Most Recent Role: Colonel Brandon on Masterpiece Theatre
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Birthday: 6-21-1964
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Birthday: 6-21-1964
Most Recent Appearance
Sense and Sensibility (1)
Sunday 30 March 2008 on PBS
The seventh and final installment of "The Complete Jane Austen" features a brand new BBC dramatization of 'Sense and Sensiblity' starring Hattie Morahan as Elinor Dashwood and Charity Wakefield as Marianne Dashwood. This is part one of two.
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In 2004, David won the RTS Television Award for Best Actor for his role as Gordon Brown in "The Deal".
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David's father died when he was fourteen.
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David and his wife were set up at a dinner party by a friend.
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David is befriended with actor Paul McGann.
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David made his TV debut at age sixteen in "One Summer".
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(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: 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)
Other Appearances
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Blackpool
Ripley Holden |
Holding On
Shaun Southerns |
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Masterpiece Theatre
Colonel Brandon |
Meadowlands
Danny Brogan |
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Out of the Blue (UK)
DS Jim "Lew" Lewyn |
Sense and Sensibility
Colonel Brandon |
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Between the Lines
Big Boys' Rules, Part 1 Insp. Dilke |
Between the Lines
Big Boys' Rules, Part 2 Insp. Dilke |
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Clocking Off
Series 3 - Episode 1 Franny Rothwell |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Justin Hawkins, David Morrissey, Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Dirty Pretty Things. Himself |
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Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Theseus & The Minotaur Theseus |
Richard & Judy
Tuesday 14th March Himself |
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Blackpool
Ripley Holden is a flawed hero; a charismatic family man who trained at the school of hard knocks. Ripley is poised to make top dollar as the town of Blackpool reinvents itself as the 'Las Vegas... more Holding On
British dramatic series more Masterpiece Theatre
Welcome to the Masterpiece Theatre guide at TV.com. On the air since 1971, in its early days the show consisted entirely of British drama productions, more than half of them from the BBC.... more
Meadowlands
Danny (David Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Lucy Cohu) along with their two teenaged kids pack up the family and move to the bucolic neighborhood of Meadowlands as they enter a witness protection... more Out of the Blue (UK)
Out of the Blue (UK) was a hard-hitting BBC police drama set and filmed in Sheffield. It was described by series script editor, Claire Elliot as "contemporary, gritty, urban reality". Shot on... more Sense and Sensibility
From award-winning director Andrew Davies comes the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility . The story follows two young sisters, Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, whose lives are... more
Ripley Holden is a flawed hero; a charismatic family man who trained at the school of hard knocks. Ripley is poised to make top dollar as the town of Blackpool reinvents itself as the 'Las Vegas... more Holding On
British dramatic series more Masterpiece Theatre
Welcome to the Masterpiece Theatre guide at TV.com. On the air since 1971, in its early days the show consisted entirely of British drama productions, more than half of them from the BBC.... more
MeadowlandsDanny (David Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Lucy Cohu) along with their two teenaged kids pack up the family and move to the bucolic neighborhood of Meadowlands as they enter a witness protection... more Out of the Blue (UK)
Out of the Blue (UK) was a hard-hitting BBC police drama set and filmed in Sheffield. It was described by series script editor, Claire Elliot as "contemporary, gritty, urban reality". Shot on... more Sense and Sensibility
From award-winning director Andrew Davies comes the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility . The story follows two young sisters, Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, whose lives are... more
