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Known For
Acting
Born
1951-12-16
Place of Birth
Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
David Schofield
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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Acting History
2025
Alfie & Ed
20251242: Gateway to the West as Sycardius
2022Mad Heidi as Alpöhi
2020Six Minutes to Midnight as Colonel Smith
2019The Adventures of Paddington as Mr. Gruber (voice)
2019The Bind as Patrick
2019The Secret World of Your Rubbish
2018Press as Chris Cartwright
2018Mary Magdalene as Thomas
2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Tony King
2017Darkest Hour as Clement Atlee
2016Mindhorn as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome
2016Undercover as Alex Brady
2015The Coroner as Ben Arnold
2015Safe House as Eddie Reynolds
2014The Great Fire as Duke of Hanford
2013Lord of Tears as Owl Man
2013Last Passenger as Peter Carmichael
2013All Things To All Men as Police Commissioner
2013Father Brown as Vivian Wolsey
2012Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London as Darts Player
2012Him Indoors as The Judge
2012Devil's Bridge as Parry
2011Ghosted as Donner
2011Injustice as ACC Stephen Packard
2011Super Tanker as Admiral
2010Burke & Hare as Fergus
2010F as Robert Anderson
2010Last Passengers
2010The Wolfman as Constable Nye
2009Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' as Self
2009Lightning Strikes as Donovan
2009Land Girls as Vernon Storey
2009The Take
2008Valkyrie as Erwin von Witzleben
2008Merlin as King Alined
2008Freebird as Dart player (scenes deleted)
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Mercer
2006Goldplated as John White
2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Ian Mercer
2006The Street as John Roberts
2005Doctor Who as Odin
2004Unstoppable as Dr. Collins
2004Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Sonny
2004Shameless as Louis
2003Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster as Monster
2003Blue Murder as DCS Hackett
2003Chunky Monkey as Frank
2002Fields of Gold as Craig
2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)
2002Footballers' Wives as Graham - Bookie
2001Superstition as Roberto Fallaci
2001The Musketeer as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
2001Waking the Dead as Michael Kelleher
2001In Deep as Vincent Hunter
2001From Hell as McQueen
2001The Red Peppers as George Pepper
2000Lock, Stock... as Two Sips
2000Gladiator as Falco
2000The Miracle Maker as Caiaphas (voice)
1999Mary, Mother of Jesus as Micah
1999Cleopatra as Casca
1999Joan of Arc as Gladsdale
1999Junk as Mr Brogan
1999The Vice
1998Amongst Women as Jack Simpson
1998Our Mutual Friend as Jesse 'Gaffer' Hexam
1997Anna Karenina as Nikolai
1997Tangier Cop as Omar Larbi
1996Testament: The Bible in Animation as Elijah (voice)
1996Our Friends in the North as DCI John Salway
1996Our Friends in the North as DI John Salway
1996Our Friends in the North as DCS John Salway
1995Band of Gold as DCI George Newall
1994Wycliffe as Joe Penrose
1993Mr. Wroe's Virgins as Doherty
1993The Crane as Preacher
1992The Secret Agent as Ossipon
1992The Last of the Mohicans as Sergeant Major
1992Heartbeat as Darcy Jacobs
1992Heartbeat as Dennis Ashton
1990Jekyll & Hyde as Snape
1989Somewhere to Run as Manchester D.J
1989Tree of Hands as Detective Inspector
1989Shadow of the Noose as Alfred Harmsworth
1987Boogie Outlaws as Flash
1987Rockliffe's Babies as DC Hirst
1986Casualty as Detective Inspector Logan
1983Shackleton as Sir Ernest Shackleton
1982Praying Mantis as Cafe Waiter
1981Bergerac as John Logan
1981An American Werewolf in London as Dart Player
1980The Dogs of War as Endean's Man
1977It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Pete
1976The New Avengers as Ben
1972Van der Valk as Toon Rosendaal