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David Haig
Acting · Born 1955-09-20 · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
George Jeffers
Doctor Who
Pangol
Agatha Christie's Marple
Major Hugh Horton
Pressure
Theatre Play
Hustle
Sir Anthony Reeves
Killing Eve
Bill
Inspector Morse
Peter Rhodes
Penny Dreadful
Oscar Putney
Soldier Soldier
Major Tom Cadman
Wycliffe
David Miller
Filmography
- 2026PressureTheatre Play
- 2025ÉtoileNicholas
- 2020COBRAArchie Glover-Morgan
- 2019Downton AbbeyMr Wilson
- 2019One Red Nose Day and a WeddingBernard
- 2018Killing EveBill
- 2017National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadThe Player
- 2017Urban MythsGeorge Frideric Handel
- 2016The Witness for the ProsecutionSir Charles Carter
- 2016There's Something About RomcomsSelf
- 2016Florence Foster JenkinsCarlo Edwards
- 2014Penny DreadfulOscar Putney
- 2013The Wright WayGerald Wright
- 2013Yes, Prime MinisterPrime Minister Jim Hacker
- 2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
- 2010MoJon Norton
- 2008The 39 StepsSir George Sinclair
- 2008Dustbin BabyElliot
- 2008Dickens' Secret LoverCharles Dickens
- 2007My Boy JackRudyard Kipling
- 2007Mr. Bean's WeddingBride's Father
- 2006A for AndromedaGeneral Vandenberg
- 2005The Thick of ItSteve Fleming
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMajor Hugh Horton
- 2004HustleSir Anthony Reeves
- 2003TimequestClint Hill
- 2002Two Weeks NoticeHoward Wade
- 2002Crime and PunishmentLuzhin
- 2001Station JimRiorden Jnr
- 2001Ivor the InvisiblePark Keeper (voice)
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of InnocenceCol. Bonnet
- 1998Talking Heads 2
- 1997Keeping MumRichard Beare
- 1997Midsomer MurdersGeorge Jeffers
- 1996Never Mind the Horrocks
- 1995The Thin Blue LineDetective Inspector Derek Grim
- 1994Nice Day at the Office
- 1994WycliffeDavid Miller
- 1994Love on a Branch LineLionel Virley
- 1994Four Weddings and a FuneralBernard the Groom - Wedding Two
- 1993CrackerGraham
- 1991Soldier SoldierMajor Tom Cadman
- 1991The Darling Buds of MayCaptain Robert Battersby
- 1990Portrait of a MarriageHarold Nicolson
- 1990ChancerDr. Haselden
- 1989CampionCully Randall
- 1988Talking HeadsWilfred Paterson
- 1988Hannay
- 1987Inspector MorsePeter Rhodes
- 1986The Cold War KillersColin Jenkins
- 1986The Alamut AmbushColin Jenkins
- 1985Morons from Outer SpacePalatial House Flunkey
- 1984Dark EnemyAsh
- 1983A Flame to the PhoenixMirek Grabinski
- 1983ChessgameColin Jenkins
- 1983DramaramaBill Brock
- 1981DiamondsAlex Randolph
- 1980Doctor Who: The Leisure HivePangol
- 1978The Moon StallionTodman
- 1978Blake's 7Forres
- 1963Doctor WhoPangol
- —Eloise
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