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David Morrissey: Biography

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David first appearance on stage was while he was at school and he played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.(edit)
In 2004, David won the RTS Television Award for Best Actor for his role as Gordon Brown in "The Deal".(edit)
David's father died when he was fourteen.(edit)
David and his wife were set up at a dinner party by a friend.(edit)
David is befriended with actor Paul McGann.(edit)
David made his TV debut at age sixteen in "One Summer".(edit)
David owns and manages the production company Tubedale Films along with his wife Esther Freud, his brother Paul Morrissey, Carl Clifton and Stuart Hatwell.(edit)
David failed his 11-plus and left school at sixteen.(edit)
David's father was a shoe repairer and key-cutter.(edit)
David stated in an interview that he is a big fan of British television writer Alan Bleasdale.(edit)
David has directed two short films, "A Secret Audience" (1998) and "Bring Me Your Love" (2000).(edit)
David grew up in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.(edit)
In 2003, David was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Actor for his part in "State of Play".(edit)
David admitted in an interview that he doesn't like the theatre.(edit)
David's movie appearances include:

- Drowning by Numbers (as Bellamy, 1988)
- Out of Town (as The Traveller, 1988)
- Waterland (as Dick Crick, 1992)
- Being Human (as Cyprion's man, 1993)
- The Commissioner (as Murray Lomax, 1998)
- Hilary and Jackie (as Kiffer Finzi, 1998)
- Fanny and Elvis (as Rob, 1999)
- Born Romantic (as Fergus, 2000)
- Some Voices (as Pete, 2000)
- The Suicide Club (as Henry Joyce, 2000)
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (as Captain Gunther Weber, 2001)
- Spyhole (as Bill Miller, 2002)
- Butterfly World (as Father, 2003)
- Derailed (as Sam Griffin, 2005)
- Stoned (as Tom Keylock, 2005)
- Basic Instinct 2 (as Dr. Michael Glass, 2006)(edit)
David has three older siblings.(edit)
David's favourite song is "Ooh La La" by The Faces.(edit)
David has brown hair and blue eyes.(edit)
David plays the harmonica.(edit)
David revealed in an interview that "On The Town" is one of his favourite movies.(edit)
In 1988, David joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and stayed there for two years.(edit)
David started acting at Everyman's Youth Theatre in Liverpool.(edit)
David's skills include boxing and fencing.(edit)
David is 6' 3" (1.91 m) tall.(edit)
David has two children, Albie and Anna.(edit)
David is married to Esther Freud, great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud.(edit)
David was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).(edit)

(On appearing on the 2008 Christmas special of "Doctor Who")
David: I play a character called The Doctor � a man who believes himself to be a Time Lord. It was great to be on board, because I'm a huge fan of the programme and of David Tennant. As for any talk of me taking over as the next Doctor, well, if or when they do choose someone, they would have to totally different to David, which I am!(edit)
(On why he's making a stage comeback with "In the Dark Dark House" after not doing a play since 1999)
David: For two reasons. I've thought about doing theatre again for some time. My last stage play was back in 1999, when I was with Colin Firth in Richard Greenberg's play Three Days of Rain, which was part of the Donmar Warehouse's American Imports season. Since then, I turned offers down for personal reasons rather than play reasons. I also have three kids and these things would come along during the summer when we wanted to get away from London on holiday as a family. But it's mainly because I'm a big Neil LaBute fan.(edit)
(about his role as Ripley Holden in the BBC musical drama "Blackpool"):
David Morrissey: Ripley is a man who wakes up in the morning and says, 'You're a winner'. And what that means is that everyone else is a loser.(edit)
David Morrissey: I always work from back-story, that's what I always do, so you get a character, and you think 'OK, who's this guy, before the story starts?' I always do a back-story, which is either from his parents or even further back sometimes.(edit)
David Morrissey: The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months. I always felt slightly frustrated because I wanted to be with the piece a lot longer.(edit)
David Morrissey: The person I'm in love with is Esther and the least interesting thing about her is her surname. It's the person in front of me who's got me entranced.(edit)
(About playing the lead role in the BBC musical drama "Blackpool"):
David Morrissey: It really was a realisation of an ambition of mine to sing and dance. I never thought I could do it, and now I'm dreading every wedding I go to.(edit)
David Morrissey: I must say when I was a kid, before I got introduced to Brando and De Niro or any of those, it was Gene Kelly and the musicals that really inspired me to look at films in a different way.(edit)