David Haig
View on IMDb ↗David Haig Collum Ward (born 20 September 1955 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes. He has appeared in top roles in stage productions all over the West End and has done numerous TV and film roles over the past 20 years.
Known for
Talking Heads 2
The Thick of It
The Cold War Killers
A Flame to the Phoenix
Doctor Who
The Darling Buds of May
Inspector Morse
Killing Eve
Penny Dreadful
Agatha Christie's MarpleFilmography (61)
- 2025
ÉtoileNicholas - 2020
COBRAArchie Glover-Morgan - 2019
Downton AbbeyMr Wilson - 2019
One Red Nose Day and a WeddingBernard - 2018
Killing EveBill - 2017
Urban MythsGeorge Frideric Handel - 2017
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadThe Player - 2016
The Witness for the ProsecutionSir Charles Carter - 2016
Florence Foster JenkinsCarlo Edwards - 2016
There's Something About RomcomsSelf - 2014
Penny DreadfulOscar Putney - 2013
Yes, Prime MinisterPrime Minister Jim Hacker - 2013The Wright WayGerald Wright
- 2010
MoJon Norton - 2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
- 2008
The 39 StepsSir George Sinclair - 2008
Dustbin BabyElliot - 2008Dickens' Secret LoverCharles Dickens
- 2007
Mr. Bean's WeddingBride's Father - 2007
My Boy JackRudyard Kipling - 2006
A for AndromedaGeneral Vandenberg - 2005
The Thick of ItSteve Fleming - 2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleMajor Hugh Horton - 2004
HustleSir Anthony Reeves - 2003
TimequestClint Hill - 2002
Crime and PunishmentLuzhin - 2002
Two Weeks NoticeHoward Wade - 2001Station JimRiorden Jnr
- 2001Ivor the InvisiblePark Keeper (voice)
- 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of InnocenceCol. Bonnet - 1998
Talking Heads 2 - 1997
Midsomer MurdersGeorge Jeffers - 1997
Keeping MumRichard Beare - 1996
Never Mind the Horrocks - 1995
The Thin Blue LineDetective Inspector Derek Grim - 1994Nice Day at the Office
- 1994
WycliffeDavid Miller - 1994
Four Weddings and a FuneralBernard the Groom - Wedding Two - 1994
Love on a Branch LineLionel Virley - 1993
CrackerGraham - 1991
The Darling Buds of MayCaptain Robert Battersby - 1991
Soldier SoldierMajor Tom Cadman - 1990
ChancerDr. Haselden - 1990
Portrait of a MarriageHarold Nicolson - 1989
CampionCully Randall - 1988
Talking HeadsWilfred Paterson - 1988
Hannay - 1987
Inspector MorsePeter Rhodes - 1986The Alamut AmbushColin Jenkins
- 1986
The Cold War KillersColin Jenkins - 1985
Morons from Outer SpacePalatial House Flunkey - 1984
Dark EnemyAsh - 1983
A Flame to the PhoenixMirek Grabinski - 1983
DramaramaBill Brock - 1983
ChessgameColin Jenkins - 1981DiamondsAlex Randolph
- 1980
Doctor Who: The Leisure HivePangol - 1978
Blake's 7Forres - 1978
The Moon StallionTodman - 1963
Doctor WhoPangol - —Eloise