David Calder

Known for ActingBorn 1946-08-01 (age 80)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Lawless

The Cult of Star Cops

Love and Marriage

Henry IV

Inside No. 9

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret

Utopia

Family

Love or Money

Enemy at the Door

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Rush

Wynne and Penkovsky

The Disappearance of Harry

Time

Father Brown

Hustle

Spooks

Call the Midwife

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

Lewis

Rivals

Cold Blood

A Touch of Frost

Vera

Midsomer Murders

Drovers' Gold

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Plebs

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The New Statesman

The Professionals

Motherland

New Tricks

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Widows

Waking the Dead

The Black Stuff

Houdini

Sleepers

Death in Holy Orders

Heartbeat

United

Minder

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Superman

The Count of Solar

Moonlighting