David Bamber

David James Bamber (born 19 September 1954) is an English actor. His credits include Privates on Parade, Juliet Bravo (1983), Crown Court (1984), Call Me Mister (1986), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Chalk (1997), Mile High (2004), Beethoven (2005), Rome (2005–2007), Valkyrie (2008), Psychoville (2009–2011), The Borgias (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), What Remains (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Peterloo (2018), A Very English Scandal (2018), Flesh and Blood (2020) and The Regime (2024).

He won the 1995 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance as Guy in My Night with Reg.

Early years Bamber was born 19 September 1954 in Walkden, Lancashire. His very first stage performance was aged 5 as a pig in Tom Tom the Piper's Son. playing Pandarus in Troilus and Cressida. Bamber studied acting at Bristol University from 1973 to 1976,

Career Bamber's first film role was in 1982 as Sergeant Charles Bishop in the World War II comedy Privates on Parade (1983). He made appearances in Juliet Bravo (1983) and Crown Court (1984), before securing a regular role as Fred Hurley in Call Me Mister (1986). He also played the part of a junior treasury minister and stamp collecting enthusiast, Julian Whitaker, in an episode of The New Statesman, in which Alan frames Whitaker and forces his resignation. In 1997 he starred as Eric Slatt in two series of Steven Moffat's Chalk. The family lives in North London.

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Television