David Haig

David Haig

Birth : 1955-09-20, Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Haig (born 20 September 1955 in Aldershot in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Haig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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David Haig

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Downton Abbey
Mr Wilson
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Bernard
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after the events of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Charles, Carrie, Fiona, Tom, David, Matthew, Bernard, Lydia and Father Gerald are back in church. But whose wedding is it - and will there be any more familiar faces?
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Player
Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare’s iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Carlo Edwards
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Mo
Jon Norton
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
The 39 Steps
Sir George Sinclair
Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when a secret agent bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, concerning the impending start of World War I. In no time both German agents and the British law are chasing him, ruthlessly coveting the Roman numerals code, which Hannay believes he must personally crack.
Dustbin Baby
Elliot
The film follows the story of young teen April whose troubled life began in a dustbin - a new born baby, abandoned and alone, not celebrated, not wanted but discarded and left like so much rubbish in an industrial bin behind a pizza parlour. On the morning of her fourteenth birthday April has a devastating row with her foster mother, Marion and leaves the house determined to find out where she really comes from, who she really is and maybe, just maybe, find her real mother. Telling no-one what she's up to or where she's going, April skips school and begins the search she's dreamed about all her life. It's a blur of social workers, children's homes and special schools as April revisits and recalls the key scenes of her fragmented past. It's a painful journey, sometimes frightening but there's also friendship and love and laughter. And now she's started, there's no going back - April must find her mother.
Dickens' Secret Lover
Charles Dickens
A docudrama about the relationship between writer Charles Dickens and his mistress Nelly Ternan.
My Boy Jack
Writer
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
My Boy Jack
Rudyard Kipling
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Bride's Father
In this Comic Relief sketch, the lovable yet clumsy Mr. Bean finds himself at the wedding of an unsuspecting couple, leading to mishaps, mayhem, and a very angry father of the bride.
A for Andromeda
General Vandenberg
A for Andromeda is a remake of the 1961 BBC science fiction classic A for Andromeda. In the Yorkshire Dales, a group of scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda Galaxy. Once decoded, these give them a computer program that can design a human clone. One physicist decides it is a Trojan horse and decides to destroy the computer.
Two Weeks Notice
Howard Wade
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
Crime and Punishment
Luzhin
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
Station Jim
Riorden Jnr
At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriended by station porter Bob and lonely orphan Henry. His performing feats soon become a local attraction, and before long he's in the middle of a battle to save the local orphanage.
Ivor the Invisible
Park Keeper (voice)
Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a big invisible something sitting on his bed.
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Col. Bonnet
In the sixteenth film in the series, in 1917, Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her attention, Indy and his new pal, ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway, make plans to crush Indiana's competitor by smothering Guiletta with presents and compliments. Afterwards, Indiana is begrudgingly ordered to Casablanca to find a traitor who is selling arms to the Berber rebels. Traveling incognito, he is joined by American novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Lowell Thomas. Indy and Edith soon find themselves attracted to each other despite their age difference.
Talking Heads 2
A series of monologues.
Never Mind the Horrocks
Jane Horrocks showcases her wide-ranging talents as a mimic and comedy performer.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Bernard the Groom - Wedding Two
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
The Alamut Ambush
Colin Jenkins
This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.
Morons from Outer Space
Palatial House Flunkey
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Dark Enemy
Ash
After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.
A Flame to the Phoenix
Mirek Grabinski
A countess and her military sons prepare for the German invasion of Poland in 1939 as World War II begins.
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Pangol
Romana fancies a proper holiday and convinces the Doctor to visit the leisure planet Argolis, where a takeover by the Argolins' historic enemy is underway.