David Calder
52 movies · 65 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 1, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- David Ian Calder · Dave Calder
Biography
David Calder (David Ian Calder) – English actor, born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, active since 1970 with over 110 credits. His most notable film roles include a Crewman in Superman (1978), Sir Robert King in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Roger Wilson in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Louis Stanley in Rush (2013), Hugh Bell in Queen of the Desert (2015), Mr. Fairchild in The Lady in the Van (2015), Terry Perkins in The Hatton Garden Job (2017), and Father Michael in The Last Front (2024). On television he is best known for Det. Insp. George Resnick in Widows (1983–1985), Nathan Spring in Star Cops (1987), Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (2012, ITV), and guest appearances in Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, A Touch of Frost, Call the Midwife (2018), and The Moonstone (2016). On stage he is a veteran of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles in Hamlet (as Polonius), King Henry IV (as Falstaff), and A Doll's House, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
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Known for
David Calder: movies and TV shows
Acting (117)
- 2024
- 2024 The Last Front
as Father Michael
- 2021 The Trick
as Sir David King
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 The Hatton Garden Job
as Terry Perkins
- 2017 The Lost City of Z
as Secretary Bryce
- 2017
- 2015 The Lady in the Van
as Mr Fairchild
- 2015 Queen of the Desert
as Hugh Bell
- 2015 The Scandalous Lady W
as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 Rush
as Louis Stanley
- 2013
- 2013 Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
as Cosmo Gordon Lang
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 United
as Harold Hardman
- 2010 National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Polonius
- 2010 On Expenses
as Stuart Bell
- 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Sir John Marsden
- 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
as Roger Wilson
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Goya's Ghosts
as Monk 1
- 2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Bishop of Grasse
- 2005 Wallis & Edward
as Winston Churchill
- 2005
- 2005 Friends Reunited
as Denny Flemyng
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Love or Money
as Mario
- 2001 Anybody's Nightmare
as Anthony Glass QC
- 2001 Mr In-Between
as Tattooed Man
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 The King Is Alive
as Charles
- 2000
- 1999 The World Is Not Enough
as Sir Robert King
- 1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Sir Paul Condon
- 1997 FairyTale: A True Story
as Harold Snelling
- 1997
- 1997
- 1995 Henry IV
as Falstaff
- 1995
- 1995
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 A Doll's House
as Nils Krogstad
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 The Count of Solar
as Abbé de L'Epée
- 1991 A Question of Attribution
as Chubb
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 Sleepers
as Victor Chekhov
- 1991
- 1991 The War That Never Ends
as Cleon
- 1991 American Friends
as Pollitt
- 1990 Shoot to Kill
as DCS John Thorburn
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Tumbledown
as John Lawrence
- 1988 Unreported Incident
as Douglas
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987 The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Maitre Verges
- 1987
- 1986 Good As Gold
as Dennis Barker
- 1986
- 1986 Defence of the Realm
as Harry Champion
- 1985 Urban Jungle
as Insp. Burton
- 1985 Wynne and Penkovsky
as Greville Wynne
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 The Disappearance of Harry
as Bracey
- 1982 Moonlighting
as Supermarket Manager
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 Bread or Blood
as Benson
- 1980 Fox
as Detective Inspector Davin
- 1980
- 1980 The Black Stuff
as McKenna
- 1979
- 1979 Gossip from the Forest
as General Von Heldorff
- 1979 Casting the Runes
as John Marriott
- 1978 Superman
as 3rd Crewman
- 1978
- 1977
- 1974
- 1972
- 1970
- 1970 Edward II
as Young Spencer
- 1970 The Tragedy of King Richard II
as Lord Ross / Groom
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2004