David Calder
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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
Credits
Rush (2013)
as Louis Stanley
Superman (1978)
as 3rd Crewman
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
as Roger Wilson
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
as Bishop of Grasse
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
as Sir Robert King
The Lost City of Z (2017)
as Secretary Bryce
Moonlighting (1982)
as Supermarket Manager
Queen of the Desert (2015)
as Hugh Bell
Fox (1980)
as Detective Inspector Davin
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
as Monk 1
The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Mr Fairchild
The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
as Terry Perkins
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Harold Snelling
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
as Sir John Marsden
The Last Front (2024)
as Father Michael
A Doll's House (1992)
as Nils Krogstad
The King Is Alive (2000)
as Charles
Mr In-Between (2001)
as Tattooed Man
The Scandalous Lady W (2015)
as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
as Julius Caesar
The Trick (2021)
as Sir David King
The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2004)
as Self
United (2011)
as Harold Hardman
The Disappearance of Harry (1982)
as Bracey
The Black Stuff (1980)
as McKenna
Defence of the Realm (1986)
as Harry Champion
Tumbledown (1988)
as John Lawrence
Good As Gold (1986)
as Dennis Barker
The Cult of Star Cops (2006)
Actor
Bread or Blood (1981)
as Benson
The War That Never Ends (1991)
as Cleon
A Question of Attribution (1991)
as Chubb
American Friends (1991)
as Pollitt
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)
as Sir Paul Condon
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
as Polonius
Sleepers (1991)
as Victor Chekhov
Wallis & Edward (2005)
as Winston Churchill
The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
as Lord Ross / Groom
Shoot to Kill (1990)
as DCS John Thorburn
Henry IV (1995)
as Falstaff
The Trial of Klaus Barbie (1987)
as Maitre Verges
On Expenses (2010)
as Stuart Bell
Anybody's Nightmare (2001)
as Anthony Glass QC
Love or Money (2001)
as Mario
Urban Jungle (1985)
as Insp. Burton
Edward II (1970)
as Young Spencer
The Count of Solar (1992)
as Abbé de L'Epée
Gossip from the Forest (1979)
as General Von Heldorff
Friends Reunited (2005)
as Denny Flemyng
Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King (2013)
as Cosmo Gordon Lang
Casting the Runes (1979)
as John Marriott
Wynne and Penkovsky (1985)
as Greville Wynne
Unreported Incident (1988)
as Douglas