David Morrissey has worked extensively on stage, in television and film. Winner of the RTS best actor award for his performance in The Deal, he starred in the multi-Bafta award winning State of Play, and has appeared in the hit US series The Walking Dead.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Prime Target (2025)
Starring as Professor Robert Mallinder
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: House of Wisdom (Feb 12, 2025)
- Episode 1x02: Syracuse (Jan 22, 2025)
- Episode 1x01: A New Pattern (Jan 22, 2025)
Daddy Issues (2024)
Starring as Malcolm
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Sadie (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Man Mess (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Garden Sliders (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Sugar Daddies (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Normal Men (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Happy Tears (Aug 15, 2024)
Rob Beckett's Smart TV (2024)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 1x03: Natasia Demetriou, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Roman Kemp, David Morrissey (Mar 14, 2024)
Gods of Tennis (2023)
Starring as Narrator
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (Jun 4, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe (Jun 4, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe (Jun 4, 2023)
Sherwood (2022)
Starring as Ian St Clair
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Sep 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Sep 8, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Sep 2, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Sep 1, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Aug 26, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Aug 25, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Jun 28, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Jun 27, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Jun 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jun 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jun 14, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Jun 13, 2022)
The Singapore Grip (2020)
Starring as Walter Blackett
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Survival Instinct (Oct 18, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: The Human Condition (Oct 11, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: The Singapore Grip (Oct 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Engagement (Sep 27, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Great World (Sep 20, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Singapore for Beginners (Sep 13, 2020)
The City and the City (2018)
Starring as Inspector Tyádör Borlú
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: 4. Breach (Apr 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: 3. Orciny (Apr 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: 2. Ul Qoma (Apr 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: 1. Besźel (Apr 2, 2018)
dinnerladies diaries (2018)
Starring as Narrator
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: final toast (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: love bites (Mar 21, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: perfect ingredients (Mar 14, 2018)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer (2018)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 6x03: David Morrissey, Lucy Beaumont, Tom Daley, Adele Roberts (Apr 2, 2023)
Britannia (2018)
Starring as Aulus Plautius
(23 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Episode 8 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x07: Episode 7 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x06: Episode 6 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x05: Episode 5 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x04: Episode 4 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x03: Episode 3 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x02: Episode 2 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: Episode 1 (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 2x10: Episode 10 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Episode 8 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Episode 7 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Jan 18, 2018)
Lion Country: Night and Day (2017)
Starring as Narrator
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Boiling Point (Feb 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Prides in Conflict (Feb 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Young and Vulnerable (Feb 5, 2017)
The Missing (2014)
Starring as Sam Webster
(8 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: The Mountain (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: 1991 (Nov 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Saint John (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Das Vergessen (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Statice (Nov 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: A Prison Without Walls (Oct 26, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: The Turtle and the Stick (Oct 19, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Come Home (Oct 12, 2016)
Extant (2014)
Starring as Tobias Shepherd
Guest starring as Tobias Shepherd
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Don't Shoot the Messenger (Aug 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: The Other Side (Aug 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Arms and the Humanich (Aug 12, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: You Say You Want an Evolution (Aug 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: The New Frontier (Jul 29, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Empathy for the Devil (Jul 15, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Morphoses (Jul 8, 2015)
Good Morning Britain (2014)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 2021-06-18: 18/06/21 (Jun 18, 2021)
Inside No. 9 (2014)
Guest starring as Martin
- Episode 5x01: The Referee's a W***er (Feb 3, 2020)
Guest starring as Party Guest
- Episode 9x06: Plodding On (Jun 12, 2024)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 1x49: Whoopi Goldberg, Hill Harper, David Morrissey (Nov 20, 2013)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013)
Guest starring as Jackson Lake
- Episode 1x10: The Tenth Doctor (Oct 27, 2013)
Talking Dead (2011)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Live Bait (Nov 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x15: This Sorrowful Life (Mar 24, 2013)
The Walking Dead (2010)
Starring as Governor Phillip Blake
(18 episodes)
- Episode 4x09: After (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 4x08: Too Far Gone (Dec 1, 2013)
- Episode 4x07: Dead Weight (Nov 24, 2013)
- Episode 4x06: Live Bait (Nov 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x05: Internment (Nov 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x16: Welcome to the Tombs (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 3x15: This Sorrowful Life (Mar 24, 2013)
- Episode 3x14: Prey (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 3x13: Arrow on the Doorpost (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x11: I Ain't a Judas (Feb 24, 2013)
- Episode 3x10: Home (Feb 17, 2013)
- Episode 3x09: The Suicide King (Feb 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x08: Made to Suffer (Dec 2, 2012)
- Episode 3x07: When the Dead Come Knocking (Nov 25, 2012)
- Episode 3x06: Hounded (Nov 18, 2012)
- Episode 3x05: Say the Word (Nov 11, 2012)
- Episode 3x04: Killer Within (Nov 4, 2012)
- Episode 3x03: Walk with Me (Oct 28, 2012)
Guest starring as Governor Phillip Blake
- Episode 5x09: What Happened and What's Going On (Feb 8, 2015) [Special Guest Star]
Thorne (2010)
Starring as D.I Tom Thorne
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Scaredy Cat (3) (Nov 14, 2010)
- Episode 1x05: Scaredy Cat (2) (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 1x04: Scaredy Cat (1) (Oct 31, 2010)
- Episode 1x03: Sleepyhead (3) (Oct 24, 2010)
- Episode 1x02: Sleepyhead (2) (Oct 17, 2010)
- Episode 1x01: Sleepyhead (1) (Oct 10, 2010)
Coastline Cops (2009)
Starring as Narrator
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Second Chances (Dec 22, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: Asking for Trouble (Dec 15, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Summer Blues (Dec 8, 2009)
The Andrew Marr Show (2007)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2018-03-11: 11/03/2018 (Mar 11, 2018)
- Episode 2014-01-05: 05/01/2014 (Jan 5, 2014)
RHS Chelsea Flower Show (2006)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 2021-09-21: Episode 6 (Sep 21, 2021)
Skint (2005)
Starring as Narrator
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (May 9, 2005)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (May 3, 2005)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 26, 2005)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 19, 2005)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2005)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 5, 2005)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Mar 29, 2005)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Mar 22, 2005)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Starring as Narrator
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Vic Reeves (Dec 14, 2004)
- Episode 1x09: Meera Syal (Dec 7, 2004)
- Episode 1x08: Lesley Garrett (Nov 30, 2004)
- Episode 1x07: David Baddiel (Nov 23, 2004)
- Episode 1x06: Moira Stuart (Nov 16, 2004)
- Episode 1x05: Ian Hislop (Nov 9, 2004)
- Episode 1x04: Jeremy Clarkson (Nov 2, 2004)
- Episode 1x03: Sue Johnston (Oct 26, 2004)
- Episode 1x02: Amanda Redman (Oct 19, 2004)
- Episode 1x01: Bill Oddie (Oct 12, 2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 2013-11-14: Kerry Washington, David Morrissey (Nov 14, 2013)
Last Call with Carson Daly (2002)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 2017-02-21: David Morrissey, Strawberry Girls, Katherine Ryan (Feb 21, 2017)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Guest starring as David Morrissey
- Episode 10x05: Justin Hawkins, David Morrissey, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Dirty Pretty Things (Apr 28, 2006)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Guest starring as John Arbuthnot
- Episode 12x03: Murder on the Orient Express (Dec 25, 2010)
Crew Credits
Daddy Issues (2024)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Sadie (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Man Mess (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Garden Sliders (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Sugar Daddies (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Normal Men (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Happy Tears (Aug 15, 2024)