David Haig

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David Haig

Acting 71 September 20, 1955

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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, h…

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

6.8 1994 Movie
Two Weeks Notice

Two Weeks Notice

6.4 2002 Movie
Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful

7.8 2014 TV Show
Killing Eve

Killing Eve

7.9 2018 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins

6.7 2016 Movie
Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

7.2 2019 Movie
Pressure

Pressure

7.7 2026 Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
Hustle

Hustle

7.7 2004 TV Show
Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

7.9 1987 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Pressure

    Movie Theatre Play

  2. 2025
    Étoile

    TV show Nicholas

  3. 2020
    COBRA

    TV show Archie Glover-Morgan

  4. 2019
    Downton Abbey

    Movie Mr Wilson

  5. 2019
    One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

    Movie Bernard

  6. 2018
    Killing Eve

    TV show Bill

  7. 2017
    National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Movie The Player

  8. 2017
    Urban Myths

    TV show George Frideric Handel

  9. 2016
    The Witness for the Prosecution

    TV show Sir Charles Carter

  10. 2016
    There's Something About Romcoms

    Movie Self

  11. 2016
    Florence Foster Jenkins

    Movie Carlo Edwards

  12. 2014
    Penny Dreadful

    TV show Oscar Putney

  13. 2013
    The Wright Way

    TV show Gerald Wright

  14. 2013
    Yes, Prime Minister

    TV show Prime Minister Jim Hacker

  15. 2010
    The Michael Ball Show

    TV show Self

  16. 2010
    Mo

    Movie Jon Norton

More credits
  1. 2008
    The 39 Steps

    Movie Sir George Sinclair

  2. 2008
    Dustbin Baby

    Movie Elliot

  3. 2008
    Dickens' Secret Lover

    Movie Charles Dickens

  4. 2007
    My Boy Jack

    Movie Rudyard Kipling

  5. 2007
    Mr. Bean's Wedding

    Movie Bride's Father

  6. 2006
    A for Andromeda

    Movie General Vandenberg

  7. 2005
    The Thick of It

    TV show Steve Fleming

  8. 2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    TV show Major Hugh Horton

  9. 2004
    Hustle

    TV show Sir Anthony Reeves

  10. 2002
    Two Weeks Notice

    Movie Howard Wade

  11. 2002
    Crime and Punishment

    Movie Luzhin

  12. 2001
    Station Jim

    Movie Riorden Jnr

  13. 2001
    Ivor the Invisible

    Movie Park Keeper (voice)

  14. 2000
    Timequest

    Movie Clint Hill

  15. 1999
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

    Movie Col. Bonnet

  16. 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Movie

  17. 1997
    Keeping Mum

    TV show Richard Beare

  18. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show George Jeffers

  19. 1996
    Never Mind the Horrocks

    Movie

  20. 1995
    The Thin Blue Line

    TV show Detective Inspector Derek Grim

  21. 1994
    Nice Day at the Office

    TV show

  22. 1994
    Wycliffe

    TV show David Miller

  23. 1994
    Love on a Branch Line

    TV show Lionel Virley

  24. 1994
    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Movie Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two