David Haig

Actor

Born September 20, 1955 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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.

Acting

Étoile
TV series, 2025
as Nicholas
COBRA
TV series, 2020
as Archie Glover-Morgan
Downton Abbey
Film, 2019
as Mr Wilson
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Film, 2019
as Bernard
Killing Eve
TV series, 2018
as Bill
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Film, 2017
as The Player
Urban Myths
TV series, 2017
as George Frideric Handel
The Witness for the Prosecution
TV series, 2016
as Sir Charles Carter
Florence Foster Jenkins
Film, 2016
as Carlo Edwards
Penny Dreadful
TV series, 2014
as Oscar Putney
The Wright Way
TV series, 2013
as Gerald Wright
Yes, Prime Minister
TV series, 2013
as Prime Minister Jim Hacker
Mo
Film, 2010
as Jon Norton
The 39 Steps
Film, 2008
as Sir George Sinclair
Dustbin Baby
Film, 2008
as Elliot
Dickens' Secret Lover
Film, 2008
as Charles Dickens
My Boy Jack
Film, 2007
as Rudyard Kipling
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Film, 2007
as Bride's Father
A for Andromeda
Film, 2006
as General Vandenberg
The Thick of It
TV series, 2005
as Steve Fleming
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV series, 2004
as Major Hugh Horton
Hustle
TV series, 2004
as Sir Anthony Reeves
Two Weeks Notice
Film, 2002
as Howard Wade
Crime and Punishment
Film, 2002
as Luzhin
Station Jim
Film, 2001
as Riorden Jnr
Ivor the Invisible
Film, 2001
as Park Keeper (voice)
Timequest
Film, 2000
as Clint Hill
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Film, 1999
as Col. Bonnet
Talking Heads 2
Film, 1998
Keeping Mum
TV series, 1997
as Richard Beare