David Calder
Acting
1946-08-01 · Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Rivals
2024 · Series
The Last Front
2024 · Movie
The Trick
2021 · Movie
Time
2021 · Series
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020 · Series
Jerk
2019 · Series
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018 · Movie
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Series
Motherland
2017 · Series
The Hatton Garden Job
2017 · Movie
The Lost City of Z
2017 · Movie
Emerald City
2017 · Series
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Movie
Queen of the Desert
2015 · Movie
The Scandalous Lady W
2015 · Movie
Houdini
2014 · Series
Inside No. 9
2014 · Series
Rush
2013 · Movie
Plebs
2013 · Series
Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
2013 · Movie
Utopia
2013 · Series
Father Brown
2013 · Series
Cuckoo
2012 · Series
Titanic
2012 · Series
Call the Midwife
2012 · Series
Trollied
2011 · Series
Vera
2011 · Series
United
2011 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 · Movie
On Expenses
2010 · Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009 · Movie
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008 · Movie
The Last Enemy
2008 · Series
Lewis
2007 · Series
The Cult of Star Cops
2006 · Movie
Goya's Ghosts
2006 · Movie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Movie
Wallis & Edward
2005 · Movie
Cold Blood
2005 · Series
Friends Reunited
2005 · Movie
Lawless
2004 · Series
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004 · Series
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004 · Movie
Hustle
2004 · Series
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Family
2003 · Series
Death in Holy Orders
2003 · Series
The Commander
2003 · Series
Spooks
2002 · Series
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Series
Love or Money
2001 · Movie
Anybody's Nightmare
2001 · Movie
Mr In-Between
2001 · Movie
The Mists of Avalon
2001 · Series
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
The King Is Alive
2000 · Movie
Jason and the Argonauts
2000 · Series
The World Is Not Enough
1999 · Movie
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999 · Movie
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · Movie
Drovers' Gold
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Henry IV
1995 · Movie
Dangerous Lady
1995 · Series
Bramwell
1995 · Series
Cracker
1993 · Series
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
A Doll's House
1992 · Movie
Between the Lines
1992 · Series
Friday on My Mind
1992 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
The Count of Solar
1992 · Movie
A Question of Attribution
1991 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
Chimera
1991 · Series
Sleepers
1991 · Series
Sleepers
1991 · Movie
The War That Never Ends
1991 · Movie
American Friends
1991 · Movie
Shoot to Kill
1990 · Series
Shoot to Kill
1990 · Movie
Nice Work
1989 · Series
Tumbledown
1988 · Movie
Unreported Incident
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
The New Statesman
1987 · Series
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987 · Movie
Star Cops
1987 · Series
Good As Gold
1986 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
Defence of the Realm
1986 · Movie
Urban Jungle
1985 · Movie
Wynne and Penkovsky
1985 · Movie
Wynne and Penkovsky
1985 · Series
Mitch
1984 · Series
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Series
Love and Marriage
1984 · Series
No Excuses
1983 · Series
Widows
1983 · Series
The Disappearance of Harry
1982 · Movie
Moonlighting
1982 · Movie
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Get Lost!
1981 · Series
Bread or Blood
1981 · Movie
Fox
1980 · Series
Fox
1980 · Movie
The Black Stuff
1980 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
Gossip from the Forest
1979 · Movie
Casting the Runes
1979 · Movie
Superman
1978 · Movie
Enemy at the Door
1978 · Series
The Professionals
1977 · Series
Napoleon and Love
1974 · Series
Crown Court
1972 · Series
Sentimental Education
1970 · Series
Edward II
1970 · Movie
The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970 · Movie