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Most Recent Role: Colonel Brandon on Masterpiece Theatre
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Birthday: 6-21-1964

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Masterpiece Theatre
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". (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)

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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)
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