David Morrissey
Actor
UK
Biography:
David Morrissey is a versatile actor, having performed in an eclectic range of productions for film, television and stage.
Born in Liverpool, Morrissey left to study in London at RADA. Most recently, Morissey finished filming the new BBC program The 7.39. Prior, Morrissey starred opposite Mark Strong and Andrea Riseborough in Eran Creev's Welcome to the Punch, and in Rupert Goold's Richard II and in Dominic Savage's improvised drama True Love for the BBC.
Morrissey has appeared in some of the most critically acclaimed television dramas, such as Our Mutual Friend; Clocking Off; Holding On, which earned him a prestigious RTS nomination; the six-part BBC political drama State of Play, a role for which he received a BAFTA nomination; and one of Channel 4's most controversial dramas, The Deal, directed by Stephen Frears, for which Morrissey won an RTS Award. In 2006, audiences saw Morrissey in Viva Blackpool on BBC One. Morrissey received the Best Television Actor Award at the Arena Awards, and the series received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Recent television credits include Red Riding, The Field of Blood and South Riding, as well as Thorne: Sleepyhead and Thorne: Scaredycat two films based on the hugely popular Mark Billingham's crime novels for Sky1 in which he played the lead role and also served as an executive producer.
His stage work has included a number of productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National, and he has worked with highly regarded stage directors, including Adrian Noble, Deborah Warner and Declan Donnellan. Most recently, he performed in Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House at the Almeida Theatre.
In film Morrissey has acted in Hilary and Jackie; Some Voices; Born Romantic; Captain Corelli's Mandolin; Miramax's Derailed; Stephen Woolley's Stoned; The Reaping, opposite Hilary Swank; The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep; The Other Boleyn Girl; Neil Marshall's Centurion; Sam Taylor-Johnson's Nowhere Boy and Earthbound.
In addition to his acting career, Morrissey founded his own production company, Tubedale Films, which co-produced Patrice Leconte's film L'Homme du Train, starring Johnny Hallyday and Jean Rochefort. David Morrissey also directed the short TV project Sweet Revenge, the two-part BBC drama Passer By and the feature film Don't Worry About Me.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Geek'd Con 2024 - August 16-18, 2024 in Shreveport, LA, USA
- Comic Con Manchester 2024 - July 27-28, 2024 in Manchester
- HorrorConUK 2024 - May 11-12, 2024 in Rotherham
Steel City Con 2024 - April 12-14, 2024 in Monroeville, PA, USACancelled Appearance 2023- Frightmare In The Falls 2023 - October 27-29, 2023 in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
- ScareFest Weekend 2023 - October 20-22, 2023 in Lexington, KY, USA
Niagara Falls Comic Con 2023 - June 9-11, 2023 in Niagara Falls, ON, CanadaCancelled AppearanceTexas Frightmare Weekend 2023 - May 26-28, 2023 in Irving, TX, USACancelled Appearance- MegaCon Live Birmingham 2023 - March 25-26, 2023 in Birmingham
- Mad Monster Party Carolina 2023 - February 17-19, 2023 in Concord, NC, USA 2022
- Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover 2022 - December 3-4, 2022 in Telford
- FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2022 - September 22-24, 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- The Fandemic Dead 2022 - March 18-20, 2022 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2021
The Fandemic Dead 2021 - September 17-19, 2021 in Atlanta, GA, USAConvention Cancelled 2019- Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover 2019 - December 7-8, 2019 in Telford
- London Film & Comic Con 2019 - July 26-28, 2019 in London
- Walker Stalker Con London 2019 - March 30-31, 2019 in London
Walker Stalker Con Germany 2019 - March 23-24, 2019 in Berlin, GermanyCancelled Appearance- Walker Stalker Cruise 2019 - February 21-25, 2019 in Departing from Tampa, FL, USA 2018
- Walker Stalker / Heroes & Villains Fan Fest San Jose 2018 - December 1-2, 2018 in San Jose, CA, USA
- Vienna Comic Con 2018 - November 17-18, 2018 in Wien, Austria
- Walker Stalker Con Atlanta 2018 - October 26-28, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Walker Stalker Con London 2018 - March 10-11, 2018 in London 2017
- Rhode Island Comic Con 2017 - November 10-12, 2017 in Providence, RI, USA
- Walker Stalker Con Atlanta 2017 - October 27-29, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- German Comic Con Berlin 2017 - September 30 - October 1, 2017 in Berlin, Germany
- London Film & Comic Con 2017 - July 28-30, 2017 in London
- Walker Stalker Con London 2017 - March 4-5, 2017 in London 2016
- Walker Stalker Con Boston 2016 - July 30-31, 2016 in Boston, MA, USA 2014
- Dallas Comic Con 2014 - May 16-18, 2014 in Dallas, TX, USA
- MegaCon 2014 - March 21-23, 2014 in Orlando, FL, USA
26 confirmed guest appearances