David Morrissey

Born 1964 · English actor

David Mark Joseph Morrissey is an English actor and filmmaker. He had numerous small roles in films and television series throughout the 1990s before achieving wider recognition for playing Gordon Brown in The Deal (2003), Stephen Collins in State of Play (2003), The Governor in the third and fourth seasons of The Walking Dead (2012–2015), and DCS Ian St Clair in Sherwood (2022–present). He has also acted extensively on stage with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.

David Morrissey, in order

1983 One Summer (TV series): acted · directed by Gordon Flemyng
1988 Drowning by Numbers: acted · directed by Peter Greenaway
1990 The Widowmaker (TV movie): acted · directed by John Madden
1991 Robin Hood: acted · directed by John Irvin
1992 Waterland: acted · directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal · critics 47%, audiences 62%
1994 Being Human: acted · directed by Bill Forsyth · critics 58%, audiences 43% · streaming on YouTube (free)
1995 Out of the Blue (TV series): acted
1997 Holding On (TV series): acted
1998 Hilary and Jackie: acted · directed by Anand Tucker
1998 The Commissioner: acted · directed by George Sluizer
2000 Born Romantic: acted · directed by David Kane
2000 Some Voices: acted · directed by Simon Cellan Jones · audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV
2000 The Suicide Club: acted · directed by Rachel Samuels
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin: acted · directed by John Madden · critics 28%, audiences 50%
2001 Sweet Revenge (TV series): directed
2002 Out of Control (TV movie): acted · directed by Dominic Savage
2003 State of Play (TV series): acted · directed by David Yates
2003 The Deal (TV movie): acted · directed by Stephen Frears
2004 Blackpool (TV series): acted · directed by Coky Giedroyc
2004 Passer By (TV movie): directed
2004 Who Do You Think You Are? (TV series): acted
2005 Derailed: acted · directed by Mikael Håfström · critics 20%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Kanopy
2005 Stoned: acted · directed by Stephen Woolley
2006 Basic Instinct 2: acted · directed by Michael Caton-Jones · critics 6%, audiences 26%
2007 The Reaping: acted · directed by Stephen Hopkins
2007 The Water Horse: acted · directed by Jay Russell
2008 Doctor Who (TV series): acted
2008 Is Anybody There?: acted · directed by John Crowley
2008 Sense and Sensibility (TV series): acted · directed by John Alexander
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl: acted · directed by Justin Chadwick · critics 43%, audiences 62% · streaming on Starz
2009 Nowhere Boy: acted · directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson
2009 Red Riding: 1974: acted · directed by Julian Jarrold
2009 Red Riding: 1980: acted · directed by James Marsh
2009 Red Riding: 1983: acted · directed by Anand Tucker
2009 The Pool: wrote
2009 U Be Dead (TV movie): acted · directed by Jamie Payne
2010 Centurion: acted · directed by Neil Marshall · critics 59%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo
2011 Blitz: acted · directed by Elliott Lester
2012 Richard II (TV movie): acted · directed by Rupert Goold
2012–13 The Walking Dead (TV series): acted · critics 79%, audiences 78% · streaming on Netflix, Pluto TV, Philo
2013 Welcome to the Punch: acted · directed by Eran Creevy
2014 Lennon or McCartney: acted · directed by Matt Schichter
2014 The Driver (TV series): acted
2015 Ronaldo: acted · directed by Anthony Wonke
2018 Britannia (TV series): acted
2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar: acted · directed by Nicholas Hytner
2018 The City and the City (TV series): acted · directed by Tom Shankland
2020 The Singapore Grip (TV series): acted
2021 The Colour Room: acted · directed by Claire McCarthy
2022 Dampyr: acted
2022 Sherwood (TV series): acted
2024 Daddy Issues (TV series): acted
2024 Slingshot: acted · directed by Mikael Håfström · critics 38%, audiences 64% · streaming on Hulu, Kanopy, Hoopla
2025 Prime Target (TV series): acted · directed by Brady Hood
2026 Tip Toe (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Hoar