David Schofield

• Name — David Schofield • Born — 16 December 1951 • Birthplace — Wythenshawe, Manchester, England • Education — London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1972–present • Spouse — Lally Percy • Children — 2

Schofield was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England on 16 December 1951, one of ten children in a working-class family. He attended St. John Fisher and Thomas More R.C. Primary School, along with his brother, Peter. His first acting experience was at Manchester Boys' School at the age of 12. In 1967 he was accepted as student assistant stage manager at a local repertory theatre. He worked in every department as a prop-maker, sound-man, writer, stage sweeper, waiter and tea-maker, putting in 14-hour days, six days a week. After two seasons, at the age of 19, he became a student of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, which he left early to pursue his path as a working actor.

Schofield has performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. He developed the posture of, and performed the role of John Merrick, in the Bernard Pomerance play The Elephant Man for its premiere in 1977. He worked with Daniel Craig and Jason Isaacs in the National's 1993 production of Angels in America.

In 2001–02 Schofield appeared as Javert in a BBC radio adaptation of Les Misérables. Since 2007 he has played Frank Twist in the BBC Radio 4 drama series Brief Lives set in a Manchester legal practice. In 2011, he played Tellwright in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Anna of the Five Towns.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1980 — The Dogs of War — Endean's Man • 1981 — An American Werewolf in London — Dart Player • 1989 — Tree of Hands — Detective Inspector • 1992 — The Last of the Mohicans — Sergeant Major • 1997 — Anna Karenina — Nikolai • Tangier Cop — Omar Larbi • 2000 — The Miracle Maker — Caiaphas — Voice • Gladiator — Senator Falco • 2001 — Chunky Monkey — Frank • The Musketeer — Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman • From Hell — McQueen • Superstition — Roberto Fallaci • 2004 — Unstoppable — Dr. Collins • 2006 — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Mr. Ian Mercer • 2007 — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End • Freebird — Dart player — scenes deleted • 2008 — Valkyrie — Erwin von Witzleben • 2010 — The Wolfman — Constable Nye • Devil's Bridge — Parry • F — Robert Anderson • Burke & Hare — Fergus • 2011 — Ghosted — Donner • 2013 — All Things to All Men — Police Commissioner • Da Vinci's Demons — Piero da Vinci • Last Passenger — Peter Carmichael • Lord of Tears — Owl Man • 2016 — Mindhorn — Chief Inspector Derek Newsome • 2017 — Darkest Hour — Clement Attlee • 2015–2017 — The Last Kingdom — Abbot Eadred • 2018 — Mary Magdalene — Thomas the Apostle • 2020 — Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators — Tony King — Episode 3.2 "See Thyself, Devil!" • The Adventures of Paddington — Mr. Gruber — Voice • 2022 — Mad Heidi — Alpöhi

• John Merrick, The Elephant Man at the Hampstead Theatre (1977) and at the Royal National Theatre, London (1981) • Mick Plenty at the Lyttelton Theatre (1978) • Mark Antony, Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (1983) • Angelo, Measure for Measure at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and then at the Barbican (1983) • Duke of Buckingham, Henry VIII at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (1983) • Pompey, Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre, London (1987) • Robb Lambert, Winding the Ball by Alex Finlayson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1989) • John Proctor, The Crucible by Arthur Miller at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990) • Macheath, The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991) • Lyle Britten, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1992) • Roy M. Cohn, Angels in America by Tony Kushner at the National Theatre, London (1993) • Archie Rice, The Entertainer by John Osborne at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2009)

David Schofield's wife is Lally and their children are Fred and Blanche. Schofield is a patron of the Gesar Foundation.