Acting

David Schofield

Born 1951-12-16 · Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

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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Alfie & Ed
2025
1242: Gateway to the West
as Sycardius
2025
Mad Heidi
as Alpöhi
2022
Hotel Portofino
as George Livesey
2022
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Colonel Smith
2020
The Adventures of Paddington
as Mr. Gruber (voice)
2019
The Bind
as Patrick
2019
The Secret World of Your Rubbish
2019
Press
as Chris Cartwright
2018
Mary Magdalene
as Thomas
2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Tony King
2018
Darkest Hour
as Clement Atlee
2017
Mindhorn
as Chief Inspector Derek Newsome
2016
Undercover
as Alex Brady
2016
The Coroner
as Ben Arnold
2015
The Last Kingdom
as Abbot Eadred
2015
Safe House
as Eddie Reynolds
2015
The Great Fire
as Duke of Hanford
2014
Lord of Tears
as Owl Man
2013
Last Passenger
as Peter Carmichael
2013
All Things To All Men
as Police Commissioner
2013
Father Brown
as Vivian Wolsey
2013
Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London
as Darts Player
2012
Him Indoors
as The Judge
2012
Devil's Bridge
as Parry
2012
Ghosted
as Donner
2011
Injustice
as ACC Stephen Packard
2011
Super Tanker
as Admiral
2011
Burke & Hare
as Fergus
2010
F
as Robert Anderson
2010
Last Passengers
2010
The Wolfman
as Constable Nye
2010
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
as Self
2009
Lightning Strikes
as Donovan
2009
Land Girls
as Vernon Storey
2009
The Take
2009
Valkyrie
as Erwin von Witzleben
2008
Merlin
as King Alined
2008
Freebird
as Dart player (scenes deleted)
2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Mercer
2007
Goldplated
as John White
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Mercer
2006
The Street
as John Roberts
2006
Doctor Who
as Odin
2005
Unstoppable
as Dr. Collins
2004
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Sonny
2004
Shameless
as Louis
2004
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
as Monster
2003
Blue Murder
as DCS Hackett
2003
Chunky Monkey
as Frank
2003
Fields of Gold
as Craig
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Falco (Gladiator) (archive footage)
2002
The Forsyte Saga
as Polteed
2002
Footballers' Wives
as Graham - Bookie
2002
Superstition
as Roberto Fallaci
2001
The Musketeer
as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
2001
Waking the Dead
as Michael Kelleher
2001
In Deep
as Vincent Hunter
2001
From Hell
as McQueen
2001
The Red Peppers
as George Pepper
2001
Lock, Stock...
as Two Sips
2000
Gladiator
as Falco
2000
The Miracle Maker
as Caiaphas (voice)
2000
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Micah
1999
Cleopatra
as Casca
1999
Joan of Arc
as Gladsdale
1999
Junk
as Mr Brogan
1999
The Vice
as Harrison
1999
Amongst Women
as Jack Simpson
1998
Our Mutual Friend
as Jesse 'Gaffer' Hexam
1998
Anna Karenina
as Nikolai
1997
Tangier Cop
as Omar Larbi
1997
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Elijah (voice)
1996
Our Friends in the North
as DCI John Salway
1996
Our Friends in the North
as DCS John Salway
1996
Our Friends in the North
as DI John Salway
1996
Band of Gold
as DCI George Newall
1995
Wycliffe
as Joe Penrose
1994
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Doherty
1993