David Burt

David Burt (born 1953) is a British actor, known primarily for his many and wide-ranging West End performances.

David Burt is the son of Pip Hinton, better known for her role in Crackerjack alongside Eamonn Andrews and later Leslie Crowther. He graduated from RADA.

His West End theatre work includes Enjolras and Javert in Les Misérables, Anatoly Sergievsky in Chess, Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors, Agustín Magaldi in Evita, Munkustrap in Cats, and John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He has also played many leading roles at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television work includes The Trojan Horse, Poldark and The Merchant of Venice.

Burt played the flamboyant Count Fosco opposite Yvette Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre (2005) and was featured as Captain Andy Hawks in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall. He played nefarious prison officer Jim Fenner in Bad Girls: The Musical at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End (2007). He toured the UK Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott in G. M. Calhoun's The Last South (2008).

Other London credits include Captain Harkness in the world premiere musical adaptation of The Far Pavilions, Vic Christian in the Pet Shop Boys' musical Closer to Heaven, and Ernest Hemingway in the musical Beautiful and Damned. He also appeared in the Royal National Theatre production of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide. He also played Monsieur Firmin in the Sydmonton Festival workshop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

David Burt created the role of King John in Blondel, by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver. He can be heard on the 1985 original London cast recording of Les Misérables, as Enjolras, and the 1996 London cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was among the only members of the original principal Les Misérables cast not to appear at the 25th Anniversary concert, claiming he would not be able to sing the part in the encore anymore.

In 2011, he starred as Zangler in Crazy for You at the Novello Theatre, London. Notable hijinks included handing a hard hat to an orchestra member during the bows, after accidentally sending a chair into the pit during Act 2. In 2014 he appeared alongside Gina Beck, Daniel Boys and Eve Polycarpou in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Charing Cross Theatre.

In 2016, Burt starred in the world premiere of The Buskers Opera in London. He is currently appearing in The Last Ones by Maxim Gorky at London's Jermyn Street Theatre.

Credits Film & TV Year Title Role Notes 1979-80 Flambards Jeremy Cambers ITV 2014 The Trojan Horse Agememnon BBC 2017 Poldark Seth Curran BBC

West End Credits

Off-West End Credits Year(s)ProductionRoleTheatreLocationClassification 1990 The Island of the Mighty John Arden Modred Off-West End Play 1991 Shadowmoves Ratcatcher Off-West End Play 1991-92 La Traviata Georgio Germont Donmar Warehouse Off-West End Opera 2003 The Beautiful and Damned Lord de Brett Park Theatre Off-West End Musical 2004 The Far Pavilions Harkness London Musical 2006 Days of Hope Carlos King's Head Theatre Off-West End Musical 2008 In The Balance Larry New End Theatre Off-West End Play 2009 Plague Over England Witherby / Brian King's Head Theatre Off-West End Play 2009 Hetty Fienstein's Wedding Anniversary Harry/Ben New End Theatre Off-West End Musical 2010 Slave Gadd Theatre 503 Off-West End Musical 2010 Porn: The Musical Martin Scoresleazy Theatre 503 Off-West End Musical 2011 Life After Kit New End Theatre Off-West End Play 2011 Greeks at the Gate Achilles Gate Theatre Off-West End Play 2012 The Kissing Dance Mr Hardcastle Jermyn Street Theatre Off-West End Play 2013 Mr Happiness Mr Happiness The Young Vic London Play 2013 The Water Engine Oberman The Young Vic London Play 2014 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Man 1 Charing Cross Theatre Off-West End Musical 2016 The Busker's Opera Peachum Park Theatre Off-West End Opera 2016 The Last Ones Dr. Leshch Jermyn Street Theatre Off-West End Play

National Theatre Credits Year(s)ProductionRoleTheatreLocationClassification 1999 Troilus and Cressida Menelaus Olivier Theatre National Theatre Opera 1999-2000 Candide Captain / Inquisitor / Governor Olivier Theatre National Theatre Musical 1999-2000 Honk! Drake / Bullfrog Olivier Theatre National Theatre Musical 2000 The Villain's Opera Peachum Olivier Theatre National Theatre Opera 2007 A Woman Killed with Kindness Jenkin Olivier Theatre National Theatre Play

Touring & Regional Credits Year(s)ProductionRoleTheatreLocationClassification 1983-1984 Blondel John Manchester Opera House / Old Vic Manchester / London Musical1985 The Phantom of the Opera Monsieur Firmin Sydmonton Court Ecchinswell Musical Les Miserables Enjolras Barbican Theatre London Musical 1989 Great Expectations Herbert Pocket Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Musical 2001-2002 Pirates of Penzance Sergeant of Police UK National Tour Musical 2003 Brighton Rock Dallow Bristol Hippodrome Bristol Musical 2008 The Last South Robert Falcon Scott UK National Tour Musical 2010-2011 Pygmalion Alfred Doolittle Ireland Tour Play 2012-2013 Kiss Me, Kate First Gangstar / Paul Chichester Festival Theatre / Old Vic Theatre Chichester / London Musical 2013 Rockabye Hamlet Polonius Royal & Derngate Northampton Musical 2017 The Merchant of Venice The Duke of Venice Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff Opera 2018 A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge Middle Temple Hall London Play