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Dramarama TV | Bill Brock (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Diamonds TV | Alex Randolph (3 ep) |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive Film | Pangol |
| 1978 | The Moon Stallion Film | Todman |
Crew credits 2
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pressure Film | Theatre Play, Writer |
| 2007 | My Boy Jack Film | Writer |