David Schofield

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Born

   Born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

2. 1967 · Screen debut

   ITV Playhouse (TV)

3. 2000 · Breakthrough

   Gladiator (Movie)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   1242: Gateway to the West (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

2 1970s

10 1980s

15 1990s

25 2000s

20 2010s

4 2020s

• Drama56
• Crime16
• Thriller11
• Action10
• Comedy10
• Adventure8

Highest-rated title The Last Kingdom 2015 8.3 Most popular title Doctor Who 2005 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside David Schofield in our catalogue.

Keira Knightley

2 titles together

Orlando Bloom

2 titles together

1. 2025 1242: Gateway to the West as Sycardius Movie
2. 2022 Mad Heidi as Alpöhi 5.7 Movie
3. 2022 Hotel Portofino as George Livesey 6.7 TV
4. 2020 Six Minutes to Midnight as Colonel Smith 6.2 Movie
5. 2019 The Adventures of Paddington as Mr. Gruber (voice) TV
6. 2018 Press as Chris Cartwright 7.0 TV
7. 2018 Mary Magdalene as Thomas 6.3 Movie
8. 2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Tony King 7.0 TV
9. 2017 Darkest Hour as Clement Atlee 7.4 Movie
10. 2016 Mindhorn as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome 6.1 Movie
11. 2016 Undercover as Alex Brady 6.5 TV
12. 2015 The Coroner as Ben Arnold 6.3 TV
13. 2015 The Last Kingdom as Abbot Eadred 8.3 TV
14. 2015 Safe House as Eddie Reynolds 6.4 TV
15. 2014 The Great Fire as Duke of Hanford TV
16. 2013 Last Passenger as Peter Carmichael 5.6 Movie
17. 2013 All Things To All Men as Police Commissioner 4.3 Movie
18. 2013 Father Brown as Vivian Wolsey 7.7 TV
19. 2011 Ghosted as Donner 5.2 Movie
20. 2011 Injustice as ACC Stephen Packard 7.1 TV
21. 2011 Super Tanker as Admiral 4.4 Movie
22. 2010 Burke & Hare as Fergus 6.1 Movie
23. 2010 F as Robert Anderson 6.1 Movie
24. 2010 The Wolfman as Constable Nye 5.9 Movie
25. 2009 Lightning Strikes as Donovan 4.5 Movie
26. 2009 Land Girls as Vernon Storey 7.7 TV
27. 2009 The Take 7.5 TV
28. 2008 Valkyrie as Erwin von Witzleben 7.0 Movie
29. 2008 Merlin as King Alined 7.8 TV
30. 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Mercer 7.3 Movie
31. 2006 Goldplated as John White TV
32. 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Mercer 7.4 Movie
33. 2006 The Street as John Roberts TV
34. 2005 Doctor Who as Odin 7.6 TV
35. 2004 Unstoppable as Dr. Collins 5.2 Movie
36. 2004 Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder TV
37. 2004 Shameless as Louis 7.6 TV
38. 2003 Blue Murder as DCS Hackett TV
39. 2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage) 5.0 Movie
40. 2002 The Forsyte Saga as Polteed 7.9 TV
41. 2002 Footballers' Wives as Graham - Bookie 5.4 TV
42. 2001 Superstition as Roberto Fallaci Movie
43. 2001 The Musketeer as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman 5.3 Movie
44. 2001 Waking the Dead as Michael Kelleher 7.2 TV
45. 2001 In Deep as Vincent Hunter TV
46. 2001 From Hell as McQueen 6.7 Movie
47. 2000 Lock, Stock... as Two Sips TV
48. 2000 Gladiator as Falco 8.2 Movie
49. 2000 The Miracle Maker as Caiaphas (voice) 6.2 Movie
50. 1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus as Micah Movie
51. 1999 Cleopatra as Casca 6.6 TV
52. 1999 Joan of Arc as Gladsdale 6.6 TV
53. 1999 The Vice as Harrison TV
54. 1998 Amongst Women as Jack Simpson TV
55. 1998 Our Mutual Friend as Jesse 'Gaffer' Hexam 7.8 TV
56. 1997 Anna Karenina as Nikolai 6.1 Movie
57. 1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation as Elijah (voice) TV
58. 1996 Our Friends in the North as DCI John Salway 7.8 TV
59. 1995 Band of Gold as DCI George Newall TV
60. 1994 Wycliffe as Joe Penrose TV
61. 1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins as Doherty TV
62. 1992 The Last of the Mohicans as Sergeant Major 7.4 Movie
63. 1992 Heartbeat as Darcy Jacobs 7.1 TV
64. 1990 Jekyll & Hyde as Snape 5.9 Movie
65. 1989 Shadow of the Noose as Alfred Harmsworth TV
66. 1987 Boogie Outlaws as Flash TV
67. 1987 A Killing on the Exchange as Rupert Tyndall TV
68. 1987 Rockliffe's Babies as DC Hirst TV
69. 1986 Casualty as Detective Inspector Logan 6.2 TV
70. 1983 Shackleton as Sir Ernest Shackleton TV
71. 1981 Bergerac as John Logan 7.0 TV
72. 1981 An American Werewolf in London as Dart Player 7.4 Movie
73. 1981 Funny Man as Davey Gibson TV
74. 1980 The Dogs of War as Endean's Man 5.8 Movie
75. 1976 The New Avengers as Ben 7.2 TV
76. 1972 Van der Valk as Toon Rosendaal TV
77. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Pete TV

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