David Schaal
Nacimiento : 1963-05-27, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners.
Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend.
Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace.
Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010. Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue.
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Mike
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Father John O'Shea
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Frank
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Father Arkancide
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The Chippie
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Colonel Gubbins
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Gareth
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Commander Grayson
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The Pilot
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Stanley Allcot
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Cecil
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CIA-chef
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Randy
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Terry
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Joe
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Additional Voices (voice)
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Builder
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Jay's Dad
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Tough Guy
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Eric
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Thug 1
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Reporter Two
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Taxi Driver
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TV Chat Show Pundit #1
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Jim Grady
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Constable
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Nyle
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The Baddie
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DS Bevan
Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.
Mick the Manager
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Detective Potts
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Top Man
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Paul Funnell
Cuatro policías se infiltran en una banda de hooligans para llegar hasta sus líderes y evitar así los numerosos actos vandálicos que llevan a cabo. Sin embargo, uno de ellos se identifica tanto con los hinchas violentos que poco a poco se convierte en uno de ellos.
Stan
Al poco tiempo de mudarse a su nuevo piso en Brighton, Bella descubre que está siendo espiada por un hombre que vive enfrente. Ella resolverá el problema con un martillo y se dará cuenta de que ha encontrado la solución para sus problemas con los hombres.
Death
An otherworldly teenage girl confronts the limits of her power when she meets a boy at a house party.
Frank
There's a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn't like moles. So he's brought his right hand men Nicky and Frank together, and he's going to find out just who has a loose tongue, whatever it takes...
Lenny
Lenny and Chris are on their way to a job. But it gets complicated. Very complicated. And they haven’t reckoned on just who they’re there to kidnap, and who else might have had the same idea…
