David Calder
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-08-01
- Place of birth:
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
David Calder (David Ian Calder) – English actor, born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, active since 1970 with over 110 credits. His most notable film roles include a Crewman in Superman (1978), Sir Robert King in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Roger Wilson in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Louis Stanley in Rush (2013), Hugh Bell in Queen of the Desert (2015), Mr. Fairchild in The Lady in the Van (2015), Terry Perkins in The Hatton Garden Job (2017), and Father Michael in The Last Front (2024). On television he is best known for Det. Insp. George Resnick in Widows (1983–1985), Nathan Spring in Star Cops (1987), Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (2012, ITV), and guest appearances in Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, A Touch of Frost, Call the Midwife (2018), and The Moonstone (2016). On stage he is a veteran of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles in Hamlet (as Polonius), King Henry IV (as Falstaff), and A Doll's House, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Known For
Filmography
Rivals
The Last Front
The Trick
Time
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
Jerk
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Motherland
The Hatton Garden Job
The Lost City of Z
Emerald City
The Lady in the Van
Queen of the Desert
The Scandalous Lady W
Houdini
Inside No. 9
Rush
Plebs
Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
Utopia
Father Brown
Cuckoo
Titanic
Call the Midwife
Trollied
Vera
United
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
On Expenses
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Last Enemy
Lewis
The Cult of Star Cops
Goya's Ghosts
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Wallis & Edward
Cold Blood
Friends Reunited
Lawless
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Hustle
New Tricks
Family
Death in Holy Orders
The Commander
Spooks
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Love or Money
Anybody's Nightmare
Mr In-Between
The Mists of Avalon
Waking the Dead
The King Is Alive
Jason and the Argonauts
The World Is Not Enough
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
FairyTale: A True Story
Drovers' Gold
Midsomer Murders
Henry IV
Dangerous Lady
Bramwell
Cracker
A Touch of Frost
A Doll's House
Between the Lines
Friday on My Mind
Heartbeat
The Count of Solar
A Question of Attribution
Performance
Chimera
Sleepers
Sleepers
The War That Never Ends
American Friends
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill
Nice Work
Tumbledown
Unreported Incident
The Play on One
The New Statesman
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Star Cops
Good As Gold
Casualty
Defence of the Realm
Urban Jungle
Wynne and Penkovsky
Wynne and Penkovsky
Mitch
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Love and Marriage
No Excuses
Widows
The Disappearance of Harry
Moonlighting
Bergerac
Get Lost!
Bread or Blood
Fox
Fox
The Black Stuff
Minder
Gossip from the Forest
Casting the Runes
Superman
Enemy at the Door
The Professionals
Napoleon and Love
Crown Court
Sentimental Education
Edward II
The Tragedy of King Richard II